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1)Field and tournament armour of King Henry VIII. English, Greenwich, dated 1540. Possible intended for wear at the tournament held during 15 May 1540 to celebrate May Day. Made by Erasmus Kyrkenar and decorated by Giovanni di Maiano or Francis Quelblaunce based on designs by Hans Holbein the Younger.
2)Horse armour of King Henry VIII (known as the Burgundian Bard). Flemish, about 1511-15. Part of an armour presented by the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I, to Henry VIII to mark his marriage to Katherine of Aragon. Made by Guille Margot and decorated by Paul van Vrelant.
3)Combat armor for Henry VIII(when he was in his early twenties), which was meant to be used at the Field of Cloth of Gold in 1520. It is the only surviving example of an all-enclosing armor; the entire body is covered.
4)Henry VIII’s armor from about 1540.
5)a young Henry VIII’s jousting armor with intertwined Hs and Ks,dated 1515, now in the Tower of London.
6)Field Armor of King Henry VIII of England Steel, blackened, etched, and gilt; textile and leather Italian (Milan or Brescia), about 1544.
7)The Field Armor of King Henry VIII of England “This impressive armor was made for Henry VIII (r. 1509–47) towards the end of his life when he was overweight and crippled with gout. Constructed for use on horse and on foot it was probably worn by the king during his last military campaign, the siege of Boulogne in 1544.”
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Henry VIII’s Horned Helmet ca. 1511-1514 (National Museum of Arms and Armour)
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A page from Anne Boleyn’s prayer book, showing the annunciation. In the margin is a note she wrote to Henry VIII that reads:
‘Be daly prove you shall me fynde / To be to you bothe lovynge and kynde.’
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Anne Boleyn’s Book of Hours
Henry and the court regularly attended Mass in the royal chapel, sometimes more than once a day.
The King often used the time before the consecration to transact business but this manuscript shows him using a book of prayers to send a flirtatious message to Anne Boleyn instead. He wrote in French: ‘If you remember my love in your prayers as strongly as I adore you, I shall hardly be forgotten, for I am yours. Henry R. forever.’ Presenting himself as lovesick, he wrote his note on a page depicting the man of sorrows.
Anne replied with a couplet in English: ‘By daily proof you shall me find To be to you both loving and kind.’ And, with deliberate enticement, she chose to write her message below a miniature of the Annunciation, the angel telling the Virgin Mary that she would have a son.
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Henry’s reconciliation with Anne Boleyn, by George Cruikshank (1792-1878)
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Hever Castle is located in the village of Hever near Edenbridge, Kent, 30 miles (48 km) south-east of London, England. It began as a country house, built in the 13th century. From 1462 to 1539 it was the seat of the Boleyn, originally ‘Bullen’, family. three men died during its construction.
Anne Boleyn, the second queen consort of King Henry VIII of England, spent her early youth there, after her father, Thomas Boleyn had inherited it in 1505. He had been born there in 1477, and the castle passed to him upon the death of his father, SirWilliam Boleyn.
It later came into the possession of King Henry’s fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
Today it is a popular destination and makes a lovely day trip. Especially when “Merrie England” weekend is going on.
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Erasmus and Thomas More visit the children of Henry VII
From Left to Right: Margaret, queen consort of Scotland, aged 10; Edmund Tudor, in the arms of a nanny; Mary, Queen of France aged 3; Henry VIII, King of England (then Duke of York) aged 8. Absent—Arthur, Prince of Wales, who was at Ludlow Castle at the time of the scholar’s visit.
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Pleaseth your most excellent majesty to understand that, whereas, at sundry times heretofore, I have been informed and perceived by certain lords and others your grace’s council, of the doubts and questions which have been moved and found in our marriage; and how hath petition thereupon been made to your highness by your nobles and commons, that the same might be examined and determined by the holy clergy of this realm; to testify to your highness by my writing, that which I have before promised by my word and will, that is to say, that the matter should be examined and determined by the said clergy; it may please your majesty to know that, though this case must needs be most hard and sorrowful unto me, for the great love which I bear to your most noble person, yet, having more regard to God and his truth than to any worldly affection, as it beseemed me, at the beginning, to submit me to such examination and determination of the said clergy, whom I have and do accept for judges competent in that behalf. So now being ascertained how the same clergy hath therein given their judgment and sentence, I acknowledge myself hereby to accept and approve the same, wholly and entirely putting myself, for my state and condition, to your highness’ goodness and pleasure; most humbly beseeching your majesty that, though it be determined that the pretended matrimony between us is void and of none effect, whereby I neither can nor will repute myself for your grace’s wife, considering this sentence (whereunto I stand) and your majesty’s clean and pure living with me, yet it will please you to take me for one of your humble servants, and so determine of me, as I may sometimes have the fruition of your most noble presence; which as I shall esteem for a great benefit, so, my lords and others of your majesty’s council, now being with me, have put me in comfort thereof; and that your highness will take me for your sister; for the which I most humbly thank you accordingly.
Thus, most gracious prince, I beseech our Lord God to send your majesty long life and good health, to God’s glory, your own honor, and the wealth of this noble realm.
From Richmond, the 11th day of July, the 32nd year of your majesty’s most noble reign.
Your majesty’s most humble sister and servant, Anne the daughter of Cleves.
Letter of Anne of Cleves to her husband, King Henry VIII
11 July 1540
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Today in History:
1540 — Henry VIII and Katherine Howard are married.
1540 — Thomas Cromwell is executed on Tower Hill.
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Today in History:
- 1509 - Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon were crowned at Westminster Abbey.
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