Claire | November 2, 2017

On All Souls’ Day 1541, Catherine Howard, niece of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, and cousin of the late Queen Anne Boleyn, had been queen for just 15 months. She had married Henry VIII as his fifth wife on 28th July 1540, following the annulment of his six month marriage to Anne of Cleves, […]

Category: Six Wives | 20 Comments »
Tags: All Souls' Day 1541, Archbishop Cranmer's letter to Henry VIII, Catherine Howard's past, Francis Dereham, Henry Mannox, Henry Manox, John Lascelles, John Lassells, Mary Hall, Mary Lascelles, Mary Lassells

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: Henry VIII, Six Wives, 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, 2014

On 2nd November 1541, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer left a letter for Henry VIII in the Holy Day Closet at Hampton Court Palace detailing Catherine Howard’s colourful past, and how she had “lived most corruptly and sensually”. Cranmer had been persuaded by Chancellor Audley and the Earl of Hertford to relate the story told by Mary […]

Category: Henry VIII, Six Wives, Tudor Events | 9 Comments »
Tags: Archbishop Cranmer, Catherine Howard, fall of Catherine Howard, Francis Dereham, Henry Manox, John Lascelles, Katherine Howard, Katherine Howard's fall, Mary Lascelles, Thomas Cranmer

Claire | July 16, 2013

On this day in history, 16th July 1546, the Protestant martyrs, Anne Askew, John Lascelles, John Adams and Nicholas Belenian, were burned at the stake at Smithfield in London for heresy. You can read more about them and also the Newbury Martyrs, who were burned on this day in 1556, in my article 16 July […]

Category: The Reformation, Tudor Characters | 1 Comment »
Tags: Anne Askew, burning of Anne Askew, heresy, John Lascelles, Newbury Martyrs, Protestant martyrs

Claire | November 2, 2011

On this day in history, 2nd November… 1541 – Archbishop Thomas Cranmer left a letter for Henry VIII in the Holy Day Closet at Hampton Court Palace detailing Catherine Howard’s colourful past and how she had “lived most corruptly and sensually”. Cranmer had been persuaded by Chancellor Audley and the Earl of Hertford to relate […]

Category: Henry VIII, Six Wives, Tudor Characters, Tudor Events | 18 Comments »
Tags: Catherine Howard, Francis Dereham, Henry Mannox, Henry Manox, John Lascelles, Katherine Howard, Thomas Cranmer

Claire | July 16, 2011

On the 16th July 1546 the Protestant martyrs Anne Askew, John Lascelles, John Adams and Nicholas Belenian were burned at the stake at Smithfield in London for heresy. Those of you who read my article “18 June 1546 – Anne Askew Sentenced to Death” will know that Anne was illegally racked in the Tower of […]

Category: The Reformation, Tudor Characters, Tudor Events | 12 Comments »
Tags: Anne Askew, John Foxe, John Lascelles, Protestant martyr, The Reformation