Claire | May 4, 2013
Following the arrest of George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, his wife, Jane, wrote him a letter of comfort, promising to “humbly [make] suit unto the king’s highness”1 for him. This meant that she was going to petition the King on George’s behalf. There is no record of her doing so, but then the records from this […]
Category: Anne Boleyn Fall, Events of 1536 |
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Claire | April 19, 2012
Numerous myths and falsehoods plague the memories of Anne and George Boleyn. But there are three specific ones relating to George:- That he and Anne actually committed the incest they were accused of. This suggestion was largely put to bed (pardon the pun) until the publication of ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’, in which it was […]
Category: George Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, Myths and Legends, The Boleyns |
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Tags: George Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, Jane Parker, Lady Rochford
Claire | February 13, 2012
Today Tudor history lovers everywhere will be remembering the tragic end of Queen Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII who was executed on this day in 1542. Many will not remember that Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford, was also executed and some will agree with the sentiments of one tumblr “confession” which said “Jane […]
Category: Anne Boleyn Fall, Events of 1536, Jane Boleyn, The Boleyns |
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Tags: George Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, Jane Parker, Lady Rochford
Claire | September 16, 2011
Just a quick reminder about a webinar I will be doing next Thursday, the 22nd September. This is the first in a series of webinars I will be doing for Anne Boleyn Fellowship members and Part 1 is on George and Jane Boleyn, examining who they really were in contrast to the way they are […]
Category: Anne Boleyn Myths, Books, George Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, Myths and Legends, News, The Boleyns |
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Tags: George Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, Jane Parker, Jane Rochford, webinar
Claire | June 3, 2011
Today we have a guest post from author and historian, Julia Fox, who wrote “Jane Boleyn: The Infamous Lady Rochford” and who has just released Sister Queens: Katherine of Aragon and Juana Queen of Castile: Katherine of Aragon and Juana Archduchess of Burgundy. I was fortunate enough to meet Julia, and her husband John Guy, […]
Category: Anne Boleyn Fall, Books, George Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, The Boleyns |
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Tags: book, George Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, Jane Parker, Jane Rochford, Julia Fox, Lady Rochford
Claire | May 4, 2011
Sir Tim Ridgway’s sources at court have told him that Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford, has sent a message to Sir William Kingston for her husband George Boleyn, Lord Rochford. Obviously a personal visit or letter are out of the question but the distraught Lady Rochford desperately wants to give her husband some comfort at this […]
Category: Anne Boleyn Fall, Events of 1536, George Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, The Boleyns, Tudor Events |
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Tags: George Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, Jane Parker, Lady Rochford, Lord Rochford, Nan Cobham, the Countess of Worcester
Claire | May 4, 2010
In a letter thought to have been written on the evening of the 5th May 1536, Sir William Kingston writes:- “After your departing yesterday, Greenway, gentleman usher, came to me and [said that] Master Carew and Master Bryan [had] commanded him in the King’s name to my Lord Rochford from my lady his wife and […]
Category: Anne Boleyn Fall, Anne Queen Consort, Events of 1536, George Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, The Boleyns, Tudor Characters, Tudor Events |
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Tags: George Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, Jane Parker, Lady Rochford, The Fall of Anne Boleyn
Claire | January 18, 2010
I thought I’d start my series of articles on the fall of Anne Boleyn by looking at Jane Boleyn (also referred to as Jane Parker and Lady Rochford), wife of George Boleyn and the woman who is known for telling Thomas Cromwell that George and Anne Boleyn had committed incest. But what exactly was her […]
Category: Anne Boleyn Execution, Anne Boleyn Fall, Books, George Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, The Boleyns, Tudor Characters, Tudor Events |
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Tags: George Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, Jane Parker, Jane Rochford, Lady Rochford, The Fall of Anne Boleyn