So, on November 2, Thomas Cranmer had let the fifty-year-old Henry VIII know that witnesses had come forward claiming that his seventeen-year-old (fifth) wife had…
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Thomas Cranmer would become a central figure of the English Reformation, but that was not something anyone would have predicted for him! He was born…
Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, got this in just under the wire – less than four days before her coronation on June 1! But Cranmer…
This was a big deal. The two men had a major public fight in front of Henry, and their enmity would never be fully contained…
The consecration of Thomas Cranmer as Archbishop of Canterbury was actually the pivotal move that paved the way for Anne Boleyn to become Queen of…
Today is the sad anniversary of the burning of Thomas Cranmer. His execution involved a surprise dramatic twist at the end that sealed him as…
All Souls Day was the beginning of the end for Catherine Howard, the day Thomas Cranmer left a letter on Henry’s seat in the Chapel Royal detailing information he “had not the heart” to tell him directly
September 25, 1534 – Death of Pope Clement VII, the man who refused to annul Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon. Read more on www.janetwertman.com
The death of William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury, was a pivotal moment in Henry VIII’s quest for a divorce. Warham was the primal English prelate…
