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Claire | March 24, 2012
On this day in history, 24th March 1603, Queen Elizabeth I, daughter of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII, died at Richmond Palace at the age of 69. She was the third of Henry’s children to be monarch but reigned for far longer than her siblings, ruling for 44 years and 127 days. Diarist John Manningham
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Claire | March 20, 2012
Today marks the anniversary of the execution of Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Sudeley and Lord High Admiral. He was beheaded on Tower Hill after being found guilty of thirty-three counts of treason. On hearing of his execution, the Lady Elizabeth (future Elizabeth I), allegedly lamented “This day, died a man with much wit, and very
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Claire | January 15, 2012
On this day in history, 15th January 1559, Queen Elizabeth I was crowned queen at Westminster Abbey by Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of Carlisle. It was a triumphant moment for the 25 year old woman who had spent part of her half-sister’s reign imprisoned or under house arrest and who was the daughter of Anne Boleyn,
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Claire | December 2, 2011
Following on from Eliza’s wonderful article giving voices to Henry VIII’s six wives, Anne Boleyn Files visitor Ashley Currier has written this excellent creative piece giving voices to the children of Henry VIII. Thanks Ashley! Mary the Forgotten Princess God, why are you letting me suffer like this? What have I done to deserve this?
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Claire | November 17, 2011
Early on the morning of the 17th November 1558 Mary I died at the age of 42 and her legal heir, her 25 year old half-sister Elizabeth, became Queen. Elizabeth I was proclaimed Queen at around noon at Whitehall by the Houses of Lords and Commons who had been in session that morning. In the
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Claire | November 9, 2011
On this day in history, the night of the 9th November 1518, Catherine of Aragon gave birth to a little girl. We don’t know the full details of what happened, but either the baby was stillborn or did not survive very long. Sebastian Giustinian, the Venetian ambassador reported the birth in a letter dated 10th
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Claire | October 29, 2011
On this day in history, 29th October… 1532 – Henry VIII accompanied Francis I to the border between English Calais and France to bid farewell to him. 1586 – Four days after a commission had found Mary Queen of Scots guilty of conspiring to assassinate Elizabeth I, Parliament met to discuss Mary’s fate. They decided
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Claire | October 18, 2011
On this day in history, 18th October… 1529 – Cardinal Thomas Wolsey surrendered the Great Seal following the writ of praemunire being filed against him on the 9th October. 1541 – Death of Margaret Tudor, elder sister of Henry VIII, former consort of James IV and grandmother of Mary Queen of Scots and Henry Stuart,
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