Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (Church of England), declares the marriage between Henry VIII (a Catholic until 1534, an Anglican afterward; r. 1509 – 1547) and Catherine (a Catholic) to be null and void.
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References:
Antonia Fraser, The Wives of Henry VIII, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992), 189-90.