5 May 1536 – More interrogations and arrests
Thomas Wyatt, the ElderBy 5th May 1536, two other men had been imprisoned in the Tower of London…
The Real Wolf Hall – The Cromwell Family in Wolf Hall: The Family Man
Mark Rylance as Thomas CromwellOur 'Real Wolf Hall' series of articles continues today with a wonderful article on…
4 May 1536 – Anne Boleyn complains
On or around 4th May 1536, Sir William Kingston, Constable of the Tower of London, wrote to Thomas…
4 May 1536 – Jane Boleyn’s promise to George Boleyn
Sometime around 4th May 1536, two days after his arrest, George Boleyn's wife, Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford, sent…
4 May 1536 – The Arrests of Sir Francis Weston and William Brereton
Man thought to be Sir Francis Weston Mark Smeaton, Sir Henry Norris, Queen Anne Boleyn and her brother…
3 May 1536 – Archbishop Cranmer is “clean amazed”
On 3rd May 1536 Archbishop Cranmer wrote a letter to King Henry VIII expressing his shock at the…
2 May 1536 – Henry VIII meets with his illegitimate son
According to Eustace Chapuys, the imperial ambassador, on the same day that Anne Boleyn was arrested and taken…