Claire | April 24, 2011

Here at The Anne Boleyn Files we have just heard some interesting news from our court informant. It appears that Lord Chancellor Sir Thomas Audley has set up two commissions of ‘Oyer and Terminer’ at Westminster, for offences carried out in the counties of Kent and Middlesex. As you know, these commissions are used “to […]

Category: Anne Boleyn Fall, Events of 1536, Tudor Events, Tudor Politics | 3 Comments »
Tags: oyer and terminer, The Fall of Anne Boleyn, Thomas Audley, Thomas Cromwell, treason

Claire | April 10, 2009

As part of the 500th Anniversary of Henry VIII’s accession to the throne, the National Archives have set up a special website as an online exhibition of documents from Henry’s reign. Included in these documents is Roll KB8/9, the “Baga de Secretis” or Bag of Secrets, which includes records of the opening of the trial […]

Category: Anne Boleyn Execution, Anne Boleyn Fall, Anne Boleyn General, Henry VIII, News | 14 Comments »
Tags: adultery, Anne Boleyn trial, Baga de Secretis, George Boleyn, Henry VIII, incest, National Archives, treason