Anne Boleyn’s Love Life prior to Henry VIII: Henry Percy and Thomas Wyatt
Before Anne Boleyn became romantically involved with Henry VIII, her name was linked to two courtiers: Henry Percy,…
Read More5 May 1536 – More Arrests
Thomas Wyatt, the Elder On 5th May 1536, Sir Thomas Wyatt, the Elder, the renowned court poet, and…
Read More17 May 1536 – Five Executions on Tower Hill
The scaffold memorial at Tower Hill. "These bloody days have broken my heart", wrote the famous Tudor poet,…
Read More5 May 1536 – More Men in the Tower of London
Thomas Wyatt By 5th May 1536, two further arrests had taken place: courtier, poet and diplomat Sir Thomas…
Read More11 October – On this Day in History…
On this day in history, 11th October... 1521 - Title of Fidei Defensor, "Defender of the Faith", conferred…
Read MoreShall I Die Without Justice?
On entering the Tower on the 2nd May 1536, after her arrest, Queen Anne Boleyn asked Sir William…
Read More5 May 1536 – The Poet, the Friend and the Vicar of Hell
News has just reached us here at The Anne Boleyn Files that the celebrated poet, Sir Thomas Wyatt,…
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