Day 10 of the Anne Boleyn Files Advent Calendar
December seems to be racing by, doesn't it? I can't believe we're on day 10 already! Today's treat…
10 December – A priest was tortured and executed by a priestfinder, and the execution of THomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham
On this day in Tudor history, 10th December 1591, Roman Catholic priest Edmund Gennings and Catholic Swithin Wells…
Anne Boleyn the Woman behind the Myths – Live 13-15 December 2021
Three days of free live talks from me, historian Claire Ridgway, to introduce you to the real Anne…
Day 9 of the Anne Boleyn Files Advent Calendar
The wonderful Kate McCaffrey, assistant curator at Hever Castle, is responsible for today's Tudor treat, and it's a…
9 December – Agnes Tilney, Catherine Howard’s step-grandmother, was detained and Sir Edward Neville was beheaded.
In this day in Tudor history, 9th December 1541, sixty-four-year-old Agnes Tilney, the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk and…
Day 8 of the Anne Boleyn Files Advent Calendar
My dear friend, James Peacock, has contributed today's treat on our Anne Boleyn Files Advent Calendar - thank…
8 December – The death of Sir William Coffin, master of the horses, and the birth of Mary, Queen of Scots
On this day in Tudor history, 8th December 1538, courtier and Master of the Horse to Queens Anne…