26 January – Justice Spelman and Anne Boleyn’s trial, and Mary I writes to Elizabeth
Joel Ridgway | January 26, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 26th January 1546, judge of assize and law reporter, Sir John Spelman, died. Now, you may never have heard of Justice John Spelman, but his reports on the legal cases of people like Queen Anne Boleyn, Sir Thomas More, Bishop John Fisher and Cardinal Thomas Wolsey have been very […]
