Two cast lists are included in The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Collection:-

  • Cast of 1536 – The names and backgrounds of those involved in the events of 1536
  • Cast after 1536 – Details of what happened to those who survived 1536

I also give more detailed biographies of key people, e.g. Anne Boleyn and the five men executed in 1536.

Here is a list of the cast:-

  • Henry VIII, the King
  • Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII’s first wife
  • Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife
  • George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, Anne’s brother
  • Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire and Earl of Ormond, father of Anne
  • Thomas Cromwell, the King’s official principal secretary and chief minister
  • Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk
  • Thomas Audley, Lord Chancellor
  • Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset
  • Eustace Chapuys, Imperial Ambassador
  • Jane Seymour, lady-in-waiting to Queen Anne Boleyn
  • The Lady Mary, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon
  • Princess Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
  • Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
  • Henry Courtenay, Marquis of Exeter
  • Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Countess of Kildare
  • Henry Pole, Baron Montagu
  • John Skip, Queen Anne Boleyn’s almoner
  • Sir Nicholas Carew, gentleman of the Privy Chamber
  • Matthew Parker, one of Queen Anne Boleyn’s chaplains
  • Sir Henry Norris, Groom of the Stool
  • Mark Smeaton, musician
  • Sir Francis Weston, gentleman of the Privy Chamber
  • Sir William Brereton, an important man in Cheshire and North Wales
  • Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder, poet and diplomat
  • Sir Richard Page, gentleman of the Privy Chamber
  • Sir Francis Bryan, a courtier nicknamed “the Vicar of Hell”
  • Sir William Kingston, Constable of the Tower of London
  • William Latymer, one of Queen Anne Boleyn’s chaplains
  • Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland
  • Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Anne’s uncle
  • Jane Boleyn (née Parker, Lady Rochford, wife of George Boleyn and lady-in-waiting to Queen Anne Boleyn
  • The Executioner – Known as the “Hangman of Calais”, the executioner beheaded Anne Boleyn with his famous “sword of Calais”.

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