Latest News

Did Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves consummate their marriage?

A Rare Anne Boleyn Portrait Comes Home: The Lyndhurst Portrait Arrives at Hever Castle

The Falcon’s Triumph – Pre-order now

Anne Boleyn: Her Life and Her Legacy video series

The Making of Anne Boleyn

2025 Anne Boleyn Files Advent Calendar

Inside the Book Trade of Late Medieval London – Guest Post by Toni Mount

Henry VIII

Anne Boleyn Execution Anne Boleyn Fall Events of 1536 Henry VIII Marriage Six Wives Tudor Characters Tudor Events

A Foregone Conclusion

22 Comments

I am convinced that the removal of Anne Boleyn from her position as Queen by execution was a…

Anne Boleyn Execution Anne Boleyn Fall Anne Boleyn Myths Anne Boleyn Personality Anne Queen Consort Events of 1536 Henry VIII Myths and Legends Six Wives Tudor Characters Tudor Events

Anne Boleyn’s Letter to Henry VIII

32 Comments

On the 6th May 1536, it is said that Anne Boleyn wrote the following letter to her husband,…

Anne Boleyn Fall Anne Queen Consort Events of 1536 Henry VIII The Boleyns Tudor Characters Tudor Events

Sir Richard Page and Sir Francis Bryan

9 Comments

Sir Richard Page is mentioned, along with Sir Thomas Wyatt, as being imprisoned in the Tower in a…

Anne Boleyn Fall Anne Boleyn Myths Anne Queen Consort Events of 1536 Henry VIII Marriage Myths and Legends Tudor Characters Tudor Events

Circa Regna Tonat – About the Throne the Thunder Rolls

6 Comments

On the Friday 5th May 1536, the final arrests in the coup against Anne Boleyn were made1 -…

Anne Boleyn Fall Anne Boleyn Personality Anne Queen Consort Events of 1536 Henry VIII Marriage Six Wives The Boleyns Tudor Events

From Tennis to Tower – Anne Boleyn is Arrested

26 Comments

At dawn on the 2nd May 1536 Henry Norris, Henry VIII's Groom of the Stool and great friend,…

Anne Boleyn Fall Anne Boleyn Personality Anne Queen Consort Events of 1536 Henry VIII Marriage The Boleyns Tudor Characters Tudor Events

The May Day Joust – Trouble in Tudor Paradise

4 Comments

(or Henry Norris with the dead men's shoes at the May Day Joust!) The May Day joust of…

Anne Boleyn Fall Books Events of 1536 Henry VIII Tudor Characters Tudor Events Tudor Politics

Oyer and Terminer – The Beginning of the End?

5 Comments

On this day in history, the 24th April 1536, Sir Thomas Audley, Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor and Thomas…

Henry VIII Six Wives

Did Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves consummate their marriage?

Anne Boleyn Art Anne Boleyn portraits

A Rare Anne Boleyn Portrait Comes Home: The Lyndhurst Portrait Arrives at Hever Castle

Books

The Falcon’s Triumph – Pre-order now

Anne Boleyn General Anne Boleyn Myths Anne Boleyn's Life series

Anne Boleyn: Her Life and Her Legacy video series