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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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From Tennis to Tower – Anne Boleyn is Arrested

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At dawn on the 2nd May 1536 Henry Norris, Henry VIII's Groom of the Stool and great friend,…

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The May Day Joust – Trouble in Tudor Paradise

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(or Henry Norris with the dead men's shoes at the May Day Joust!) The May Day joust of…

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Oyer and Terminer – The Beginning of the End?

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On this day in history, the 24th April 1536, Sir Thomas Audley, Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor and Thomas…

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A Warning Sign

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On St George's Day (23rd April) 1536 the annual chapter meeting of the Order of the Garter took…

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