Claire | April 21, 2023
Today’s #fridayfun on the Anne Boleyn Files is a poll. I should have said “the most happy” in the question! Do vote and let me know what you think, and feel free to leave a comment too. QuizMaker
Category: Anne Boleyn General, Friday fun, Tudor Characters |
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Tags: Anne Boleyn, Henry Percy, Henry VIII, James Butler, men connected to Anne Boleyn, Thomas Wyatt
Claire | May 19, 2020
Today, I will be raising a glass to Queen Anne Boleyn, who was executed on the morning of 19th May 1536, and also to all those caught up in those awful days in May 1536. Poet and diplomat Thomas Wyatt the Elder was friends with a few of those who lost their lives that May, […]
Category: Anne Boleyn Execution |
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Tags: Anne Boleyn's execution, May 1536, Thomas Wyatt, Thomas Wyatt execution poetry, Thomas Wyatt poetry
Claire | May 5, 2019
By 5th May 1536, there were eight prisoners in the Tower of London: Queen Anne Boleyn and seven men implicated in her fall. Who were they? Another man had also been called to London for questioning. What was going on? I explain all in today’s video. I’m doing these “Fall of Anne Boleyn” videos daily […]
Category: Fall of Anne Boleyn videos, Anne Boleyn Fall, Events of 1536 |
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Tags: 1536 men, arrests 1536, Francis Bryan, Richard Page, Thomas Wyatt
Claire | April 16, 2018
Thank you to author Judith Arnopp for joining us today on the Anne Boleyn Files with this wonderful guest post. Judith is one of the authors of the new collaborative book Sexuality and its Impact on History which is published by Pen & Sword. Over to Judith… I’ve been interested in history all my life, […]
Category: Books, Early Life |
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Tags: Judith Arnopp, Thomas Wyatt, Thomas Wyatt and Anne Boleyn
Claire | March 21, 2017
A Facebook post by the BBC has just alerted me to the fact that it is World Poetry Day today. How can I be a literature lover and not know that? Oh dear! I love so many poems, but because I have a rather soft spot for Thomas Wyatt the Elder I will share one […]
Category: Tudor Characters, Tudor Times |
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Tags: George Boleyn poetry, Thomas Wyatt, Thomas Wyatt poetry, Whoso List to Hunt
Claire | May 5, 2016
You may have heard that five men were executed on 17th May 1536 after being found guilty of high treason for sleeping with Queen Anne Boleyn and plotting with her to kill the King, but did you know that three other men were implicated in her fall? These men were Anne’s relative, Sir Francis Bryan; […]
Category: Anne Boleyn Fall, Events of 1536, Tudor Characters |
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Tags: fall of Anne Boleyn, Francis Bryan, Richard Page, Thomas Wyatt, Thomas Wyatt and Anne Boleyn
Claire | October 11, 2014
On this day in history, 11th October 1542, Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder, poet and diplomat, died at Clifton Maybank House, the home of his friend Sir John Horsey, in Sherborne Dorset. He had been complaining of severe headaches since 1539 and he was just 39 years old at the time of his death. You […]
Category: Tudor Characters |
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Tags: Thomas Wyatt, Thomas Wyatt the Elder
Claire | September 19, 2014
Before Anne Boleyn became romantically involved with Henry VIII, her name was linked to two courtiers: Henry Percy, son of the Earl of Northumberland and a member of Cardinal Wolsey’s household, and Thomas Wyatt the Elder, the famous Tudor poet. I want to share with you today two videos I did as sample “Claire Chats” […]
Category: Anne Boleyn's Life series, Early Life |
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Tags: Anne Boleyn and Henry Percy, Anne Boleyn and Thomas Wyatt, Anne Boleyn's love life, Henry Percy, Thomas Wyatt, Thomas Wyatt the Elder