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Meeting with Francis I

Name: Meeting with Francis I – England factsheet records
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England · Government / Government of England. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records

1520Date range

2Named people

2Places

Chronological records

1520

Thomas More31 May 1520

Calais · Government / Government of England

Accompanies Henry VIII to Calais in preparation for a visit to meet Francis I

Henry VIII7 June 1520

London · Government / Government of England

Meets Francis I, the Feast of Corpus Christi

Henry VIIIJuly 1520

Calais · Government / Government of England

Meets Francis I after the Field of Cloth of Gold between Calais & Gravelines

Henry VIII1520

Calais · Government / Government of England

Meets Francis I after the Field of Cloth of Gold between Calais & Gravelines. Henry & Wolsey stage an ornate meeting with Francis, hailed Eighth wonder of the World

Names involved

Henry VIIIThomas More

Provenance

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