Congratulations! What a great idea! (I kind of wish that I had thought of it first. :))

You could decorate the scenery with the Tudor rose, or have a contrast with the red Lancaster rose and the white York rose--as both roses were "combined" to make the Tudor rose. You could go with lots of things for the table names--Whitehall, Hever (Anne Boleyn's family home), The More, so on... I do love the idea of using wives' names or family names for tables. I almost like the family name thing more, though... Howard, Seymour, Parr, Boleyn, so on...

As geeky as this sounds, I'm tempted to add in the idea of pictures of the bride and groom in minature-style (you can get them done cheaply) set up at the table. You could also have your first initials interlaced as decorations--Henry, I believe, had this done for all of his wives at some point.

Crests and mottos are awesome. I adore "The Most Happy".

You could also explore the famous dukes and duchesses of the day, as well as the earls. Hertford, Suffolk, Norfolk, Surrey... for table ideas. There's really no limit to what you can do.

Good luck!

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"Maybe we need to start a new page for that because there are customs involved for those too and of course in Mary's case they were politically motivated."

Yup like a sub-page on this one?

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