23 April 1536 – A snub to George Boleyn or simply a promise kept?
Order of the Garter procession23rd April is St George's and is the day for announcing new appointments to…
Events of 1536
18 April 1536 – Chapuys does Anne Boleyn “reverence”
On 18th April 1536, just a month and a day before Anne Boleyn's execution, Eustace Chapuys, the imperial…
29 January 1536 – Anne Boleyn loses a son
On 29 January 1536, tragedy struck King Henry VIII and Queen Anne Boleyn. Anne Boleyn suffered a miscarriage,…
29 January 1536 – Burial of Catherine of Aragon at Peterborough Abbey
On this day in history, 29 January 1536, Henry VIII's first wife, Catherine of Aragon, was laid to…
Eustace Chapuys and the tyrannical Henry VIII
Just a few days ago, I wrote about Henry VIII being unhorsed by his opponent during a joust…
24 January 1536 – A Jousting Accident at Greenwich
On 24th January 1536, King Henry VIII suffered a serious accident while jousting at Greenwich Palace. Sources differ…
22 July 1536 – The Death of Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, at St James’s Palace
On this day in 1536 (some sources say 23rd), seventeen year-old Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset,…