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Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 53% based on 17 critic reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Though the show around her isn't quite up to snuff, there's no denying the pleasure of Jodie Turner-Smith's powerful turn as the one-and-only Anne Boleyn." [13]
Anne Boleyn (/ ˈ b ʊ l ɪ n, b ʊ ˈ l ɪ n /; [7] [8] [9] c. 1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII.The circumstances of her marriage and execution, by beheading for treason, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked the start of the English Reformation.
[6] There is documentation that Elizabeth secretly borrowed £100 from Anne, suggesting the two were close. [7] She had not repaid that debt by the time Anne was imprisoned in the Tower. [3] There is also record of a payment made on 4 February 1530 by the king's personal purse to a midwife for the countess of Worcester, most likely Anne's doing.
Anne Boleyn insists that Henry remove Queen Catherine from Court. The new Pope Paul III , not wanting to displease either the king or the Emperor, suggests that Boleyn instead be assassinated. Lutheran clergyman Thomas Cranmer , newly arrived at Court, receives a promotion as the king's chaplain at the behest of Cromwell and the Boleyns.
Henry Norris (or Norreys) (c. 1482 – 17 May 1536) was an English courtier who was Groom of the Stool in the privy chamber of King Henry VIII.While a close servant of the King, he also supported the faction in court led by Queen Anne Boleyn, [1] and when Anne fell out of favour, he was among those accused of treason and adultery with her.
The series centres on the character of Thomas Cromwell, a lawyer who has risen from humble beginnings.The action in Series 1 opens at a point in Cromwell's career where his master, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, is about to fall from power because of his failure to secure a marriage annulment for King Henry VIII of England. [5]
Anne Sackville was the sister of Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset. Anne Sackville married Gregory Fiennes, son of Thomas Fiennes, 9th Baron Dacre (executed in 1541). With his sister Margaret, Gregory was restored in blood and honours in 1558. She and her husband had one daughter, Elizabeth, who died at a young age.
Sir William Askew (also spelled Ascough or Ainscough or Ascue; 1490–1540 [1] or 1541 [2]) was a gentleman at the court of Henry VIII of England.He was one of the jurors in the trial of Anne Boleyn and was the father of Anne Askew, one of only two women to be tortured at the Tower of London, along with Margaret Cheyne.