27 April 1536 – The King might leave the said concubine
According to Eustace Chapuys, the imperial ambassador, on 27th April 1536 John Stokesley, Bishop of London, was consulted…
Anne Boleyn’s fall
24 April 1536 – Legal commissions set up by Sir Thomas Audley
Thomas Audley, English Heritage, Audley End House On 24th April 1536, two commissions of oyer and terminer were…
The Aftermath of the Events of May 1536
Mary of Hungary Today I want to share with you an extract from The Fall of Anne Boleyn:…
18 May 1536 – Postponement, Preparation and Prayer
On the night of 17th May 1536, while the carpenters built her scaffold within the grounds of the…
16 May 1536 – Anne Boleyn is “in hope of life”
On this day in 1536, Sir William Kingston, Constable of the Tower of London, reported to Thomas Cromwell…
14 May 1536 – The Queen’s incontinent living was so rank and common
On 14th May 1536, Thomas Cromwell wrote to Stephen Gardiner and Sir John Wallop, Henry VIII's ambassadors at…
13 May 1536 – The Breaking up of the Queen’s Household, and Percy Gets Cross
On 13th May 1536, four days before her trial, Queen Anne Boleyn's royal household at Greenwich Palace was…