Claire | May 3, 2017

On this day in history, 3rd May 1536, a very shocked Thomas Cranmer, Henry VIII’s Archbishop of Canterbury, wrote to the king regarding the arrest of his good friend and patron, Queen Anne Boleyn. In the letter, Cranmer wrote: “I am clean amazed, for I had never better opinion of woman”, but then tempered this […]

Category: Events of 1536, Anne Boleyn Fall | 3 Comments »
Tags: Archbishop Cranmer, Cranmer's letter to Henry VIII, Thomas Cranmer

Claire | November 2, 2016

All Souls’ Day is the feast day when forgotten souls, those souls in purgatory who might not have any masses or prayers being said for them, are remembered and it was at the special All Souls’ mass of 1541 that Henry VIII’s happy world came crashing down. Previous to this, Henry VIII had been blissfully […]

Category: Six Wives, Henry VIII, Tudor Events | 21 Comments »
Tags: All Souls' Day 1541, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, Cranmer letter, Cranmer's letter to Henry VIII, fall of Catherine Howard, Francis Dereham, Henry Mannox, Henry Manox, John Lascelles, John Lassells, Mary Hall, Thomas Cranmer

Claire | November 2, 2015

Happy All Souls’ Day! Unfortunately, back in 1541 All Souls’ Day was not a happy day for Henry VIII and any thoughts or prayers he had for departed loved ones were soon forgotten when he attended All Souls’ mass and found a letter left for him in the Holy Day Closet at Hampton Court Palace. […]

Category: Anne Boleyn General | 8 Comments »
Tags: All Souls, All Souls' Day 1541, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, Catherine Howard, Catherine Howard's past, Cranmer's letter to Henry VIII, fall of Catherine Howard, Francis Dereham, Henry Mannox, Thomas Cranmer