1534
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Henry Fitzroy marries Mary Howard; Mary Boleyn marries Sir William Stafford
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September
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7th: Katherine d’Eresby marries Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk;
(?) Affair between Henry VIII and Joanna Dingley
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1535
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(?) Affair between Henry VIII and Margaret Shelton
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June
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23rd: Etheldreda Malte is born (?)
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1536
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January
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7th: Catherine of Aragon dies
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May
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19th: Anne Boleyn is executed; 30th, Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour
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July
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22nd: Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond, dies
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1537
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October
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Jane Grey, briefly Queen Jane I, is born
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September
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Anne Bassett becomes a lady-in-waiting to Queen Jane
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October
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12th: Edward VI is born; 24th, Jane Seymour dies in childbirth
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1540
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Elizabeth Blount dies
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January
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6th: Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves
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July
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9th: Marriage to Anne of Cleves is annulled;
28th: Henry VIII marries Catherine Howard
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1542
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February
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13th: Catherine Howard is executed
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1543
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July
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12th: Henry VIII marries Catherine Parr;
19th: Mary Boleyn dies
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1545
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August
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24th: Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, dies
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1547
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January
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28th: Henry VIII dies; Edward VI ascends to the throne
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1548
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Catherine Parr marries Thomas, Lord Seymour of Sudeley
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August
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30th: Mary, daughter of Catherine Parr and Thomas Seymour is born
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September
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7th: Catherine Parr dies
Etheldreda Malte marries John Harrington
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1549
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March
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20th: Thomas Seymour is executed
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1550
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Thomas Stukeley is the King’s standard bearer in Boulogne
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1552
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Katherine d’Eresby marries Richard Bertie
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1553
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July
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6th: Edward VI dies; 10th, Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen of England; 19th: Mary I ascends to the throne
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1554
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Anne Bassett marries Sir Walter Hungerford
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February
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12th: Jane Grey is executed
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1555
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Thomas Stukeley marries Anne Curtis
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October–November
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Etheldreda Malte dies
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1557
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July
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16th: Anne of Cleves dies
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December
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Mary Howard, Dowager Duchess of Richmond, dies
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1558
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(?) Anne Bassett dies
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November
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17th: Mary I dies
Elizabeth I ascends to the throne
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1570
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April
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Thomas Stukeley retires to Spain
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1571–3
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Sir John Perrot is made president of Munster, in Ireland
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1578
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August
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4th: Thomas Stukeley is killed at the Battle of Alcazar
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1580
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September
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19th: Katherine d’Eresby dies
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1582
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John Harrington dies
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1584–8
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Sir John Perrot is made Lord Deputy of Ireland
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1592
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September
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Sir John Perrot dies in the Tower accused of treason
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1596
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July
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23rd: Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, dies
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1603
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March
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24th: Elizabeth I dies
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Introduction
The life of Henry VIII (see plate 1) is probably the best defined of any king of England. Plays, films and television series have focused on Henry’s life, particularly in relation to his six wives. Put simply, he loved his first wife, Catherine of Aragon (see plate 4), but divorced her because she failed to give him a son and grew old and unattractive. He married Anne Boleyn (see plate 6) for love and beheaded her when she, too, failed to give him an heir. Jane Seymour (see plate
