8 May 1536 – Vultures Hover over the Spoils of the Fallen
It was the way of the Tudor court, as men fell from favour others were waiting in the…
Events of 1536
7 May 1536 – William Latymer Searched at Sandwich
On Sunday 7th May 1536, William Latymer, one of Queen Anne Boleyn’s chaplains, was stopped and searched on…
6 May 1536 – From the Lady in the Tower
On 6th May 1536, it is said that Anne Boleyn wrote the following letter to her husband, King…
5 May 1536 – More Men in the Tower of London
By 5th May 1536, two further arrests had taken place: courtier, poet and diplomat Sir Thomas Wyatt, and…
4 May 1536 – A Wife’s Letter, Further Arrests and a Queen Cruelly Handled
Following the arrest of George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, his wife, Jane, wrote him a letter of comfort, promising…
3 May 1536 – Archbishop Cranmer Writes to the King
On 3rd May 1536, a very shocked Archbishop Thomas Cranmer wrote to King Henry VIII regarding his patron…
2 May 1536 – To the Tower
At dawn on 2nd May 1536, Sir Henry Norris, Henry VIII’s Groom of the Stool and great friend,…