Claire | October 27, 2015
On 25th October 1532, Henry VIII and Francis I, King of France, arrived at Calais, which was English territory at the time to continue their talks and to meet with Anne Boleyn, Marquis of Pembroke, Henry’s queen-in-waiting. After his arrival in Calais, Francis sent Anne Boleyn a diamond via the Provost of Paris, but Anne […]
Category: Anne Boleyn General, Anne Boleyn Places, Tudor Events |
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Claire | October 27, 2011
On this day in history, 27th October… 1526 – Bishop Tunstal presided over the burning of Lutheran books, such as William Tyndale’s New Testament, at St Paul’s. He had issued an edict commanding that copies of the English New Testament should be found and delivered to him because members of Luther’s sect had “translated the […]
Category: Anne Queen Consort, The Reformation, Tudor Events |
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Tags: Calais, Francis I, masque, William Tyndale
