On this day in Tudor history, 12th July 1543, Henry VIII got married for the sixth and final time.
The fifty-two-year-old king married thirty-one-year-old Catherine Parr, Lady Latimer, in the Queen's Closet of the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace.
In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History", gives a contemporary account of the wedding service, as well as telling us about who attended the ceremony.
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
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September 26 - The man Elizabeth I wanted to murder Mary, Queen of Scots
September 25 - Explorer Stephen Borough
September 24 - The executions of a Roman priest and the man who sheltered him
September 23 - William Averel and his Romeo and Juliet, AKA Charles and Julia
September 22 - The burial of Amy Dudley (Robsart)
September 21 - Pendleton the Proud, a fickle man
September 20 - Anthony Babington and the Babington Plot
September 19 - Explorer Thomas Cavendish and his circumnavigation
September 18 - Edward Courtenay, a prospective king consort
September 17 - Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford
September 16 - John Colet dies after three attacks of sweating sickness
September 15 - Elizabeth I saves the day!
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September 13 - Tudor poet John Leland
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September 11 - Barnaby Fitzpatrick, friend of Edward VI
September 10 - The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh
September 9 - The coronation of Mary, Queen of Scots
September 8 - John Shakespeare, father of William Shakespeare
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