April 29 – Queen Anne Boleyn, a musician and a groom of the stool
On 29th April 1536, three days before her arrest, Queen Anne Boleyn had encounters with two courtiers who…
Tudor Events
April 27 – Can Henry VIII discard Anne Boleyn?, A Tudor and Stuart adventurer, and a lawyer and judge
On this day in 1536, writs were issued summoning Parliament, and, according to Eustace Chapuys, a bishop was…
April 26 – Has Anne Boleyn realised something is wrong? Plus Catherine Carey gets married, and Shakespeare is baptised
On this day in Tudor history, 26th April 1536, six days before her arrest, Queen Anne Boleyn met…
April 25 – A suddenly hopeful Henry VIII, publication day for Catherine Parr, St Mark’s Day, and a Tudor troublemaker
On this day in 1536, King Henry VIII suddenly seemed very hopeful of a Prince of Wales to…
April 24 – The legal machinery against Anne Boleyn, a marriage for Mary, Queen of Scots, and divining your future love!
On this day in 1536, Sir Thomas Audley, Lord Chancellor to King Henry VIII, set up two commissions…
April 23, George Boleyn, William Shakespeare and St George
On this day in Tudor history, 23rd April 1536, St George's Day, George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, lost to…
April 22 – Isabella I, gaol fever, and the Earl of Cumberland
Isabella I of Castile, one of Spain's famous "Reyes Catolicos" (Catholic monarchs) was born on this day in…