The Westminster Tournament Challenge

The Challenge
Created1511
LocationBritish Library
Commissioned byHenry VIII
AuthorThomas Wriothesley
PurposeInvitation to 1511 Westminster Tournament

The Westminster Tournament Challenge was the invitation to the 1511 Westminster Tournament, a joust held on 12 and 13 February 1511 in honour of the birth of a son, Prince Henry, to Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII on New Year's Day. The tournament is documented in chronicles, accounts of expenses, and the 1511 Westminster Tournament Roll commissioned as an illustrated record of the events.

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