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Henry VIII

Henry VIIIHenry VIII was born on the 28th of June 1491 at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich, Kent. He entered the world as the third child and second son of King…
Henry Grace à DieuHenry VIII ordered a new flagship in 1512 to replace the Grace Dieu lost at the Battle of Saint-Mathieu. William Bond served as master shipwright while…
Palace of WhitehallIn 1530, King Henry VIII seized a property known as York Place from Cardinal Wolsey. This acquisition transformed the site into England's primary royal…
Church of St Peter ad VinculaThe chapel's name refers to the story of Saint Peter's imprisonment under Herod Agrippa in Jerusalem. Its current building dates from 1520, although the…
Letters and Papers of the Reign of Henry VIIIJ. S. Brewer opened the first volume of Letters and Papers in 1862 with documents spanning from 1509 to 1514. This initial effort covered only five years of…
Battle of the SpursKing Henry VIII of England joined the Holy League on the 13th of October 1511. This alliance included Venice and Spain to defend the Papacy against France.
Christ Church, OxfordKing Henry VIII refounded the institution in 1546 as Christ Church, creating a unique entity that serves simultaneously as an academic college and the…
Ecclesiastical Appeals Act 1532Thomas Cromwell drafted the bill on behalf of King Henry VIII. The Parliament of England passed it during the first week of April 1533.