January 1 - Henry VIII’s disastrous meeting with Anne of Cleves

In today's "on this day in Tudor history talk", Claire Ridgway, author of several Tudor history books, puts you out of your misery from the cliffhanger she left you with on 27th December, by telling you all about Henry VIII's first meeting with his bride-to-be, Anne of Cleves, on 1st January 1540.

 

This meeting between King Henry VIII and the woman who would soon become his fourth wife, was a bit of a disaster, but exactly how much of a disaster was it? The accounts differ and Claire shares with you two slightly different contemporary accounts, one given in a chronicle and one shared in the annulment proceedings a few months later in 1540.

 

What happened on New Year's Day 1540 at Rochester? Find out all about Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves' first meeting in today's talk.

 

You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:

https://youtu.be/97X0ZvHNESo

 

Here's a link to last year’s talk on an event from 1st January 1511, the birth of a son for King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. https://youtu.be/Ck5wPPawwdg
and here's the link to the talk on how New Year was celebrated in Tudor times - https://youtu.be/9iyI63G4BZ4