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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July 30 - Elizabeth leaves Somerset House to meet Mary
July 29 - England's clever tactics against the Spanish Armada
July 28 - A botched execution for Thomas Cromwell
July 27 - A Welshman comes to a sticky end on Anglesey
July 26 - Anne Boleyn and St Anne
July 25 - A fool gets into big trouble
July 24 - Richard Hesketh and his plot to depose Elizabeth I
July 23 - Baby Mary, Queen of Scots escapes with her mother
July 22 - Playwright Edward Sharpham and his Cupid's Whirligig
July 21 - The arrest of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland
July 20 - Queen Claude of France
July 19 - The sinking of the Mary Rose
July 18 - Queen Jane is betrayed and Queen Mary wins
July 17 - Richard Carew, a multi-talented man
July 16 - The death of Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of Henry VIII
July 15 - The Newbury Martyrs
July 14 - Richard Taverner and his Bible
July 13 - Unease among Queen Jane's councillors
July 12 - Men flock to Mary's cause and Jane makes a mistake
July 11 - Men change sides from Queen Jane to Mary
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