Claire | May 5, 2013

By 5th May 1536, two further arrests had taken place: courtier, poet and diplomat Sir Thomas Wyatt, and Sir Richard Page, a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber. Neither man was named in the indictments of May 1536 and they were subsequently released. You can find out more about Page in my article Sir Richard Page […]

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Tags: Francis Bryan, Henry Wyatt, Richard Page, Sir Francis Bryan, Thomas Wyatt, Thomas Wyatt the Elder

Claire | May 7, 2010

I am convinced that the removal of Anne Boleyn from her position as Queen by execution was a foregone conclusion and that Anne never stood a chance of clearing her name and escaping death. There was shock at the allegations against Anne Boleyn and the five men, as shown in a letter from Rowland Lee, […]

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Tags: Anne Boleyn, Henry Wyatt, indictments, Sword of Calais, The Fall of Anne Boleyn, The Tudors, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas Wyatt

Claire | May 5, 2010

On the Friday 5th May 1536, the final arrests in the coup against Anne Boleyn were made1 – Sir Thomas Wyatt, the poet, being one of them. Sir Thomas Wyatt and Anne Boleyn Thomas Wyatt (1503 – 11th October 1542) was a poet and diplomat. He was born in around 1503 at Allington Castle, Kent, […]

Category: Anne Boleyn Fall, Anne Boleyn Myths, Anne Queen Consort, Events of 1536, Henry VIII, Marriage, Myths and Legends, Tudor Characters, Tudor Events | 6 Comments »
Tags: Anne Boleyn, Bell Tower, George Wyatt, Henry Wyatt, Sir Thomas More, The Fall of Anne Boleyn, Thomas Cromwell, Wyatt poetry