Henry VIII's spending paints a picture of a king ... Total revenue for the year was £16.5m. The money went on food, entertainment and gifts - including generous individual presents for staff.

Henry VIII is perhaps best known for being a terrible husband, but marrying six times wasn't the only thing about him that ...

You could get titles and estates and money and, above all else, you could get power. In this feudal age, society is rigidly structured. Class was everything at the court of Henry VIII. You were ...

Henry VIII was a Tudor king who ruled England from 1509 - 1547. He is remembered for his six wives and his cruelty towards them. Henry VIII sought to achieve military success and bring greatness ...

became King Henry VIII. Soon after he obtained the papal dispensation required to allow him to marry his brother's widow, Catherine of Aragon. In the first years of his reign Henry VIII ...

The coronation of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon took place on Sunday 24th June 1509. The ceremony is illustrated in the mortuary roll of Abbot Islip dated 1532 in the Abbey's archives. The day ...