Anne Boleyn’s fall

• Henry’s desire for a son.

  • Anne miscarried twice in 1534 + 1536
  • Henry has jousting accident right after the accident she miscarried.
  • Henry wants to secure a Tudor dynasty.
  • He is 45 he is scared he may not Have a son
  • if there was no son the pope might issue the papal bull stating who could take over England
• Anne‘s suspected adultery

  • Anne’s court was poisonous. Scandals, parties. Rumours could circulate.
  • Henry asks Cromwell on the 24th of April to investigate the rumours of adultery
  • anne was charged with 5 cases of adultery. Mark Smeaton who was tortured by Cromwell in the Tower of London.
• The role of Cromwell.

  • Percy’s relationship. No evidence that they were married
  • Cromwell used Anne’s ladies as spies
• Cromwell’s conspiracy. Anne was a threat to Cromwell (he thought she was meddlin)

  • 1536- dissolution of the monasteries Anne wants the money to go to charity
  • anne favours an alliance with France but Cromwell and Henry favour Spain
• Cromwell used Anne’s ladies as spies

  Thomas Cromwell enlisted the help of some of Anne Boleyn's ladies-in-waiting as spies, who provided him with valuable information about Anne's activities and plans.
• Percy’s relationship

  There is no evidence that Anne Boleyn and Henry Percy were married, but they may have had a romantic relationship before Anne married King Henry VIII.