August 1535 – Sir Nicholas Poyntz plays host to Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
On 23rd August 1535*, King Henry VIII and his second wife, Queen Anne Boleyn, were scheduled to visit…
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16 August 1513 – The Battle of the Spurs
On Tuesday 16th August 1513, the Battle of the Spurs, if it can be called a battle, took…
12 August 1596 – The burial of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon
On 12th August 1596, Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, son of Mary Boleyn, nephew of Queen Anne Boleyn…
28 July 1540 – Fifth time lucky?
On 28th July 1540, at Oatlands Palace, in Surrey, King Henry VIII married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard,…
12 July 1543 – The King’s marriage to Catherine Parr
On this day in history, 12th July 1543, King Henry VIII married his sixth and final wife, Catherine…
9 July 1540 – The end of Henry VIII’s fourth marriage
On this day in history, 9th July 1540, just over six months after he had married Anne of…
3 July 1533 – Catherine, stop calling yourself queen!
Well, that’s what Thomas Cromwell’s instructions to William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy and Catherine of Aragon’s Chamberlain, on…