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May 7 – Anne Boleyn’s chaplain get searched, and Bishop Fisher is tricked

| May 7, 2022

May 7 – Anne Boleyn’s chaplain get searched, and Bishop Fisher is tricked

On 7th May 1536, one of Queen Anne Boleyn’s chaplain, William Latymer, was stopped and searched on his arrival back in England from the Continent. Why was he searched? What had been his business abroad? What was found in his possession? And what happened to him? And a year earlier, on 7th May 1535, after […]

7 May 1536 – A queen’s chaplain is accosted and searched – The Fall of Anne Boleyn

| May 7, 2021

7 May 1536 – A queen’s chaplain is accosted and searched – The Fall of Anne Boleyn

On 7th May 1536, five days after Queen Anne Boleyn’s arrest, her chaplain, William Latymer, was accosted and searched on his arrival back in England from the Continent. Why was Latymer searched? Why had the queen’s chaplain been abroad? Was anything found on him and what happened to him? Find out in this Fall of […]

The Fall of Anne Boleyn: Day -12

| May 7, 2020

The Fall of Anne Boleyn: Day -12

On 7th May 1536, five days after the arrest of Queen Anne Boleyn, the queen’s chaplain was accosted and searched on his arrival back in England from the Continent. Why? What were the authorities expecting to find? Find out more in this video: There are lots and lots of Tudor history videos on my Anne […]

7 May 1536 – Queen Anne Boleyn’s Chaplain is searched – The Fall of Anne Boleyn

| May 7, 2019

7 May 1536 – Queen Anne Boleyn’s Chaplain is searched – The Fall of Anne Boleyn

On this day in 1536, 7th May, one of Queen Anne Boleyn’s chaplain was accosted and searched on his arrival back in England from the Continent. Why was he searched? What had been his business abroad? What was found in his possession? And what happened to him? I explain everything in today’s video. I’m doing […]

7 May 1536 – William Latymer, Queen Anne Boleyn’s chaplain, is searched

| May 7, 2017

7 May 1536 – William Latymer, Queen Anne Boleyn’s chaplain, is searched

On this day in history, 7th May 1536, five days after her arrest, Queen Anne Boleyn’s chaplain, William Latymer, was searched by the mayor and jurates of Sandwich in Kent. He had just landed on English soil after a trip to Flanders on the queen’s business. What was his business and did they find anything […]

7 May 1536 – A chaplain searched

| May 7, 2016

7 May 1536 – A chaplain searched

On Sunday 7th May 1536, five days after the arrest of his mistress the queen, William Latymer, was searched at Sandwich in Kent. Queen Anne Boleyn’s chaplain had just arrived back in England from a trip to Flanders on the Queen’s business, buying books on the Continent for her. The Mayor and Jurates of Sandwich […]

7 May 1536 – Queen Anne Boleyn’s chaplain is searched

| May 7, 2015

7 May 1536 – Queen Anne Boleyn’s chaplain is searched

On the 8th May 1536, the Mayor and Jurates of Sandwich in Kent wrote to Henry VIII informing him that William Latymer, one of Anne Boleyn’s chaplains, had been searched on his arrival back in England on 7th May from a trip to Flanders: “On Sunday, 7 May, Sir Wm. Latymer, one of the Queen’s […]

7 May 1536 – William Latymer Runs into some Trouble

| May 7, 2014

7 May 1536 – William Latymer Runs into some Trouble

On Sunday 7th May 1536, William Latymer, one of Queen Anne Boleyn’s chaplain, was stopped and searched on his arrival at Sandwich in Kent. He was on his way home from a business visit to Flanders, a visit he had undertaken on behalf of the Queen. A letter from the Mayor and Jurates of Sandwich […]

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