#altho this could also just be rumor ; i don't know if any of henry's inventory confirms this

[fideidefenswhore]

I have not the least doubt that if His Majesty intends to treat and come to some sort of arrangement with these people, some personage of authority and rank ought now to be sent, and if he could but come before the closing of this Parliament, the affairs of the Princess and other matters might be satisfactorily adjusted. Should the said personage come before St. John's Day, he might assist, as I believe, at the King's approaching marriage and the coronation of the new queen, which is to be celebrated with great solemnity and pomp, the King intending, as I am told, to perform wonders, for he has already ordered a large ship to be built, like the Bucentaur of Venice, to bring the lady from Greenwich to this city, and commanded other things for the occasion.—London, 19 of May 1536.

Eustace Chapuys to Monseigneur de Granvelle.

#i used to very skeptical but...i mean. it sort of does sound like there might have been a marriage ceremony of sorts may 20 #and the betrothal might have been dated even before #altho this could also just be rumor ; i don't know if any of henry's inventory confirms this #again; he tends to send the unlikelier rumors to granvelle and the more credible to charles v #or sorry. so like a betrothal before even may 19 bcus that's literally when this is dated. so.... #idk why the date always given is may 20 tbh what is that based on. wriothesley's chroncile? #so was chapuys shocked when the marriage was may 30 then? bcus this is say he thinks late june (st john's day) #it didn't seem like it from his dispatches but food for thought #*inventory or papers #primary sources #eustace chapuys