May 6, 1536 :To the King from the Lady in the Tower. A must-read. “But if you have already determined of me, and that not only my death, but an infamous slander must bring you the joying of your desired happiness, then I desire of God that He will pardon your great sin herein, and likewise my enemies, the instruments thereof.”
From “And I am in such a perplexity, that my mind is clean amazed: for I never had better opinion in woman than I had in her” to “I am exceedingly sorry that such faults can be proved by the Queen” in only three paragraphs….
May 2, 1536 – Anne Boleyn arrested and brought to the Tower. Read more about it on www.janetwertman.com
April 30 was the day the trap snapped shut on Anne Boleyn: it was the day that Mark Smeaton was arrested and questioned – and…
April 24, 1536 – The Start of the Legal Case Against Anne Boleyn. There were many “beginning of the end” events, but this was the most sinister as it was the first legal one…Read about it on www.janetwertman.com
On this day in 1509, the not-quite-eighteen-year-old became Henry VIII. He took two actions very quickly. First, he married his older brother’s widow, Catherine of…
April 18, 1536 – Jane Seymour gets her own apartments. A very big day. Read about it on www.janetwertman.com
April 9, 1533 – A Deputation Informs Catherine of Aragon of her New Title. Not that she ever accepted it…Read more on www.janetwertman.com
April 2, 1502 – Prince Arthur dies, leaving Catherine of Aragon a sixteen-year-old widow. Read more on www.janetwertman.com
In 1489, Henry VII had reigned for only four years. To solidify his somewhat shaky hold on the throne, he sought to arrange an illustrious…
