Henry secretly marries Anne Boleyn
1533 · Event
With Anne pregnant and Rome still stalling, Henry marries her in a dawn ceremony so secret the officiating chaplain's identity is still disputed — months before any court has annulled his first marriage. The child must be legitimate: Cranmer's annulment, the Act in Restraint of Appeals and the break itself now follow on a nine-month clock. The baby is Elizabeth.
On these timelines: Henry VIII's Break with Rome, England, England: Monarchs, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
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- Execution of Thomas Cromwell (1540)
- Act in Restraint of Appeals (1533)
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