2 November 1541 – The Beginning of the End for Catherine Howard
On 2nd November 1541, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer left a letter for Henry VIII in the Holy Day Closet…
Henry VIII
28 October 1532 – Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn’s Last Full Day in Calais
Monday 28th October 1532 was the last full day of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn’s time with Francis…
27 October 1532 – Anne Boleyn’s Dramatic Entrance at Calais
On Sunday 27th October 1532, Anne Boleyn, Marquis of Pembroke, made a dramatic entrance after the great banquet…
25 October 1532 – Henry VIII and Francis I arrive at Calais
On Friday 25th October 1532, Henry VIII and Francis I left Boulogne, where Henry VIII had been Francis’s…
Jane Seymour – Guest Post by Lauren Johnson
On this day in 1537, Jane Seymour died of puerperal fever at Hampton Court Palace. In this guest…
21 October 1532 – Henry VIII left Anne Boleyn in Calais while he met with Francis I
On Monday 21st October 1532, according to Edward Hall’s Chronicle and Wynkyn de Worde’s The Maner of the…
Helen Castor’s Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death – Episode 2: A Good Marriage
The second episode of Helen Castor’s series “Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death” aired on BBC4 last night and…