30 April 1536 – Cromwell interrogates Mark Smeaton
On 30th April 1536, court musician Mark Smeaton was taken to Thomas Cromwell's house in Stepney where he…
Events of 1536
29 April 1536 – You look for dead men’s shoes
On 29th April 1536, Queen Anne Boleyn had two encounters with male courtiers which she later worried about…
28 April 1536 – Suspicious Meetings
Greenwich Palace Let's set the scene a little before I tell you about today's news from 1536. Queen…
27 April 1536 – Summons to attend Parliament
On 27th April 1536, writs were issued summoning Parliament to meet on 8th June 1536 and a letter…
27 April 1536 – The King might leave the said concubine
According to Eustace Chapuys, the imperial ambassador, on 27th April 1536 John Stokesley, Bishop of London, was consulted…
26 April 1536 – “not forgetting what words her grace’s mother said to me of her”
In 1558 Matthew Parker became Elizabeth I's Archbishop of Canterbury. "What's that got to do with Anne Boleyn…
24 April 1536 – Legal commissions set up by Sir Thomas Audley
Thomas Audley, English Heritage, Audley End House On 24th April 1536, two commissions of oyer and terminer were…