The Anne Boleyn Files

Claire | April 12, 2012

Following on from Henry VIII’s announcement to his council that Anne Boleyn should be recognised as his Queen, Anne attended mass on the 12th April 1533, Easter Saturday, “with all the pomp of a Queen, clad in cloth of gold, and loaded (carga) with the richest jewels”. It was her first public appearance as Queen
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Category: Anne Queen Consort | 20 Comments »
Tags: Anne Boleyn, Anne Boleyn becomes Queen, annulment

Claire | April 11, 2012

Good Friday 1533 (11th April) was an important day for Anne Boleyn. It was the day on which Henry VIII informed his Council that Anne was his rightful wife and Queen and she should be accorded with Royal honours. Catherine of Aragon had already been demoted to Dowager Princess of Wales after convocation had ruled
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Category: Anne Queen Consort, art, Hans Holbein, The Reformation | 10 Comments »
Tags: Anne Boleyn's coronation, George de Selve, Hans Holbein, Hans Holbein the Younger, Jean de Dinteville, The Ambassadors

Claire | March 30, 2012

On this day in history, Passion Sunday 30th March 1533, Thomas Cranmer, Archdeacon of Taunton, was consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury in St Stephen’s College, Westminster Palace. Cranmer’s first duty as Archbishop was to preside over the convocation meeting to to discuss the validity of the Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon, his brother’s
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Category: Anne Queen Consort, Marriage, Tudor Events | 1 Comment »
Tags: annulment, Archbishop Cranmer, convocation, Thomas Cranmer

Claire | March 23, 2012

This day in history, 23rd March 1534, was an important day for King Henry VIII and Queen Anne Boleyn because it was on this day that Parliament passed the Act of Succession. You can read the full Act of Succession in the book “Documents Illustrative of the History of the English Church”, which is available
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Category: Anne Queen Consort, Monarchy, Tudor Events | 10 Comments »
Tags: annulment, Elizabeth, First Act of Succession, Marriage, marriage to Henry VIII, The Act of Succession 1534, the succession

Claire | January 25, 2012

According to Thomas Cranmer, Henry VIII married Anne Boleyn on St Paul’s Day, the 25th January 1533. In a letter to Archdeacon Hawkyns, written in June 1533 and recording Anne Boleyn’s coronation, Cranmer wrote:- “But now, sir, you may not imagine that this coronation was before her marriage; for she was married much about St
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Category: Anne Queen Consort, Henry VIII, Marriage, Tudor Events | 15 Comments »
Tags: Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn, marriage to Henry VIII, secret marriage, St Erkenwald's Day, wedding

Claire | January 5, 2012

On this day in history, 5th January 1531, Pope Clement VII wrote to Henry VIII forbidding him to remarry and threatening him with excommunication of he took matters into his own hands and disobeyed Rome:- “At the request of the Queen, forbids Henry to remarry until the decision of the case, and declares that if
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Category: Anne Queen Consort, Henry VIII, Marriage | 4 Comments »
Tags: annulment, Great, marriage to Henry VIII, Pope Clement VII

Claire | January 3, 2012

Today, we have a guest article by Anne Boleyn Files visitor and author Anne Clinard Barnhill. Many of you will know Anne from her comments, her posts in the forum and also from The Anne Boleyn Fellowship. I want to take this opportunity to thank Anne for the support and encouragement she’s given me in
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Category: Anne Queen Consort, Books, Tudor Characters | 24 Comments »
Tags: Anne Boleyn books, Anne Boleyn's ladies, At the Mercy of the Queen, ladies-in-waiting, Madge Shelton, the Sheltons

Claire | December 31, 2011

I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas and that Father Christmas brought you all that your heart desired. Of course, in Tudor times gifts were given at New Year rather than Christmas and I love reading the lists of New Year’s gifts in Letters and Papers to get a glimpse into the lives
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Category: Anne Queen Consort, Henry VIII, Tudor Times | 9 Comments »
Tags: Anne Boleyn's new year gifts, New Year gifts, New Year's gifts