Day 1 of the Anne Boleyn Files Advent Calendar
I do love our annual Anne Boleyn Files Advent Calendar, it’s wonderful to get so many historians, authors,…
Tudor treats to enjoy right now and a double dose of them!
I can’t quite believe that it’s already 1st December! Where has this year gone?! But that means that…
1 December – A Catholic priest was tortured then executed and Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham were found guilty of high treason
On this day in Tudor history, 1st December 1581, twenty-five-year-old Roman Catholic priest Alexander Briant was hanged, drawn…
30 November – Elizabeth I’s Golden Speech, and Henry VIII gets told off by Catherine of Aragon AND Anne Boleyn
On this day in Tudor history, 30th November 1601, sixty-eight-year-old Queen Elizabeth I delivered her famous Golden Speech…
29 November – Courtier Anthony Browne dies a natural death whilst having served through 4 reigns and Cardinal Wolsey cheats the executioner
On this day in Tudor history, 29th November 1528, nobleman and courtier, Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, was…
28 November -An agent carrying gold for Mary, Queen of Scots drowned and Edward Plantagenet was beheaded
On this day in Tudor history, 28th November 1565, member of Parliament and political agent Francis Yaxley set…
27 November – Former monk burnt at stake for importing books and William Shakespeare gets married
On this day in Tudor history, 27th November 1531, former Benedictine monk and reformist, Richard Bayfield, was burnt…