22 June 1509 – King Henry VIII rewards Thomas Boleyn, father of Anne Boleyn

| June 22, 2018

22 June 1509 – King Henry VIII rewards Thomas Boleyn, father of Anne Boleyn

On this day in history, the night of 22nd June 1509, King Henry VIII rewarded twenty-six* men for their loyal service to the crown by making them Knights of the Bath as part of his coronation celebrations. The men were Robert Radcliffe, Baron Fitzwalter; Henry Scrope, 7th Baron Scrope of Bolton; Lord Fitzhugh; William Blount, […]

8 July 1503 – Thomas Boleyn sets off for Scotland

| July 8, 2017

8 July 1503 – Thomas Boleyn sets off for Scotland

On this day in history, on 8th July 1503, during the reign of King Henry VII, Thomas Boleyn, father of Anne Boleyn, left Collyweston in Northamptonshire to undertake an important job for the king. Thomas had been appointed as a member of a large retinue headed by his father-in-law, Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, to […]

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