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On this day in 1536, King Henry VIII suddenly seemed very hopeful of a Prince of Wales to succeed him. Did he know something that everyone else didn’t?
Was Henry VIII hopeful that Queen Anne Boleyn could still give him a son, or had he, in his mind, moved onto his new flame, Jane Seymour?
Find out more about what Henry VIII said in today’s video, which is part of a series counting down to Queen Anne Boleyn’s execution on 19th May 1536.
I’ll be doing these every day, up to an including 19th May.
On this day in 1536, Sir Thomas Audley, Lord Chancellor to King Henry VIII, set up two commissions of oyer and terminer, one for the county of Middlesex and one for the county of Kent.
What were these commissions and what did they have to do with the fall of Anne Boleyn, if anything?
Find out in today’s video:
If you prefer articles to videos, you can read my article from a few years ago – click here.
If you’re interested in my book The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown then you can find out more at http://getbook.at/fallanneboleyn
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As regular Anne Boleyn Files followers will know, every year I do a countdown to Queen Anne Boleyn’s execution on 19th May 1536 by sharing information on the events that led up to it. I usually do this in blog articles here on the Anne Boleyn Files, but this year I have decided to mix […]
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In today’s instalment of my video series “Questions about Anne Boleyn”, I consider the other men (apart from the obvious man, Henry VIII) that Anne Boleyn was involved with or linked to. In Part 1, I looked at James Butler and Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, and in Part 2, I consider poet and diplomat […]
Hever Castle, the family home of the Boleyn family, has just let me know about their new exhibition which starts on 13th May – Lights, camera, action: Hever Castle on Stage and Screen. I’m very excited as I’m there with the Anne Boleyn Experience Tour while the exhibition is on – great timing! The temporary […]
In today’s instalment of my video series “Questions about Anne Boleyn”, I consider the other men (apart from the obvious man, Henry VIII!) that Anne Boleyn was involved with or linked to. In Part 1, I look at the negotiations to marry Anne Boleyn off to James Butler of Ireland, and then Anne’s romance with […]
On this day in 1536, King Henry VIII suddenly seemed very hopeful of a Prince of Wales to succeed him. Did he know something that everyone else didn’t?
As promised, here is the first video in my “The Fall of Anne Boleyn” video series for 
