Claire | September 2, 2015
I know many of you were interested in what Sandra Vasoli had to say about the letter said to be written by Anne Boleyn to Henry VIII from the Tower on 6th May 1536 (click here to read that) so I just wanted to let you know that the kindle version of Sandi’s book is […]
Claire | May 6, 2015
Thank you so much to Sandra Vasoli, author of Je Anne Boleyn: Struck with the Dart of Love for sharing some of her thoughts and research on “The Lady in the Tower” letter. Over to Sandi… Today, 6 May, marks 479 years since the origination of a compelling and mysterious letter, written according to some […]
Claire | May 6, 2014
A letter with the heading “To the King from the Lady in the Tower” and allegedly written by Anne Boleyn, while she was imprisoned in the Tower, was said to have been found amongst Thomas Cromwell’s papers. It read: “Sir, your Grace’s displeasure, and my Imprisonment are Things so strange unto me, as what to […]
Claire | May 6, 2013
On 6th May 1536, it is said that Anne Boleyn wrote the following letter to her husband, King Henry VIII, from the Tower of London: “To the King from the Lady in the Tower” [Heading said to have been added by Thomas Cromwell] “Sir, your Grace’s displeasure, and my Imprisonment are Things so strange unto […]
Claire | August 10, 2012
I’ve recently been corresponding with a reader of my book on the fall of Anne Boleyn regarding a message that Anne Boleyn was said to have sent Henry VIII on 19th May 1536. The reader had seen the words of this message on a few websites and wanted to know the source of them and […]
Claire | May 6, 2012
On 6th May 1536, it is said that Anne Boleyn wrote a letter to her husband, King Henry VIII, from her “doleful Prison the Tower. The letter was headed with the words “To the King from the Lady in the Tower”, alleged to have been written by Thomas Cromwell. Find out more in my article […]
Claire | May 6, 2011
The following letter has today fallen into our hands, here at The Anne Boleyn Files, and we are told that it is a copy of one written by Queen Anne Boleyn to her husband, King Henry VIII, on this very day, 6th May 1536. Here is a transcript:- “To the King from the Lady in […]
Claire | May 6, 2010
On the 6th May 1536, it is said that Anne Boleyn wrote the following letter to her husband, King Henry VIII, from the Tower of London:- “Sir, your Grace’s displeasure, and my Imprisonment are Things so strange unto me, as what to Write, or what to Excuse, I am altogether ignorant; whereas you sent unto […]
