Preview of Anne Boleyn Day 19 May 2016
My publisher, MadeGlobal Publishing, is holding a special "Anne Boleyn Day" on 19 May to commemorate the 480th…
May 2016
16 May 1536 – A visitor for Queen Anne Boleyn
On 16th May 1536, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, the man who had once been Anne Boleyn's family chaplain and…
15 May 1536 – Queen Anne Boleyn and George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, are tried
On 15th May 1536, Queen Anne Boleyn and her brother, George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, were tried in separate…
14 May 1536 – Jane Seymour moves to Chelsea
On 14th May 1536, King Henry VIII sent Sir Nicholas Carew to collect Jane Seymour from Carew's country…
13 May 1536 – Henry Percy denies a pre-contract
On the same day that Queen Anne Boleyn's household was being broken up, Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland,…
13 May 1536 – The breaking up of Queen Anne Boleyn’s household
Sir William Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton and Treasurer of the Household. On 13th May 1536, two days before…
12 May 1536 – Four men tried for high treason
On 12th May 1536, Mark Smeaton, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston and William Brereton were escorted by…