Claire | May 19, 2023
Today is the anniversary of Queen Anne Boleyn’s execution on 19th May 1536, so it seems only right for our weekly quiz to be about Anne Boleyn’s fall. How much do you know about the events leading up to and surrounding Anne Boleyn’s execution? Find out with this quiz. Good luck!
Claire | May 12, 2023
This week’s #FridayFun is a quiz testing your knowledge of the events leading up to the execution of Queen Anne Boleyn in 1536. It doesn’t seem right to call it fun, does it? If you missed the first quiz, you can do that by clicking here.
Claire | April 25, 2022
On this day in 1536, King Henry VIII suddenly seemed very hopeful of a Prince of Wales to succeed him. Did he know something that everyone else didn’t? Was Henry VIII hopeful that Queen Anne Boleyn could still give him a son, or had he, in his mind, moved onto his new flame, Jane Seymour? […]
Claire | April 24, 2022
On this day in 1536, Sir Thomas Audley, Lord Chancellor to King Henry VIII, set up two commissions of oyer and terminer, one for the county of Middlesex and one for the county of Kent. What were these commissions and what did they have to do with the fall of Anne Boleyn, if anything? On […]
Claire | May 13, 2021
On 19th May 2021, to commemorate the anniversary of Queen Anne Boleyn’s execution, I will be doing a live talk on Anne Boleyn’s fall and execution over on The Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society YouTube channel followed by a Q&A session. You can find out the time in your time zone on the live […]
Claire | April 24, 2021
On this day in 1536, Sir Thomas Audley, Lord Chancellor to King Henry VIII, set up two commissions of oyer and terminer, one for the county of Middlesex and one for the county of Kent. What were these commissions and what did they have to do with the fall of Anne Boleyn, if anything? Find […]
Claire | May 9, 2019
On this day in 1536, 9th May, King Henry VIII wanted an update on the ‘investigation’ into his wife, Queen Anne Boleyn. In today’s video,I explain just what was happening at court on 9th May 1536. I’m doing these “Fall of Anne Boleyn” videos daily until 19th May and I started on 24th April. You […]
Claire | May 8, 2017
Before I go into details on today’s event of 1536, let’s just have a recap of the events so far: 24 April 1536 – Legal commissions are set up 25 April 1536 – Henry VIII writes to his ambassadors abroad 26 April 1536 – Queen Anne Boleyn meets with her chaplain 27 April 1536 – […]
