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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June 14 - Two courtiers in trouble for supporting Mary
June 13 - Pregnant Catherine Parr goes to Sudeley
June 12 - Thomas Cromwell's quaking hand and most sorrowful heart
June 11 - St Barnabas Day and garlands
June 10 - Elizabeth I's Frog
June 9 - William Paget, a man who served 4 monarchs
June 8 - Elizabeth Woodville
June 7 - A water pageant for Jane Seymour
June 6 - Trouble brews in Bodmin
June 5 - Maria de Salinas, Catherine of Aragon's friend
June 4 - Lightning strikes St Paul's
June 3 - The Royal Supremacy
June 2 - Queen Jane Seymour
June 1 - Christopher Marlowe's death and inquest
May 31 - Henry VIII's annulment and a special Blackfriars court
May 30 - Knights of the Bath for Anne Boleyn's coronation
May 29 - John Penry and his scandalous writings
May 28 - The Spanish Armada sets sail
May 27 - Margaret Pole's botched execution
May 26 - Henry VIII and Charles V meet
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