24 June 1509 – Coronation of King Henry VIII and Queen Catherine
The Coronation of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, taken from A Joyfull Medytacyon to All Englande by…
Tudor Events
19 June 1535 – The Executions of Three Carthusian Monks
On 19th June 1535, Sebastian Newdigate, William Exmew and Humphrey Middlemore, three Carthusian monks from the London Charterhouse,…
18 June 1529 – Proceedings Begin at the Legatine Court
A special legatine court had been set up at Blackfriars on 31st May 1529 by Cardinal Wolsey and…
12 June 1540 – Thomas Cromwell writes to Henry VIII
Thomas Cromwell, engraving from 1859 On 12th June 1540, Thomas Cromwell, who was imprisoned in the Tower of…
10 June 1537 – Deaths of Two Carthusian Monks from Starvation
The Carthusian Monks appearing before Cromwell. Copyright Tim Ridgway On 10th June 1537, two Carthusian monks from the…
10 June 1540 – The Arrest of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex
At 3pm on 10th June 1540, while the Privy Council were in session at Westminster, the Captain of…
7 June 1520 – The First Day of the Field of Cloth of Gold
7th June 1520 was the first day of a meeting between Henry VIII and Francis I of France,…