27 April 1536 – Summons to attend Parliament
On 27th April 1536, writs were issued summoning Parliament to meet on 8th June 1536 and a letter…
Anne Boleyn’s fall
24 April 1536 – Legal commissions set up by Sir Thomas Audley
On 24th April 1536, two commissions of oyer and terminer were set up by Sir Thomas Audley, Lord…
The Aftermath of the Events of May 1536
Today I want to share with you an extract from The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown about…
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…
16 May 1536 – Anne Boleyn is “in hope of life”
On this day in 1536, Sir William Kingston, Constable of the Tower of London, reported to Thomas Cromwell…
14 May 1536 – The Queen’s incontinent living was so rank and common
On 14th May 1536, Thomas Cromwell wrote to Stephen Gardiner and Sir John Wallop, Henry VIII’s ambassadors at…