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Henry VIII, Brooke House, London, Edward de Vere, and William Herbert blue plaque
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Henry VIII, Brooke House, London, Edward de Vere, and William Herbert blue plaque

Henry VIII · King of England

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Inscription

“On this site stood Brooke House (King's Place) Owned by Henry VIII 1535-47 William Herbert Earl of Pembroke Edward de Vere poet & playwright 1597-1609”

Details

1491-1547

Life dates

BSix Sixth Form College, Kenninghall Road, Lower Clapton, Hackney

E5

People & Places Honored

  • Henry VIII

    father of Edward VI, father of Elizabeth I of England, husband of Anne of Cleeves, King of England, son of Henry VII, husband of Anne Boleyn, husband of Catherine of Aragon, husband of Jane Seymour, husband of Catherine Howard, son of Elizabeth of York, husband of Catherine Parr, Duke of Cornwall, Prince of Wales, father of Mary I of England, and father of Henry, Duke of Cornwall · (1491-1547)

  • Brooke House, London

    house and King’s Place · (d.1955)

  • Edward de Vere

    poet, Earl of Oxford, son of John de Vere, and son of Margery Golding · (1550-1604)

  • William Herbert

    Earl of Pembroke

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