The Anne Boleyn Files News
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July 2013
31st July 1544 – Elizabeth I’s Earliest Surviving Letter
The earliest surviving letter we have written by Elizabeth I was written on this day in 1544 when…
28 July 1540 – Henry VIII Marries Wife Number 5, Catherine Howard
On the 28th July 1540, Henry VIII married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, the woman he called his…
28 July 1540 – The Executions of Thomas Cromwell and Walter Hungerford
While Henry VIII was busy marrying wife number 5, his former chief minister Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex,…
25 July 1554 – Mary I Marries Philip of Spain
On Wednesday 25th July 1554, the feast day of St James, the 38 year-old Queen Mary I married…
My Visit to the Alhambra in Granada, Spain
I am lucky enough to live quite near to the historic city of Granada in Andalucia, Spain, home…
The Second Anne Boleyn by Elizabeth Norton
Elizabeth Norton Following in from her recent article, "The First Anne Boleyn", historian and author Elizabeth Norton has…