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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April 9 - Catherine Willoughby's second husband
April 8 - The Second Martin
April 7 - Robert Aske, the rebel leader
April 6 - The serial secret husband
April 5 - The Pope was wrong...
April 4 - William Strachey and Shakespeare's The Tempest
April 3 - Peace between Elizabeth I, France and the Empire
April 2 - The death of Prince Arthur
April 1 - William Harvey, his experiments and blood circulation
March 31 - John Donne, the bell tolls for thee
March 30 - Thomas Cranmer and his protestation
March 29 - Children encourage John Laurence at his sad end
March 28 - The amazing Raphael
March 27 - Arrangements are made for Prince Arthur to marry Catherine of Aragon
March 26 - Robert Carey and his eventful ride to King James
March 25 - Margaret Clitherow, the Pearl of York, and her awful end
March 24 - Robert Rich and Penelope Devereux, an unhappy marriage
March 23 - The last abbey is dissolved
March 22 - William Bourne, his life and his submarine
March 21 - Elizabeth I takes to her bed
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