April 18 – Cromwell is rewarded (but not for long!), a martyrologist, and Anne Boleyn bumps into Chapuys

On this day in Tudor history, 18th April 1540, just three months before his execution, Thomas Cromwell was given two rewards by King Henry VIII.

Find out more about these rewards...

On this day in Tudor history, 18th April 1587, the famous martyrologist John Foxe died at the age of around seventy.

Find out more about him and his famous work on Protestant martyrs in this video...

And on this day in 1536, the imperial ambassador, Eustace Chapuys, found himself having to pay reverence to Queen Anne Boleyn...