- Year
- 1527
- Event
- Archbishop William Warham began a secret inquiry into Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon.
- Why it matters
- It was an early formal step in the royal divorce crisis that led to England’s break with Rome.
- Possible Historically angle
- Focus on the quiet paperwork before the public rupture, with the marriage treated as a legal problem before it became a national upheaval.
- Suggested category
- Law