What was she in for?

Although Henry VIII had split from the Pope, he still considered himself a Catholic. He persecuted those who did not follow his view of Christianity as ‘heretics’. This included Protestants who wanted to continue the reform of the Church.

When Anne became a Protestant, she was thrown out of her home by her Catholic husband. Her outspoken beliefs soon landed her in trouble.  She had connections with ladies at court including Queen Katherine Parr. If she could be forced to reveal their names, it would spell their downfall. On 18 June 1546, Anne was convicted of heresy.

‘They said to me there that I was a heretic and condemned by the law…  I answered that I was no heretic, neither yet deserved I any death by the law of God’

Tortured at the Tower
Anne was sent to the Tower where she was tortured on the rack.  She refused to name any other members of her ‘sect’. 

‘..because I lay still, and did not cry, my Lord Chancellor and Master Rich took pains to rack me with their own hands, till I was nigh dead’