In which language did Anne Boleyn write letters to Henry? (Some of them seemed to be in French, but, did Henry know French?

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We don't actually have Anne Boleyn's love letters to Henry, only Henry's and quite a few of them were written in French. Henry VIII knew French, Latin and Greek, and, I think, Italian, as well as his native tongue of English. The letter allegedly written by Anne from the Tower in 1536 (many people think it's a forgery) was in English.

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