20 May - Henry VIII doesn’t let the grass grow under his feet!
On this day in Tudor history, 20th May 1536, King Henry VIII, who had just been widowed for a second time, moved on with his life. It was just 24 hours after Queen Anne Boleyn's execution, but Henry V...
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Coming soon - The Boleyns of Hever Castle
Dr Owen Emmerson and Claire Ridgway are excited to announce the release date of their forthcoming book, "The Boleyns of Hever Castle". It will be released as a coffee-table style book and ebook on 1...
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19 May - Anne Boleyn's execution
On this day in Tudor history, 19th May 1536, Henry VIII's second wife, Queen Anne Boleyn, was executed at the Tower of London. Find out more, and hear some of her final words, in this #TudorHistoryS...
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18 May - I have a little neck
On this day in Tudor history, 18th May 1536, Queen Anne Boleyn's execution was postponed. Sir William Kingston, the Constable of the Tower of London, was surprised by the queen's reaction when he info...
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17 May - Around the throne the thunder rolls
On 17th May 1536, poet, courtier and diplomat Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder, who was imprisoned in the Tower of London, witnessed the executions of his fellow courtiers, George Boleyn, Henry Norris, Sir ...
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16 May - Thomas More resigns
On this day in Tudor history, 16th May 1532, Sir Thomas More resigned as Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor. But what led to More's resignation when he had been such a loyal servant to King Henry VIII? Find...
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20 Interesting Facts about the Wars of the Rose
In this edition of her Facts About series, historian Claire Ridhway takes us back to the Wars of the Roses, that period of civil war between 1455 and 1487. Find out about the background to the Wars of...
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15 May - Henry VIII’s problems in the bedroom become public
On this day in Tudor history, 15th May 1536, Henry VIII's second wife, Queen Anne Boleyn, and her brother, George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, were tried one after the other in the King's Hall of the Tower ...
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