20 May 1536 – The Betrothal of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour
At 9am on 20th May 1536, the day after his second wife had been executed, Henry VIII became…
Queen Anne Boleyn, 19th of May 1536
The basket of roses and other flowers waiting outside the chapel to be laid on Anne's tile. c.…
And Whereas the crowned, the Most Happy Falcon was no more, a Phoenix was rising
The 19th May 1536 saw the end of Anne Boleyn "The Most Happy" and the next day Henry…
19 May 1536 – The Execution of Anne Boleyn at the Tower of London
Today I will be raising a glass to Queen Anne Boleyn, a woman whose life was cut short…
18 May 1536 – Postponement, Preparation and Prayer
On the night of 17th May 1536, while the carpenters built her scaffold within the grounds of the…
17 May 1536 – The Executions of Norris, Weston, Brereton, Smeaton and Rochford
Tower Hill scaffold memorial On 17th May 1536, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, Mark Smeaton, William Brereton…
Sweating Sickness or the English Sweat
Sweating sickness first reared its ugly head in England in summer 1485 and there were four further outbreaks…