On this day in 1536, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton, and Mark Smeaton were trialed. The court was stacked against them. Among the jurors sat Sir William…
On this day in 1536, Anne Boleyn wrote a letter to Henry VIII from her prison in the Tower of London. By the 6th of May, Queen Anne Boleyn had…
On this day in 1536, the final arrests were made in the fall of Anne Boleyn. By the 5th of May 1536, the dramatic and swift collapse of Queen Anne…
On this day in 1536, two more men were caught in the storm surrounding Anne Boleyn. As the dramatic downfall of Queen Anne Boleyn accelerated, the 4th of May 1536…
On this day in 1536, the Archbishop of Canterbury wrote to the King, defending Anne Boleyn. As the shockwaves of Anne Boleyn’s arrest continued to ripple through court, one man…
On this day in 1536, three arrests were made in relation to the downfall of Queen Anne Boleyn. Sir Henry Norris is Arrested Sir Henry Norris, once one of Henry…
On this day in 1536, Greenwich Palace hosted the traditional May Day joust - a key event in the Tudor court’s spring calendar. Queen Anne Boleyn watched from the royal…
May is one of the most significant (and heartbreaking) months in the story of Anne Boleyn. It marks the dramatic fall of England’s most famous queen consort, from power and…
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Dissertation Diaries. First off, a huge thank you for your patience over the past month. If things have seemed a little quite on The…
On this day in 1538, Elizabeth Boleyn passed away. Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, was the approximate age of sixty-two at the time of her passing. Her death came less…