A Letter from Henry VIII to Jane Seymour
At some point between Jane’s arrival at Chelsea and Anne Boleyn’s execution, Henry VIII wrote to Jane regarding…
Events of 1536
14 May 1536 – Jane Seymour Moves to Chelsea
On this day in 1536, while his wife was imprisoned in the Tower of London waiting to be…
13 May 1536 – Anne Boleyn’s Household is Broken Up
Anne Boleyn hadn’t even been tried and found guilty yet, but her household was broken up on this…
12 May 1536 – The Trial of Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton and Mark Smeaton
Things had moved incredibly fast in the spring of 1536, the fall of Anne Boleyn. The first arrest…
11 May 1536 – The Kent Indictment
The day after the Grand Jury of Middlesex met at Westminster, the Grand Jury of Kent met at…
10 May 1536 – The Middlesex Indictment
On 10th May 1536, Giles Heron, foreman of the Grand Jury of Middlesex and son-in-law of the late…
9 May 1536 – Meetings and Legal Proceedings
On Tuesday 9th May 1536, Henry VIII wrote to Thomas Cromwell from Westminster Palace “Commanding him to repair…