Claire | November 11, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 11th November 1534, in the reign of King Henry VIII, the Admiral of France landed on English soil. Philippe de Chabot, Seigneur De Brion’s mission was to renew Anglo-French relations. Queen Anne Boleyn’s brother, George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, had been put in charge of meeting the admiral and escorting […]
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Claire | May 17, 2022
While King Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne Boleyn was being declared null and void by Archbishop Cranmer at Lambeth, executions were taking place on Tower Hill. On this day in 1536, 17th May, George Boleyn, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton and Mark Smeaton were executed for high treason after being found guilty […]
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Claire | May 4, 2022
On this day in 1536, 4th May, George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, received a message of comfort. It was from his wife, Jane Boleyn (née Parker). What do we know about this message? In this video, I share what the contemporary sources tell us about the message and also what else happened on 4th May 1536… […]
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Claire | April 23, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 23rd April 1536, St George’s Day, George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, lost to Nicholas Carew in the Order of the Garter elections. George Boleyn was, of course, the brother of Queen Anne Boleyn, so how did he lose, and was this a sign of the beginning of the end for […]
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Tags: George Boleyn, Nicholas Carew, Order of the Garter, St George, William Shakespeare
Joel | February 11, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 11 February 1531, the ecclesiastical assembly known as convocation granted King Henry VIII the title of “singular protector, supreme lord, and even, so far as the law of Christ allows, supreme head of the English church and clergy”. The person responsible for persuading convocation to grant the king this […]
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Tags: birth of Elizabeth I, Elizabeth of York's death, George Boleyn
Joel | November 11, 2021
On this day in Tudor history, 11th November 1534, Philippe de Chabot, Seigneur De Brion and Admiral of France, landed on English soil. The purpose of the diplomatic mission he was leading was to renew Anglo-French relations. George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, brother of Queen Anne Boleyn, had been put in charge of meeting the admiral […]
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Tags: Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, Catherine Howard, George Boleyn, Philippe de Chabot
Claire | August 21, 2021
George Boleyn is my second favourite historical character and is just as fascinating as his more famous sister, Anne Boleyn, so I’m really pleased that his life and career are being given the attention they deserve in BBC Two’s The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family. If you want to know more about George Boleyn then you […]
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Claire | August 18, 2021
Episode 1 of BBC Two’s new three-part series on the Boleyn family – The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family – aired on Friday 13th August, and episodes 2 and 3 have already been released on BBC iPlayer. It is a wonderful series and well worth watching because it introduces a very different Boleyn family. Gone are […]
Category: Anne Boleyn General, Books, George Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, Mary Boleyn, Representations of Anne Boleyn, The Boleyns, Thomas Boleyn |
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Tags: Anne Boleyn, Boleyn, Boleyn family, Boleyns, Elizabeth Boleyn, Elizabeth Howard, George Boleyn, Mary Boleyn, the Boleyns, The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family, Thomas Boleyn