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26 August 1533 – Queen Anne Boleyn Took to her Chamber 26 Aug 2013 | 11:40 am
On this day in 1533, Queen Anne Boleyn went through one of the rituals associated with childbirth: “taking her chamber”. A Tudor woman usually took to her chamber, or went into confinement, four to s...
Upcoming Q&A with Leanda de Lisle – Your Chance to Ask a Question 23 Aug 2013 | 06:40 pm
Author and historian Leanda de Lisle has kindly offered to do a Q&A session here at The Anne Boleyn Files, so this is your chance to ask her a question. Leanda has written three Tudor history books an...
22 August 1485 – The Battle of Bosworth: The Death of Richard III and the Accession of Henry VII 22 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
The victor: Henry VII On this day in history, 22nd August 1485, the armies of King Richard III and Henry Tudor, son of the late Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond, and Lady Margaret Beaufort, met on a fi...
21 August 1535 – King Henry VIII and Queen Anne Boleyn Visit Acton Court 21 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
On this day in history, 21st August 1535, King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn visited Nicholas Poyntz at his home, Acton Court, in South Gloucestershire, as part of their summer progress to the south-west...
20 August 1588 – Thanksgiving Service for England’s Victory over the Spanish Armada 20 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
On this day in history, the 20th August 1588, a thanksgiving service was held at St Paul’s in London to give thanks to God for England’s victory over the Spaniards. The Spanish Armada had been defeate...
The Six Wives of Henry VIII and their Labels 14 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Back in early 2011, I wrote a series of posts on the “six wives’ stereotypes”, the various stereotypes, labels, myths and downright lies which surround Henry VIII’s six wives. Fiction, films, TV serie...
11 August 1534 – The Friars Observant Expelled from their Houses 11 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Catherine of Aragon, the Queen they supported On this day in 1534, or shortly before, the Friars Observant (Observant Friars of Greenwich) were expelled from their houses due to their support of Cath...
9 August 1588 – Elizabeth I’s Tilbury Speech 9 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Elizabeth I Armada Portrait On the 9th August 1588 (old calendar) Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, appeared before her troops at Tilbury Fort, where they had gathered to defend En...
8th August 1553 – Burial of Edward VI at Westminster Abbey 8 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
On this day in 1553, King Edward VI was buried in a white marble vault beneath the altar of Henry VII’s Lady Chapel in Westminster Abbey. Merchant-taylor Henry Machyn recorded the funeral procession i...
4 August 1557 – Burial of Anne of Cleves, Fourth Wife of Henry VIII 4 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
On 4th August 1557 merchant-taylor and diarist Henry Machyn recorded that there was a requiem mass for “my lady prenses of Cleyff” with a “godly sermon” by the Lord Abbot of Westminster. Her coffin wa...
