有一句方便的記憶口訣描述亨利的妻子們:「離婚、砍頭、死、離婚、砍頭、活」("divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived",或簡化為「兩個斬首,一病歿,兩個被休,一存活。」 Two beheaded, one died, two divorced, one survived.")還有說法是「亨利八世,結婚六次,一死一活,兩個離婚,兩個砍頭。」(King Henry the Eighth, to six wives he was wedded: One died, one survived, two divorced, two beheaded,) 摘自維基百科