Henry actually conducted three wars against the French: 1512-14, 1522-23, and the one depicted here, 1543-46.
In early Tudor times when a bride promised to be "Bonny and buxom" during the Sarum Mass in use at the time, she was promising to be good and obey.
When she portrayed Catherine Parr, Joely Richardson was in her mid-40s. Catherine Parr was 31 when she married Henry. Anne Boylen was between 26-31 when she married Henry. Jane Seymour was 26. Catherine Howard was as young as 15 and as old as 19. And Catherine of Aragon was 24.
Though only seen in Season 4, Catherine Parr's sister, Anne was one of very few women to have been a lady-in-waiting to all six queens of Henry VIII.
The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Single Camera Series.