King Henry VIII
By the Horenbout family workshop
Watercolour on vellum
c.1526

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15th October 1537
Three days after his birth, Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, was christened in the Chapel Royal of Hampton Court Palace.

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Motet, 'Celeste beneficium'
(A heavenly gift)
Composed by Jean Mouton
Choir book produced by Petrus Alamire
Illuminated parchment
1513-1525

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King Henry VIII
Unknown artist after Hans Holbein
Late 16th century after a work of about 1542

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Edward, Prince of Wales
Hans Holbein
c.1538

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St John’s Abbey
Colchester

Thanks to the intervention of Thomas Audley, then Lord Chancellor, St John’s Abbey initially escaped dissolution.

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12th October 1537
After a long and hard labour, Jane Seymour gave birth to a son at Hampton Court Palace.

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11th October 1542
Sir Thomas Wyatt, poet and courtier died of a fever at the house of his friend, Sir John Horsey in Sherborne, Dorset.

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11th October 1537
A solemn procession took place at St Paul’s Cathedral to pray for Queen Jane Seymour, who was in labour with her first child.

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11th October 1521
King Henry VIII was given the title Defender of the Faith by Pope Leo X.
Who would have thought that seventeen years later, the King of England would be excommunicated by Pope Paul III.

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9th October 1529
A writ of praemunire was filed against Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in the court of King’s Bench.

Picture
David Suchet as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in the 2003 tv series Henry VIII.

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9th October 1514
Eighteen-year-old Mary Tudor, sister of King Henry VIII, married fifty-two year-old King Louis XII of France at Abbeville in France.

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In 1534, King Henry VIII appointed himself head of the Church in England.

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King’s Warrant
This document from 1538 securing the surrender of Hitchin Priory bears Thomas Cromwell’s signature at the bottom.

Picture via Lambeth Palace Library.

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4th October 1539
A treaty was signed by King Henry VIII for his marriage to Anne of Cleves, sister of the Duke of Julich-Berg-Cleves.

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2nd October 1536
A rising began in Lincolnshire that was the start of the most potentially damaging rebellion of King Henry VIII’s reign.

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Portrait of King Henry VIII
Follower of Hans Holbein

King Henry VIII is depicted in a gold-embroidered doublet, fur coat & an embellished hat, with a feather inscribed 'Æt 53' (upper left) & dated '1545' (upper right)

Sold at Christies for £27,500.

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Did you know…..
Benedetto Pistrucci’s iconic depiction of St George and the dragon is perhaps the best known amongst numismatists, the saint originally appeared as part of the coinage of King Henry VIII.

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This illustration shows a reconstruction of York Place, Whitehall (now the Banqueting House which is the only remaining building).

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16th September 1537
Jane Seymour went into confinement at Hampton Court Palace.

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