The Real Wolf Hall – Who was Thomas More?
Today, Beth von Staats, author of Thomas Cranmer: In a Nutshell and creator of QueenAnneBoleyn.com, shares with us…
27 April 1536 – Summons to attend Parliament
On 27th April 1536, writs were issued summoning Parliament to meet on 8th June 1536 and a letter…
27 April 1536 – The King might leave the said concubine
According to Eustace Chapuys, the imperial ambassador, on 27th April 1536 John Stokesley, Bishop of London, was consulted…
Thomas Cranmer: In a Nutshell now available as a paperback
Just a quick post to let you know that Beth von Staats' book Thomas Cranmer: In a Nutshell…
26 April 1536 – “not forgetting what words her grace’s mother said to me of her”
In 1558 Matthew Parker became Elizabeth I's Archbishop of Canterbury. "What's that got to do with Anne Boleyn…
25 April 1544 – Queen Catherine Parr’s first work is published
On this day in history, 25th April 1544, Queen Catherine Parr's English translation of John Fisher's Latin work…
24 April 1536 – Legal commissions set up by Sir Thomas Audley
Thomas Audley, English Heritage, Audley End House On 24th April 1536, two commissions of oyer and terminer were…