12 September 1555 – Archbishop Cranmer is tried in Oxford
On this day in history, Thursday 12th September 1555, Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, was tried for heresy…
Archbishop Cranmer
17 May 1536 – The marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn is annulled
On the same day that George Boleyn, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton and Mark Smeaton…
16 May 1536 – Queen Anne Boleyn is in hope of life
On this day in history, Tuesday 16th May, Sir William Kingston, Constable of the Tower of London, reported…
3 May 1536 – A letter from Archbishop Cranmer to Henry VIII
On this day in history, 3rd May 1536, a very shocked Thomas Cranmer, Henry VIII's Archbishop of Canterbury,…
16 May 1536 – A visitor for Queen Anne Boleyn
On 16th May 1536, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, the man who had once been Anne Boleyn's family chaplain and…
10 May 1533 – Opening of the Dunstable Court
Yes, for this "on this day in history" post we are taking a break from the 1536 countdown…
4 December 1555 – Thomas Cranmer is no longer Archbishop
On this day in history, 4th December 1555, Papal sentence was passed on Thomas Cranmer in Rome, resulting…