#PortraitTuesday – The Hampton Court Palace portrait of Anne Boleyn
Claire | May 30, 2023
In this week’s #PortraitTuesday short video, I’m looking at an Anne Boleyn portrait that can be found in the collection at Hampton Court Palace.
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#PortraitTuesday – The Nidd Hall Portrait of Anne Boleyn
Claire | May 23, 2023
This week, I’m looking at a strange portrait of Anne Boleyn… Find out more in these articles: The Nidd Hall Portrait matches the 1534 Anne Boleyn Medal Update on Nidd Hall Portrait and 1534 Anne Boleyn Medal – The Press articles are not correct
#fridayfun – Poll: With which man would Anne Boleyn have been happiest?
Claire | April 21, 2023
Today’s #fridayfun on the Anne Boleyn Files is a poll. I should have said “the most happy” in the question! Do vote and let me know what you think, and feel free to leave a comment too. QuizMaker
March 23 – The last abbey is dissolved and the Pope issued a bull proclaiming Catherine of Aragon to be England’s true queen
Joel | March 23, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 23rd March 1540, Waltham Abbey, an Augustinian house in Essex, was surrendered to the Crown. It was the last abbey to be dissolved in Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell’s dissolution of the monasteries. Find out more about this historic abbey, its origins and what’s left today, and also who […]
March 17 – Alexander Alesius’ terrifying vision of Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I’s famous Tide Letter
Joel | March 17, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 17th March 1565, Scottish theologian and Reformer Alexander Alesius (also known as Ales, Aless), died in either Leipzig or Edinburgh. Alesius wrote a huge number of theological works, was friends with reformers Philip Melancthon and Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, but had a row with the Bishop of London […]
March 4 – William Bullokar and his 40-letter alphabet and, Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and Mary Boleyn star in the spectacular Chateau Vert Pageant
Joel | March 4, 2022
On this day in history, 4th March 1609, Tudor spelling reformer and grammarian William Bullokar died at Chichester in West Sussex. William Bullokar is known for writing the first grammar book of English, the “Pamphlet for Grammar”, and for his work reforming the alphabet to improve literacy. Find out more about him and what he […]
29 January – Queen Anne Boleyn miscarries and the burial of Catherine of Aragon
Joel | January 29, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 29th January 1536, the same day that Catherine of Aragon was buried at Peterborough Abbey, Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII suffered a miscarriage. Contemporary accounts state that she was around 3 1/2 months pregnant and that it was a boy. In this talk, I share […]
28 October – Ivan the Terrible writes a rude letter to Elizabeth I and the Feast of St Simon and St Jude
Joel | October 28, 2021
On this day in Tudor history, 28th October 1570, Ivan IV of Russia, known commonly as Ivan the Terrible, wrote a rather rude letter to Queen Elizabeth I. Ivan was upset with Elizabeth’s reaction to his idea of a political alliance, an agreement to help each other if their lives were in danger, and wrote […]
