Anne Boleyn and Merle Oberon by JoAnn Spears
Thank you to JoAnn Spears, author of Six of One: A Tudor Riff and Seven Will Out: A…
May 2016
11 May 1536 – The Grand Jury of Kent’s decision
Eltham Palace Just as the Grand Jury of Middlesex met at Westminster on 10th May 1536 (click here…
10 May 1536 – Sufficient evidence for trial
On 10th May 1536, Giles Heron, foreman of the Grand Jury of Middlesex and son-in-law of the late…
10 May 1533 – Opening of the Dunstable Court
Yes, for this "on this day in history" post we are taking a break from the 1536 countdown…
9 May 1536 – Meetings and a jury called
On this day in history, 9th May 1536, King Henry VIII wrote to Thomas Cromwell "commanding him to…
8 May 1536 – Courtiers clamour over the spoils
Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset Here is an extract from my book The Fall of Anne…
7 May 1536 – A chaplain searched
On Sunday 7th May 1536, five days after the arrest of his mistress the queen, William Latymer, was…