Single Coin Pack - Henry VIII

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Henry VIII - Silver Groat. Obverse: bust of Henry. - Reverse: coat of arms. This coin was minted at the Tower of London. When open debasement of coinage began in 1544 to help finance Henry's wars a second mint was opened in the Tower.

1491 - Henry is born in Greenwich.

1509 - Henry ascends to the throne and is crowned in Westminster Abbey. Henry marries his first wife Catherine of Aragon.

1520 - the ceremonial meeting between Henry and Francis I of France known as The Field of the Cloth of Gold.

1530 - Thomas Wolsey dies whilst being transported to The Tower of London on charges of Treason.

1533 - Henry marries Anne Boleyn who has a daughter, Elizabeth I.

1535 - Henry has his advisor Thomas More beheaded.

1536 - Anne Boleyn is executed on charges of treason; Henry marries Jane Seymore; the Dissolution of the Monasteries begins.

1537 - Jane Seymore has a son Edward VI.

1540 - Henry has his minister Thomas Cromwell sent to The Tower of London and he is beheaded on Tower Hill. Henry marries Anne of Cleaves but divorces her within 6 months and marries Catherine Howard.

1542 - Catherine Howard is convicted of misconduct and executed.

1543 - Henry marries Catherine Par.

1545 - The Mary Rose, a ship from Henry's fleet, sinks near Portsmouth.

1547 - Henry dies at Whitehall on 28th January. Edward VI becomes king at the age of 9 years old.

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