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Marriage

England · Religion / Roman Catholic Church. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1469–1529Date range
3Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1469

George Neville1469

York · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Marries Richard III & Anna daughter of his brother Richard to unthrone Edward IV

1529

Thomas Wolsey31 May 1529

London · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

A tribunal opens to deliberate over the divorce of King Henry from Catherine of Aragon

John Fisher28 June 1529

London · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Startles his hearers by the directness of his language and most of all by declaring that, like St. John the Baptist, he was ready to die on behalf of the indissolubility of marriage. Appears at the divorce tribunal on Catherines behalf, she refuses to attend

Names involved

George NevilleJohn FisherThomas Wolsey

Provenance

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