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On this day – Thomas Boleyn is rewarded and Mary Boleyn suffers a loss

| June 22, 2020

On this day – Thomas Boleyn is rewarded and Mary Boleyn suffers a loss

As you know, I’m doing daily “on this day in Tudor history” videos for the Anne Boleyn & Tudor Society YouTube channel based on research I did for my book, On This Day in Tudor History. Today, 22nd June, has two Boleyn-related events, so I thought I’d share them with you here. On this day […]

In memory of one of my very favourite Tudor personalities, Thomas Boleyn

| March 12, 2020

In memory of one of my very favourite Tudor personalities, Thomas Boleyn

Today is the anniversary of the death of Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, father of Queen Anne Boleyn. He died at the family home, Hever Castle, in Kent, on 12th March 1539. His servant, Robert Cranwell, informed Thomas Cromwell of Thomas’s death, writing “My good lord and master is dead. He made the end of […]

The Other Boleyn Girl – Is it accurate?

| October 3, 2019

The Other Boleyn Girl – Is it accurate?

In this latest instalment of my “Questions about Anne Boleyn” series, I look at Philippa Gregory’s best-selling novel, “The Other Boleyn Girl”, which was also turned into a movie and adapted for television. “The Other Boleyn Girl” has brought Anne Boleyn and Mary Boleyn’s stories to life for many people, and provoked an interest in […]

Video – 12 March 1539: The death of Thomas Boleyn

| March 12, 2019

Video – 12 March 1539: The death of Thomas Boleyn

As you will know, I am recording an “on this day in Tudor history” video for the Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society YouTube channel every day of 2019. Well, today’s video is about the death of Thomas Boleyn, father of Queen Anne Boleyn, on this day in 1539, so I thought I’d share it […]

8 July 1503 – An important job for Thomas Boleyn

| July 8, 2018

8 July 1503 – An important job for Thomas Boleyn

On this day in history, on 8th July 1503, during the reign of King Henry VII, Thomas Boleyn, father of Anne Boleyn, left Collyweston in Northamptonshire to undertake an important job for the king. Thomas had been appointed as a member of a large retinue headed by his father-in-law, Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, to […]

29 June 1536 – Thomas Boleyn is demoted

| June 29, 2018

29 June 1536 – Thomas Boleyn is demoted

On this day in history, 29th June 1536, Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, was stripped of his office of Lord Privy Seal, an office he had held since January 1530. His demotion came just over a month after the executions of his children, Queen Anne Boleyn and George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, and it was Thomas […]

22 June 1509 – King Henry VIII rewards Thomas Boleyn, father of Anne Boleyn

| June 22, 2018

22 June 1509 – King Henry VIII rewards Thomas Boleyn, father of Anne Boleyn

On this day in history, the night of 22nd June 1509, King Henry VIII rewarded twenty-six* men for their loyal service to the crown by making them Knights of the Bath as part of his coronation celebrations. The men were Robert Radcliffe, Baron Fitzwalter; Henry Scrope, 7th Baron Scrope of Bolton; Lord Fitzhugh; William Blount, […]

12 March 1539 – Thomas Boleyn dies at Hever Castle

| March 12, 2018

12 March 1539 – Thomas Boleyn dies at Hever Castle

On this day in history, 12th March 1539, Anne Boleyn’s father, Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond, died at Hever Castle, the Boleyn family home. He was about sixty-two years of age. His servant, Robert Cranwell, wrote to Thomas Cromwell of Thomas’s death: “My good lord and master is dead. He made the end […]

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