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Anne Boleyn’s Letter to Henry VIII

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On the 6th May 1536, it is said that Anne Boleyn wrote the following letter to her husband,…

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Sir Richard Page and Sir Francis Bryan

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Sir Richard Page is mentioned, along with Sir Thomas Wyatt, as being imprisoned in the Tower in a…

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Circa Regna Tonat – About the Throne the Thunder Rolls

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On the Friday 5th May 1536, the final arrests in the coup against Anne Boleyn were made1 -…

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A Message from Lady Rochford

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In a letter thought to have been written on the evening of the 5th May 1536, Sir William…

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The Arrests of Sir Francis Weston and Sir William Brereton

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On the afternoon of the 4th May* 1536, Sir Francis Weston and William Brereton were arrested and taken…

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Cruelly Handled – Anne Boleyn in the Tower

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As I have previously said, Sir William Kingston, the Constable of the Tower of London, was ordered to…

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“For I had never better opinion of woman” – Archbishop Cranmer’s Letter to Henry VIII

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Thomas Cranmer by Gerlach Flicke On this day in history, 3rd May 1536, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, wrote a…

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