Episode 4 of 6

Annulment of Catherine of Aragon

Name: Annulment of Catherine of Aragon
Start: 1533-05-23
Location: Dunstable Priory

When: 23 May 1533
Where: Dunstable Priory
Part of: English Reformation Crisis: Statute, Marriage, and Excommunication

Archbishop Cranmer declared Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon null and void on 23 May 1533.

Cranmer sat in judgement at a special court convened at Dunstable Priory to rule on the validity of Henry's marriage to Catherine. On 23 May 1533, he declared the marriage null and void.

Sources

Anne Boleyn Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-01

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