4 May 1536 – The Arrests of Sir Francis Weston and William Brereton
Mark Smeaton, Sir Henry Norris, Queen Anne Boleyn and her brother George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, were already imprisoned…
Events of 1536
3 May 1536 – Archbishop Cranmer is “clean amazed”
On 3rd May 1536 Archbishop Cranmer wrote a letter to King Henry VIII expressing his shock at the…
2 May 1536 – Henry VIII meets with his illegitimate son
According to Eustace Chapuys, the imperial ambassador, on the same day that Anne Boleyn was arrested and taken…
2 May 1536 – The Arrest of George Boleyn, Lord Rochford
The following account of George Boleyn’s arrest is taken from George Boleyn: Tudor Poet, Courtier and Diplomat by…
2 May 1536 – The Arrest of Queen Anne Boleyn
It appears that Anne Boleyn was watching a game of real tennis on 2nd May when a messenger…
1 May 1536 – Henry VIII leaves the May Day joust suddenly
Following their argument the day before, King Henry VIII and Queen Anne Boleyn attended the traditional May Day…
30 April 1536 – Henry VIII is angry with Anne Boleyn
According to Alexander Alesius, the Scottish theologian, it was on 30th April 1536 that he witnessed Henry VIII…