Anne Boleyn – The Boleyn Family’s Meal Ticket?
Detail from Thomas Boleyn's brass memorialThis article was inspired by lots of comments I received on The Anne…
Boleyn Myth
19 July 1543 – The Death of Mary Boleyn
Unknown woman said to be Mary Boleyn According to an inquisition post mortem taken at Brentwood in Essex,…
The Clonony Boleyn Girls
Clonony Castle, copyright Paudie Kennelly To celebrate St Patrick's Day I tend to write about Anne Boleyn's links…
13 February 1542 – Catherine Howard and Jane Boleyn, What they Did and Didn’t Say
Today marks the anniversary of the executions of Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII, and Jane Boleyn,…
Mary Boleyn and Henry VIII
The Henry VIII and Mary Boleyn of The Tudors series After I had posted my article marking the…
4 February 1520 – The Wedding of Mary Boleyn and William Carey
Portrait of an unknown woman, possibly Mary Boleyn On this day in 1520, Mary Boleyn, sister of Anne…
Boleyn or Bullen – The Spelling of Boleyn and the Myth that Anne Boleyn Changed It
It has been claimed, on various occasions, that Anne Boleyn 'frenchified' her name by changing it from 'Bullen'…