17 May 1536 – These bloody days have broken my heart
The famous Tudor poet Thomas Wyatt the Elder wrote two poems about the executions he witnessed in 1536…
16 May 1536 – Anne Boleyn hopes to go to a nunnery
Following a visit from Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, earlier in the day, Anne Boleyn told her gaoler…
15 May 1536 – The Trials of Queen Anne Boleyn and George Boleyn, Lord Rochford
According to Eustace Chapuys, the imperial ambassador, on the morning of the 15th May 1536 Jane Seymour received…
14 May 1536 – Jane Seymour moves nearer the King
Jane Seymour by Lucas HorenboutOn 14th May 1536 Sir Nicholas Carew was sent by Henry VIII to collect…
Tudor Medicine and Magic by Hunter S. Jones
A big welcome to Hunter S. Jones who is celebrating the forthcoming launch of her novel Phoenix Rising:…
13 May 1536 – Queen Anne Boleyn’s household is broken up
Sir William Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton and Treasurer of the Household.On 13th May 1536, Sir William Fitzwilliam, Treasurer…
13 May 1536 – Henry Percy won’t play ball
Harry Lloyd as Henry Percy in "Wolf Hall". On this day in history, 13th May 1536, Henry Percy,…