On this day in history, 2nd May...
1536 - Arrest of Anne Boleyn. Anne Boleyn, her brother and Sir Henry Norris were all taken to the Tower on this day in 1536.
1536 - Arrest of Anne Boleyn. Anne Boleyn, her brother and Sir Henry Norris were all taken to the Tower on this day in 1536.
1542 - Burial of Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland and close friend of Henry VIII, at Skipton Church in Yorkshire.
1550 - Burning of Joan Bocher, an Anabaptist, at Smithfield. Bocher believed that Christ's flesh was "not incarnate of the Virgin Mary" and was convicted of heresy and condemned to death.
1551 - Birth of William Camden, historian, headmaster and herald, at the Old Bailey, London.
1568 - Mary, Queen of Scots escaped from Lochleven Castle. As a May Day masque took place at the castle, Mary was smuggled out and taken to a waiting boat.
1587 - Burial of Sir Thomas Bromley, Lord Chancellor, in Westminster Abbey.
1620 - Burial of Edward More, poet and grandson of Sir Thomas More. He was buried at Barnborough, Yorkshire.
1550 - Burning of Joan Bocher, an Anabaptist, at Smithfield. Bocher believed that Christ's flesh was "not incarnate of the Virgin Mary" and was convicted of heresy and condemned to death.
1551 - Birth of William Camden, historian, headmaster and herald, at the Old Bailey, London.
1568 - Mary, Queen of Scots escaped from Lochleven Castle. As a May Day masque took place at the castle, Mary was smuggled out and taken to a waiting boat.
1587 - Burial of Sir Thomas Bromley, Lord Chancellor, in Westminster Abbey.
1620 - Burial of Edward More, poet and grandson of Sir Thomas More. He was buried at Barnborough, Yorkshire.
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