Henry VIII of England
English
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death in 1547. - AsNotedIn
Lineage
- Father Henry VII of England
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death in 1547. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1491/06/28 | Elizabeth of York, wife of King Henry VII, gives birth to a son, Henry Tudor, at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich. The royal residence will be demolished in the 17C. | Born | Greenwich Palace | Greenwich | |||
| 1516/12/25 | Henry VIII keeps the feast of Christmas at Greenwich by hosting a masquerade party at the Palace of Placentia (lost). | Sovereign | Greenwich Palace | Greenwich | |||
| 1525/00/00 | Henry VIII following of his hawk, leapt over a ditch with a pole and the pole broke, so that if one Edmond Moody, had not leapt into the water and lifted up his head, which was fast in the clay, he had been drowned, but God of his goodness preserved him. | Life | Maydencroft Manor | St Ippolyts | |||
| 1525/00/00 | The royal workshops craft a lavishly embellished portable writing desk for Henry VIII. It is currently in the Victoria and Albert Museum. | Owner | Victoria And Albert Museum | London | |||
| 1525/00/00 | Barn built Early C16, King-post trusses, 2 forked at the base, stand on unusually long tiebeams (10 m), 6 are scarfed. Scarfs are splayed and tabled, with central keys and square undersquinted butts, a method normally found in C13 and C14 buildings. | Owner | Anne of Cleeves Manor Barn | Great Bardfield | |||
| 1530/00/00 | King Henry VIII deposes Cardinal Wolsey and acquires York Place (lost) as his main residence. | Fragments of Old Whitehall Palace, Queen Mary's Steps | London | ||||
| 1532/01/06 | Master Cooks make 200 dishes, including jellies and gingerbread, for Henry VIII's Twelfth Night feast at the Palace of Placentia (lost). | Sovereign | Greenwich Palace | Greenwich | Old Fashioned Gingerbread | ||
| 1535/00/00 | Legend has it that King Henry VIII finds Anne Boleyn and her Maids of Honour enjoying tarts from a silver dish. After eating one himself, the King confiscates the recipe and has it secured in an iron box at Richmond Palace. | Life | Richmond Palace Gate House | Richmond, London | Maid of Honour Tart | ||
| 1536/00/00 | "Portrait of Henry VIII" is created. | Sitter | Portrait of Henry VIII | ||||
| 1540/00/00 | In the Chapel Royal, Archbishop Cranmer gives Henry VIII a letter detailing various accusations against the King's wife, Catherine Howard. | Life | Hampton Court | Molesey | |||
| 1540/01/06 | King Henry of England marries Anne of Cleves, daughter of John III and Maria, Duke and Duchess of Julich-Berg, Holy Roman Empire, at the Royal Chapel of the Palace of Placentia (lost) in Greenwich. | Groom | Royal Chapel, Palace of Placentia Site | Greenwich | Marriage of Anne of Cleves and Henry VIII | ||
| 1547/01/28 | Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall, London. | Died | Fragments of Old Whitehall Palace, Queen Mary's Steps | London | |||
| 1547/02/16 | Henry VIII is interred in a vault in St George's Chapel Windsor, alongside his third wife, Jane Seymour. | In Memoriam | Windsor Castle | Windsor |
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