Claire | July 25, 2017
With his letter written on the Feast of St James (25th July) 1535, to Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle, who was Charles V’s advisor, Eustace Chapuys included an interesting post script. It was written in cipher, but said: “P.S.—He the other day nearly murdered his own fool, a simple and innocent man, because he happened to […]
Category: Anne Queen Consort, Elizabeth I, Tudor Characters, Tudor Events |
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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
