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   Henry VIII of England

   The marriage was subsequently dissolved and Anne received the title of "The King's Sister", and was granted Hever Castle, the former residence of the Boleyn family. ... | Henry VIII of England House of Tudor Born: 28 June 1491 Died: 28 January 1547 |
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   Grimsthorpe Castle

   In 1539, Henry VIII granted Charles Brandon the lands of the nearby suppressed Vaudey Abbey, founded 1147, and he used its stone as building material for his new house.
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   Coggeshall

   The monastery's possessions and lands, totalling nearly 50,000 acres (200 km²), were seized; King Henry VIII granted them to Sir Thomas Seymour. ... The meeting house is now home to Coggeshall Library.
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   Seaford (UK Parliament constituency)

   In 1544, Henry VIII granted the town a charter as a port in its own right, separate from Hastings, but it was another 97 years before its right to elect MPs was restored, by a resolution of the Long Parliament on 4 February 1641. ... | Type: | House of Commons |
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   Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk

   To commemorate his victory at the Battle of Flodden Field, Henry VIII granted an Augmentation of Honour to Howard's coat of arms. ... House of Mowbray (1399-1481)
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   Flat Holm

   Property records from 1542 show that King Henry VIII granted a lease to farm the island to a gentleman by the name of Edmund Tournor. ... Farm House
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   Covent Garden

   King Henry VIII granted part of the land to Baron Russell, Lord High Admiral and, later, Earl of Bedford. ... Royal Opera House
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   Costessey

   In 1546, Henry VIII granted the manor to Anne of Cleves, although evidence suggests that she never actually occupied Costessey Hall. ... Colin House, Norwich.
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   Badby

   The noble, almost regal, moated house was built by the notorious Abbot Reginald Norreys in 1189. ... King Henry VIII granted the manors of Badby and Newnham in 1542 to Sir Edmund Knightley and his wife Ursula and their heirs.
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    Soke of Peterborough

    When Peterborough Monastery was dissolved in 1539 Abbot Chambers was made the first Bishop of Peterborough, and the following year Henry VIII granted three Commissions of the Peace to the coterminous Liberty of Peterborough. ... Burghley House, ancestral seat of the Marquesses of Exeter (1555–1587)

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