The Carthusian Monastery of Granada – La Cartuja de Granada
I spent Friday in the beautiful Spanish city of Granada. As I live quite near it, I’ve been…
6 May 1536 – From the Lady in the Tower
On 6th May 1536, it is said that Anne Boleyn wrote the following letter to her husband, King…
5 May 1536 – More Men in the Tower of London
By 5th May 1536, two further arrests had taken place: courtier, poet and diplomat Sir Thomas Wyatt, and…
4 May 1535 – The Executions of the Carthusian Martyrs
On 4th May 1535 three prominent Carthusian monks were put to death at Tyburn, along with a Bridgettine…
4 May 1536 – A Wife’s Letter, Further Arrests and a Queen Cruelly Handled
Following the arrest of George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, his wife, Jane, wrote him a letter of comfort, promising…
3 May 1536 – Archbishop Cranmer Writes to the King
On 3rd May 1536, a very shocked Archbishop Thomas Cranmer wrote to King Henry VIII regarding his patron…
Anne Boleyn’s Norfolk
Just a quick post to alert you to an article that historian Elizabeth Norton has written for Suffolk…