Claire | April 5, 2014

On 5th April 1531, Richard Roose (or Rouse), the cook in the household of John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, was boiled to death after being attainted of high treason. It was claimed that Roose had poisoned a porridge (or pottage)* served to Fisher and his guests on 18th February 1531. All who ate the porridge […]

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Claire | April 5, 2011

On this day in history, 5th April 1531, Richard Roose (or Rouse), Bishop John Fisher’s cook, was boiled to death after confessing to poisoning the soup* that was served to the Bishop and his guests. Fisher, the Bishop of Rochester, survived but some of his guests, who’d eaten more of the soup, died. People were […]

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Tags: Anne Boleyn, Bishop Fisher, Bishop John Fisher, Philippa Gregory, poison, Richard Roose, Richard Rouse, The Other Boleyn Girl, Thomas Boleyn