Claire | May 19, 2023
On this day in Tudor history, 19th May 1536, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer uttered the words “she who has been the Queen of England upon Earth will today become a Queen in heaven” and wept in front of his friend Alexander Alesius. Cranmer was talking about Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, who […]
Claire | May 19, 2023
Today is the anniversary of Queen Anne Boleyn’s execution on 19th May 1536, so it seems only right for our weekly quiz to be about Anne Boleyn’s fall. How much do you know about the events leading up to and surrounding Anne Boleyn’s execution? Find out with this quiz. Good luck!
Claire | May 19, 2022
I was interviewed bright and early this morning for the “on this day in history” segment of the “Aasmah Mir and Stig Abell with Times Radio Breakfast” show. You can listen to the replay at https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio/show/20220519-11330/2022-05-19 and you’ll need to go to 55.30 to listen to my bit. I hope you enjoy it!
Claire | April 20, 2022
Thank you so much to Mickey Mayhew for sharing this chapter from his latest book House of Tudor – A grisly history with us today. You can buy the book on Amazon UK at https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1399011049/, Amazon.com at https://www.amazon.com/House-Tudor-History-Mickey-Mayhew/dp/1399011049/, or your usual bookstore. Over to Mickey… Anne Boleyn was executed on 19 May 1536, in the […]
Claire | May 20, 2021
To commemorate the anniversary of Anne Boleyn’s execution, I did a live talk and Q&A session yesterday on the Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society YouTube Channel. It went really well and there were lots of excellent questions, so if you missed it then please do catch up with this replay: Please do subscribe to […]
Claire | May 19, 2021
On 19th May 1536, Queen Anne Boleyn was executed for high treason at the Tower of London. As was customary, Anne addressed the crowd and she kept to the usual execution speech format: An acknowledgement of the spectators’ presence. An acknowledgement that she had been condemned to death by the law. A confession of her […]
Claire | May 19, 2021
Today is the anniversary of the execution of Queen Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife, on 19th May 1536. Anne was beheaded within the Tower of London confines by a swordsman ordered from Calais. There were just seventeen days between her arrest and execution. In this video, I explain exactly what happened on this day […]
Claire | August 9, 2020
In this latest edition of my Questions about Anne Boleyn series, I answer questions that I’m regularly asked about Queen Anne Boleyn’s execution, which took place 19th May 1536. What were the charges against Anne Boleyn? When was Anne Boleyn executed? Where was Anne Boleyn executed? Who was at Anne Boleyn’s execution? Which ladies attended […]
