My Anne Boleyn Roses
The end of April to mid May is always a sad time for those following Anne Boleyn’s story.…
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24 April 1536 – The Legal Machinery is Set Up
On 24th April 1536, Sir Thomas Audley, Henry VIII’s Lord Chancellor and Thomas Cromwell’s right hand man, set…
Happy St George’s Day!
Happy St George’s Day to my fellow English men, women and children, and anyone who has English blood.…
23rd April 1536 – A Blow for George Boleyn and a Victory for Nicholas Carew
Less than a month before he was executed, George Boleyn suffered a blow which some historians take as…
21 April 1509 – The Death of Henry VII and the Accession of Henry VIII
At Richmond Palace, at 11pm on Saturday 21st April 1509, King Henry VII died at the age of…
18 April 1587 – Death of John Foxe, Martyrologist
On this day in 1587, John Foxe, the English historian, reformer and martyrologist, died aged around seventy. He…