Claire | June 15, 2017
On this day in history, 15th June 1536, a week after she had reached out to her father Henry VIII in a letter, twenty-year-old Mary received a visit at Hunsdon from members of the king’s council led by Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. Rather than informing her that the king was willing to receive […]
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Claire | June 15, 2016
Following the execution of her stepmother, Anne Boleyn, in May 1536, Henry VIII’s eldest daughter, the Lady Mary, was in hope of a reconciliation with her father. She had been estranged from her father due to her refusal to acknowledge the annulment of her parents’ marriage and to recognise her father’s marriage to Anne, her […]
Category: Events of 1536, Mary I |
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Tags: ill-treatment of Lady Mary, Lady Mary bullied, Mary I and Henry VIII, Princess Mary, submission of Lady Mary
