Claire | April 1, 2014
As it’s April Fools’ Day today, I thought I’d take a look at Jane the Fool, the woman who was court fool to Queen Anne Boleyn, Queen Mary I (when she was princess and queen) and Queen Catherine Parr. Jane was what John Southworth, in his book “Fools and Jesters at the English Court”, refers […]
Category: Anne Queen Consort, Mary I, Six Wives, Tudor Characters |
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Claire | June 15, 2013
On 15th June 1560, William Somer (Sommers), former court fool to Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I died in Shoreditch, London. He was buried at St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch. Somer served as Henry VIII’s fool from June 1535 and just a month later got into trouble with the King. In July 1535, Eustace Chapuys, […]
Category: Anne Boleyn General, Henry VIII, Tudor Characters |
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Tags: Court fool, court jester, Henry VIII's fool, Will Somer, Will Sommers, Will Summers, William Somer, William Sommers
