|
|
| 1502 | Henry VIII |  |
| 25th June Catherine of Aragon is betrothed to Henry VIII |
| 1503 | Henry VIII | |
| "If a man shall take his brother's wife, it is impurity..they shall be childless" |
| 1505 | Henry VIII | |
| 27th June Henry VIII repudiates his betrothal to Catherine of Aragon |
| 1509 | Henry VIII | |
| 11th June Greenwich Marries Catherine of Aragon, his dead brother's widow, daughter of Ferdinand II |
| 1525 | Henry VIII | |
| Henry VIII no longer sleeps with Catherine because she is past childbearing age |
| 1527 | Henry VIII | |
| London Beginning of "the King's Great Matter" |
| London Spring, has 1st doubts about his marriage to Catherine of Aragon |
| 22nd London The Pope is under arrest by Catherine's uncle Charles V & does not grant an annulment |
| 2nd April London Asks the Pope for an annulment |
| 17th May London An ecclesiastical court hears Henry's requests for an annulment |
| 17th May London Wolsey & Warham convene an ecclesiastical court to examine the King's marriage |
| 22nd June London Henry informs Catherine they must separate & he has asked the Pope for an annulment |
| 1528 | Henry VIII | |
| Henry VIII asks the Pope for a dispensation for him to marry Anne Boleyn |
| 29th Sep Cardinal Campeggio is sent by the Pope to hear Henry's case for annulment |
| 1529 | Henry VIII | |
| London Despite a hearing presided over by Wolsey & Campeggio the Pope denies the annulment |
| London Pope Clement VII is a prisoner of Catherine's nephew Emperor Charles |
| 21st June Blackfriars Catherine pleads with Henry in public at the Parliament Chamber at Blackfriars |
| 21st June Blackfriars Henry claims he would Catherine back if the marriage was valid |
| 23rd July London Attends the divorce tribunal on final day but papal legates refer the divorce to Rome |
| 1530 | Henry VIII | |
| London Cramner & Foxe draft the "Collectanea" justifying Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine |
| Hampton Court Henry VIII summons a Great Council to Hampton Court to request a divorce but is refused |
| London Informs Julius II, approval to marry his brother's widow was against natural law |
| 1531 | Henry VIII | |
| 14th July Henry VIII separates from Catherine & banishes her from court |
| 1533 | Henry VIII | |
| 25th Jan London Marries Anne Boleyn in secret |
| 23rd May Cranmer declares Henry's marriage to Catherine null & void |
| 1534 | Henry VIII | |
| 23rd Mar Pope Clement VII declares Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn null & void |
| 23rd Mar London The Pope declares that Henry's marriage to Catherine is valid |
| 1536 | Henry VIII | |
| Offers to marry Madeleine the daughter of Francis I but is refused |
| London Parliament approves the marriage to Anne Boleyn & the break with Rome |
| 17th May London Henry's Marriage to Anne Boleyn is invalidated |
| 17th May London Henry's marriage to Catherine is declared invalid |
| 20th May London Henry VIII is betrothed to Jane Seymour |
| 30th May York Place Marries Jane Seymour, at York Place |
| 1539 | Anne of Cleves | |
| 31st Dec Rochester Anne of Cleves arrives in Roches ter |
| 1539 | Henry VIII | |
| 4th Oct Cromwell oversees the talks and a marriage treaty to Anne of Cleves is signed |
| 31st Dec Rochester Anne of Cleves arrives in Roches ter |
| 1540 | Cranmer, Thomas | |
| 6th Jan Greenwich Henry VIII & Anne of Cleves are married at the royal Palace of Placentia in Greenwich, London by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer |
| 1540 | Henry VIII | |
| 1st Jan Rochester Feels he has been tricked by Cromwell into marrying Anne of Cleves |
| 1st Jan Rochester Meets Anne of Cleves for the 1st time |
| 6th Jan London Cromwell recommends an alliance with German Protestants against the Holy Roman Empire |
| 6th Jan Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves , fourth wife of Henry VIII of England from 6 January 1540 to 9 July 1540 |
| 6th Jan London Marries Anne of Cleves , the daughter of the Duke of Cleves |
| 12th June London Anne of Cleves is ordered to leave court |
| 29th June London A formal trial into the marriage between Henry VIII & Anne of Cleves begins |
| 29th June London Anne's betrothal to Lorraine & the non-consumation of the marriage are investigated |
| 6th July London Henry VIII asks for Anne of Cleves ' formal consent for the trial of their marriage |
| 8th July London The Church marriage tribunal finds Henry VIII's marriage to Anne of Cleves invalid |
| 9th July London Court decrees that Anne is not Queen & will be known as the sister of the King |
| 9th July London Henry's marriage to Anne of Cleves is annulled after six months of marriage |
| 9th July London The marriage between Henry VIII & Anne of Cleves is anulled on the grounds that it had never been consummated, Henry claimed that he had found his bride so unattractive that he could not bear to sleep with her |
| 28th July Oatlands Marries Catherine Howard, 5th wife |
| 1540 | Walden | |
| London Passes the dissolution of Henry's marriage to Anne of Cleves through Parliament |
| 1543 | Henry VIII | |
| 12th July London Marries Catherine Parr, 6th wife, widow of Lord Latimer |
