Claire | October 15, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 15th October 1537, King Henry VIII’s newborn son and heir, Prince Edward (the future King Edward VI), was christened in a lavish ceremony in the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace. He was three days old. In the video and transcript below, I share details of Edward VI’s christening, […]
Claire | October 15, 2013
On 15th October 1537, three days after his birth, the future Edward VI, son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, was christened in the Chapel Royal of Hampton Court Palace. A document in the Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII gives us the details of the christening: By the provision of God, Our […]
Claire | October 15, 2012
On this day in 1537, the future Edward VI, son of Jane Seymour and Henry VIII, was christened in Hampton Court Palace’s Chapel Royal. You can read all the detail in my article The Christening of Edward VI
