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Circa Regna Tonat – About the Throne the Thunder Rolls

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

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A Message from Lady Rochford

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In a letter thought to have been written on the evening of the 5th May 1536, Sir William…

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The Arrests of Sir Francis Weston and Sir William Brereton

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On the afternoon of the 4th May* 1536, Sir Francis Weston and William Brereton were arrested and taken…

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Cruelly Handled – Anne Boleyn in the Tower

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As I have previously said, Sir William Kingston, the Constable of the Tower of London, was ordered to…

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“For I had never better opinion of woman” – Archbishop Cranmer’s Letter to Henry VIII

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Thomas Cranmer by Gerlach Flicke On this day in history, 3rd May 1536, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, wrote a…

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From Tennis to Tower – Anne Boleyn is Arrested

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

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The May Day Joust – Trouble in Tudor Paradise

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

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