Henry Fitzroy was Henry VIII’s illegitimate son by Bessie Blount. Born in 1519, the child had long been considered a possible heir to the throne…
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July 15, 1536 – Reginald Pole refuses to return to England (can you blame him?). Read his refusal on www.janetwertman.com
On this day in 1540, Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne of Cleves was formally dissolved on the grounds of the King’s lack of consent to…
On July 5 1535, Sir Thomas More penned his last letter. He was imprisoned in the Tower, scheduled to be executed the following day –…
On June 29, Parliament passed an Act of Attainder against Thomas Cromwell. It was in effect a death sentence – but Henry was being cagey.…
By June 24th, 1540, Henry VIII had made up his mind and was ready to act. He would never accept the marriage to Anne of…
Last week, I wrote of Cromwell’s arrest for treason, and shared the first pleading letter he sent to the King. Cromwell’s crime was religiously based:…
June 15, 1540 – Cranmer’s Letter Defending Cromwell. “[W]ho shall your Grace trust hereafter, if you might not trust him?”
On June 13, 1536, the Lady Mary finally submitted to her father, formally accepting the invalidity of her mother’s marriage to the King and her…
On June 12 (two days after his arrest), Thomas Cromwell wrote his first letter to Henry VIII from his cell in the Tower. It was…
