Tuesday 13 April 2021

How Much to Jail and Execute a Queen?


 

Anne Boleyn (by an Unknown Artist)

 

 Henry VIII's expenses for Anne Boleyn; the Tower of London, May 2 - 19 1536:

 

  • £100 (about £42100 today) for her clothes/jewels
  • £20 (about £8400) for her charity to the poor
  • £25 (about £10500) for her meals
  • £23 (about £9700) for the executioner's 'reward'

 

Total: £168 (about £70,700 / $96,894.98 USD today)

 

 

The Tower of London (by Wenceslaus Hollar)

 

 

The Execution of Anne Boleyn (by Jan Luyken)

 

 

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