23 March 1534 – Parliament Declares the Validity of the Marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

On 23 March in 1534, Parliament passed the First Act of Succession and declared the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn valid and that the succession would pass through the heirs of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.

Read on the Act at The First Act of Succession – 23 March 1534