20 May 1536 – King Henry VIII and Jane Seymour become betrothed
Claire | May 20, 2016
On 20th May 1536, at nine o’clock in the morning, King Henry VIII and Jane Seymour became secretly betrothed. Read more…
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20 May 1536 – A Secret Betrothal
Claire | May 20, 2015
On 20th May 1536, the day after Anne Boleyn’s execution and the day after Archbishop Cranmer had issued a dispensation allowing Henry VIII to marry Jane Seymour, the couple became betrothed. Chapuys recorded this betrothal in a postscript to a letter to Seigneur de Granvelle: “Has just been informed, the bearer of this having already […]
20 May 1536 – The Betrothal of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour
Claire | May 20, 2014
At 9am on 20th May 1536, the day after his second wife had been executed, Henry VIII became betrothed to Jane Seymour, daughter of Sir John Seymour and Margery Wentworth. Their betrothal was meant to be kept secret but Chapuys recorded that the news got out: “everybody begins already to murmur by suspicion, and several […]
20 May 1536 – The Betrothal of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour
Claire | May 20, 2013
At 9am on 20th May 1536, just one day after the execution of his second wife, Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII became betrothed to Jane Seymour, daughter of Sir John Seymour, soldier and courtier, and of Margery Wentworth. Jane had served both of the King’s previous wives as a lady-in-waiting, having come to court in around […]
