import/englishhistory.net/tudor/letter9.html indexed_doc HTMLPlugin 3142 letter9.html letter9.html en windows_1252 Letter of Anne Boleyn to Thomas Cromwell, 1535 Primary Sources - Letter of Anne Boleyn to Thomas Cromwell, 1535 HTML http://englishhistory.net/tudor/letter9.html http://englishhistory.net/tudor/letter9.html Tudor period|Others HASH01a2dd61d035437e4e9ccb03 1436940163 20150715 1436940196 20150715 HASH01a2/dd61d035.dir <table border="0" cellpadding="3" width="100%" height="667"> <tr> <td width="15%" height="29"></td> <td valign="top" width="70%" height="29"> </td> <td width="15%" height="29"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" height="3"></td> <td width="70%" height="3"></td> <td width="15%" height="3"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" height="610"></td> <td valign="top" width="70%" height="610" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Letter of Anne Boleyn to Thomas Cromwell 1535 Background I have included this letter, which refers to the wardship of a member of the Pointz family, simply because it is the typical sort of letter Anne would have written as queen of England.  Anne had been granted the lucrative wardship of the Pointz heir by Henry VIII, but one of Cromwell's associates interfered with it.  In this letter, Anne asks for Cromwell's help in resolving the matter. <hr> Master Secretary, I pray you despatch with speed this matter, for mine honor lies much on it, and what should the king's attorney do with Pointz's obligation, since I have the child by the king's grace's gift, but only to trouble him hereafter, which by no means I will suffer, and thus fare you as well as I would ye did. Your loving mistress, Anne the Queen.   <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR width="100%"> </BLOCKQUOTE> <A href="_httpextlink_&rl=1&href=http:%2f%2fenglishhistory.net%2ftudor%2fletters.html">to Letters of the Six Wives of Henry VIII</A> <A href="_httpextlink_&rl=1&href=http:%2f%2fenglishhistory.net%2ftudor%2fprimary.html">to Primary Sources</A> <A href="_httpextlink_&rl=1&href=http:%2f%2fenglishhistory.net%2ftudor.html">to Tudor England</A> <a href="_httpextlink_&rl=1&href=http:%2f%2fenglishhistory.net%2ftudor%2fmonarchs%2fboleyn.html">to Anne Boleyn website</a> <a href="_httpextlink_&rl=1&href=http:%2f%2fenglishhistory.net%2ftudor%2fcitizens%2fcromwell.html"> to Thomas Cromwell website</a> </td> <td width="15%" height="610"></td> </tr> </table> <script language="JavaScript" src="_httpextlink_&rl=0&href=http:%2f%2fhostingprod.com%2fjs%5fsource%2fgeov2.js"></script><script language="javascript">geovisit();</script><noscript><img src="_httpextlink_&rl=0&el=direct&href=http://visit.webhosting.yahoo.com/visit.gif?us1108082703" alt="setstats" border="0" width="1" height="1"></noscript> <IMG SRC="_httpextlink_&rl=0&el=direct&href=http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=76001524&t=1108082703" ALT=1 WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=1>