In early summer 1528, an outbreak of 'sweating sickness', the unknown Tudor illness, spread throughout the city of London and subsequently the Royal Court. The three-month long epidemic saw 40,000 London residents become infected with this highly-contagious disease, over 80 percent of the city's population, with 2000 deaths that summer being attributed to 'the sweat'.

On This Day (19 May) in 1536, Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII and recently deposed Queen of England, was led from the royal apartments within the Tower of London to a scaffold erected on Tower Green, where she was executed by beheading.

On 30 April 1544, Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, Lord High Chancellor of England, and father of Margaret Audley, died at his City of London home, 'Christchurch Place', Aldgate, after a year of deteriorating health.

On This Day (04 February) in 1520, Mary Boleyn married William Carey in the Chapel Royal at Greenwich Palace, with Henry VIII in attendance.

On This Day (26 January) in 1533, lawyer and Speaker of the House of Commons, Thomas Audley was formally appointed as Lord Chancellor...