1509  Marriage to Catherine of Aragon

Henry's first wife, whom he married in June 1509. She was banished from court in 1531, and died at Kimbolton Castle in 1536.

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1. Parishes - Kimbolton
2. Parishes - Buckden
3. Henry VIII - February 1534, 1-10
4. Milan - 1536
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1520  Field of Cloth of Gold

The site in France of a spectacular meeting between Henry and Francis I of France, which took place in June.

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1. Henry VIII - June 1520
2. Henry VIII - April 1520, 2-15
3. Henry VIII - May 1520, 16-30
4. Venice - May 1520, 21-25
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1521  Defender of the Faith

'Fidei Defensor', the title conferred on Henry by Pope Leo X for his book refuting the errors of Luther

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1. Henry VIII - October 1521, 11-20
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1533  Anne Boleyn

Henry's second wife, and queen consort from 1533 to 1536.

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1. Henry VIII - May 1536, 16-20
2. Henry VIII - June 1536, 1-5
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1535  Thomas More

Lord Chancellor and scholar, executed in 1535 for refusing to sign the Act of Supremacy.

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1. Henry VIII - July 1535, 1-10
2. Chelsea - (part 1 of 3)
3. Religious history - The parish church
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1536  Pilgrimage of Grace

A rebellion in the North against Henry's religious changes. Its first phase, known as the Lincolnshire Rising, began at Louth in October.

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1. Henry VIII - October 1536, 26-31
2. Henry VIII - October 1536, 16-20
3. Houses of Cistercian monks - The abbey of Louth Park
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