7 May 1536 – William Latymer, Queen Anne Boleyn’s chaplain, is searched
On this day in history, 7th May 1536, five days after her arrest, Queen Anne Boleyn’s chaplain, William…
Anne Boleyn Fall
From the Lady in the Tower – An intriguing postscript
Thank you to Sandra Vasoli, author of Anne Boleyn’s Letter from the Tower: A New Assessment, for sharing…
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
4th May 1536 saw two more courtiers becoming prisoners at the Tower of London: Sir Francis Weston, a…
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…