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Henry VIII.

CHAPTER I
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It was not till 2nd October, 1501, that Catherine landed at Plymouth.

At her formal reception into England, and at her marriage, six weeks later, in St.Paul's, she was led by the hand of her little brother-in-law, Prince Henry, then ten years old.[30] Against the advice of his council, Henry VII.

sent the youthful bride and bridegroom to live as man and wife at Ludlow Castle, and there, five and a half months later, their married life came to a sudden end.
Prince Arthur died on 2nd April, 1502, and was buried in princely state in Worcester Cathedral.
[Footnote 30: _L.

and P._, _Henry VII._, i., 413-415; _L.

and P._, _Henry VIII._, iv., 5791.].


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