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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25 July - A kidnapped child actor
24 July - A converted priest loses his life
23 July - John Day, a Protestant printer
22 July - Baron Scrope, a royal councillor
21 July - Explorer Thomas Cavendish
20 July - Philip of Spain prepares to marry Mary I
19 July - Mary Boleyn dies
18 July - Kat Ashley, Elizabeth I's lady
17 July - Lady Glamis and a plot to poison a king
16 July - Frances Brandon
15 July - Inigo Jones
14 July - A poisoned cardinal
13 July - John Dee
12 July - True soldiers of Jesus Christ get burnt
11 July - Here begins the plague...
10 July - Elizabeth I checks her money
9 July - Elizabeth I visits Robert Dudley's castle
8 July - Kett's Rebellion begins
New Mary, Queen of Scots online course with Claire Ridgway!
7 July - Mary hears news of Edward VI's death
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