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History hangout Brooke House, Henry Percy's Hackney home. Image courtesy of History & Antiquities of Hackney, Wm. Robinson 1842 Anne Boleyn Stephen Selby discovers a Hackney connection in the downfall of Anne Boleyn Much has been written about the downfall of Anne Boleyn – not least in Hilary Mantel’s novel Wolf Hall, which was recently adapted for television. Thomas Cromwell’s relentless pursuit of a justifiable reason for Henry VIII to divorce Anne is well known, but few of us realise the Hackney connection to her demise. In the hope of saving her life, Anne is said to have confessed a precontract of marriage with her former love (and Hackney resident), Henry Percy. This would have given Henry VIII a justifiable reason for the divorce to take place. Percy, however, conclusively denied this. In a letter to Thomas Cromwell, written from 30 LOVEEAST Brooke House, his home in Newington Green in May 1537, he refuted that he was ever betrothed to Anne. Had he confirmed it, Anne might have lived and the English church could still be answerable to Rome. Henry Percy Percy sat on the jury that found Anne guilty of committing incest with her brother. When the verdict was announced, Percy collapsed and had to be carried from the courtroom. Anne was beheaded aged 36, just six days after being charged. Percy himself died a few months after that, aged 35, and is buried at St Augustine’s, Hackney. Sadly, Percy's manor was partially bombed during the Second World War and was subsequently demolished. Had there been any foresight then, a restored Brooke House could have been a major Hackney tourist attraction on a par with Sutton House. Next month: One of Hackney's most ancient secrets
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