From the Lady in the Tower – An intriguing postscript
© 01/09/2015 The British Library Board, Cotton Otho f232vThank you to Sandra Vasoli, author of Anne Boleyn's Letter…
Anne Boleyn Fall
6 May 1536 – Try me, good King, but let me have a Lawful Trial
On this day in history, 6th May 1536, four days after her arrest, Queen Anne Boleyn may have…
5 May 1536 – Arrests and Interrogations
As I said yesterday, by the end of 4th May 1536 there were six prisoners in the Tower…
4 May 1536 – 2 more arrests and a letter of comfort
Man thought to be Sir Francis Weston4th May 1536 saw two more courtiers becoming prisoners at the Tower…
3 May 1536 – A letter from Archbishop Cranmer to Henry VIII
On this day in history, 3rd May 1536, a very shocked Thomas Cranmer, Henry VIII's Archbishop of Canterbury,…
2 May 1536 – Queen Anne Boleyn is arrested at Greenwich
On this day in history, on the morning of 2nd May 1536, Henry VIII's friend and groom of…
1 May 1536 – May Day jousting at Greenwich
On 1st May 1536, King Henry VIII and Queen Anne Boleyn attended the annual May Day joust at…