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   Vaudey Abbey

   In 1229, the abbot was sent in the king’s name to bear messages to Llewelyn, Prince of Wales, and in 1280 the abbot was empowered to arrest all vagabond Cistercian monks or lay-brothers, by the help of the secular arm, and to inflict appropriate punishment. ... In 1539, Henry VIII granted Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk the lands of Vaudey Abbey, and he used its stone as building material for his new house.
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   Edward VIII of the United Kingdom

   In the early days of George VI's reign the Duke telephoned daily, importuning for money and urging that the Duchess be granted the style of HRH, until the harassed King ordered that the calls not be put through. ... Edward VIII · George VI · Henry, Duke of Gloucester · George, Duke of Kent · The Prince John · John Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha · Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha · Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover · Alastair, Duke of Connaught · George of Hanover
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   History of the British line of succession

   John Courtenay, 15th Earl of Devon, died May 4, 1471 in Battle of Tewkesbury, son of Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Devon, separate from other two described above; he was among three brothers , all Earls of Devon executed by Edward IV ... On the day of Henry VIII's death, 28 January 1547, the line of succession to the English throne was as follows (assuming regular male-preference primogeniture (as is in place today), based on Henry's will, Henry having been granted authority by Parliament to determine the succession:
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   Monarchy of the United Kingdom

   With a further series of battles and deposings, five of Malcolm's sons as well as one of his brothers successively became king. ... Pope Leo X first granted the title "Defender of the Faith" to King Henry VIII in 1521, rewarding him for his support of the Papacy during the early years of the Protestant Reformation, particularly for his book the Defence of the Seven Sacraments.
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   Catherine of Aragon

   For my part, I pardon you everything, and I wish to devoutly pray God that He will pardon you also. ... ↑ "Henry VIII" in the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia.
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   List of rulers of Bavaria

   During his reign in Bavaria Henry VIII was a minor (born 1050). ... Maximilian I was granted the Electorate of the Rhenish Palatinate in 1623.
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   George V of the United Kingdom

   The Letters Patent also stated that "the titles of Royal Highness, Highness or Serene Highness, and the titular dignity of Prince and Princess shall cease except those titles already granted and remaining unrevoked." ... | Edward VIII George VI Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester Prince George, Duke of Kent Prince John |
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   Mary I of England

   | Henry VIII | ... The "supremacy phrase" at the end of the style was repugnant to Mary's Catholicism; from 1554 onwards, she omitted the phrase without statutory authority, which was not retroactively granted by Parliament until 1555.
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   Edward VIII abdication crisis

   At Fort Belvedere on 10 December, Edward VIII's written abdication notice was witnessed by his three younger brothers: Prince Albert, Duke of York (who succeeded Edward as George VI), Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and Prince George, Duke of Kent. ... ↑ It should be noted that the civil divorce was granted on the basis of 'irreconcilable differences' rather than the adultery.
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    1530s in England

    Henry VIII grants the Thorne brothers a Royal Charter to found Bristol Grammar School.

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