Anne Boleyn – The Boleyn Family’s Meal Ticket?
This article was inspired by lots of comments I received on The Anne Boleyn Files Facebook page yesterday…
Boleyn Myth
19 July 1543 – The Death of Mary Boleyn
According to an inquisition post mortem taken at Brentwood in Essex, Mary Boleyn, sister of Anne Boleyn, died…
The Clonony Boleyn Girls
To celebrate St Patrick’s Day I tend to write about Anne Boleyn’s links to Ireland, but today I’m…
13 February 1542 – Catherine Howard and Jane Boleyn, What they Did and Didn’t Say
Today marks the anniversary of the executions of Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII, and Jane Boleyn,…
Mary Boleyn and Henry VIII
After I had posted my article marking the anniversary of Mary Boleyn’s marriage to William Carey on 4th…
4 February 1520 – The Wedding of Mary Boleyn and William Carey
On this day in 1520, Mary Boleyn, sister of Anne Boleyn, married William Carey, an Esquire of the…
Boleyn or Bullen – The Spelling of Boleyn and the Myth that Anne Boleyn Changed It
It has been claimed, on various occasions, that Anne Boleyn ‘frenchified’ her name by changing it from ‘Bullen’…