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knighted for his part in the Battle of Flodden. He served on the jury at the trial of the Duke of Buckingham in 1521and benefited from his fall. He represented Gloucestershire in the Parliaments of 1529 and 1536, and accompanied the King and Anne Boleyn to Calais in 1532. He was Constable of the Tower of London from 28th May 1524 until his death.
    William Latymer (1498/9-1583)
    William Latymer (Latimer) was the second son of William Latymer of Freston, Suffolk, and of his wife, Anne Bokinge. Latymer read canon law and arts at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he met Reformers like Matthew Parker. It is thought that Latymer was probably introduced to Anne Boleyn by Parker, who became one of Anne Boleyn's chaplains. In 1536 he was approached by Tristram Revell, a student of Cambridge, who wanted Anne's patronage for his translation of "Farrago rerum theologicarum". Latymer told Anne of the work but she refused to support it, probably because it was too radical for the vulnerable queen to be linked with at that time. In the spring of 1536, Latymer was in the Low Countries sourcing evangelical books for the Queen.
    Henry Percy,
6th Earl of Northumberland (c.1502-1537)
    Henry Percy was the eldest son of Henry Algernon Percy, fifth Earl of Northumberland, and of Katherine Spencer. He was brought up in Cardinal Wolsey's household and it was while he was there that he fell in love with Anne Boleyn on her return to the English court in late 1521. However, his father had already planned Percy's marriage to Mary Talbot, daughter of George Talbot, fourth Earl of Shrewsbury. In addition, Anne was meant to be marrying James Butler, son of Piers Butler of Ireland. As a consequence, Wolsey and Percy's father put a stop to the relationship between Percy and Anne Boleyn.
    Percy married Mary Talbot in 1524 but the marriage was not happy. In 1532, Mary accused her husband of being pre-contracted to Anne Boleyn and Percy was examined by the Archbishops of York and Canterbury, He swore that there was no truth to the story.
    Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1473-1554)
    Thomas Howard was the eldest son of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, and of Elizabeth Tilney. He was the brother of Elizabeth Boleyn (née Howard) and so was uncle to Anne Boleyn. Howard's father and grandfather had fought on Richard III's side at the Battle of Bosworth but Howard was able to work his way back into royal favour by fighting for the Crown against both the Cornish rebels and the Scots in 1497. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1510, was created Earl of Surrey in 1514 and succeeded his father as Duke of Norfolk in 1524. In September 1514 he was prominent in leading the English army in defeating the Scots at the Battle of Flodden.
    In the 1520s, he clashed with Cardinal Wolsey over foreign policy – he preferred war and Wolsey preferred diplomacy – and was involved with the Duke of Suffolk's and the Boleyn family's push for Wolsey to be removed from power. In the 1530s, Norfolk carried out diplomatic missions and advised the King on the situation in Ireland. As Lord Steward of England, he presided over the trials of Anne and George Boleyn, his niece and nephew in May 1536.
    Jane Boleyn (née Parker, d. 1542)
    Jane was the daughter of Henry Parker, the 10th Baron Morley, and of his wife Alice St John, from Great Hallingbury in Essex. She married George Boleyn, Anne Boleyn's brother, in late 1524 or early 1525. Although some historians and authors view the marriage as loveless, there is no evidence of this. Jane accompanied her sister-in-law and the King on their visit to Calais in 1532 and served Anne as a lady-in-waiting. In October 1534, Jane was banished from court temporarily after helping Anne in her attempt to get rid of a "young lady" who had caught the King's eye. Jane was also the person in whom Anne confided regarding the King's lack of sexual prowess.
    The Executioner
    Known as the "Hangman of Calais", the executioner beheaded Anne Boleyn