I am reading The Favored Queen by Carolly Erickson. The author describes the book as 'historical entertainment' which appears to be a euphemism for 'highly inaccurate'.

The author describes an event in which an armed mob stirred up by the 'Nun of Kent' marches on Anne Boleyn and her retinue forcing them to flee. The event is undated and occurs in the home of William Skeffington. In the book the mob are made up of "men dressed as women"... "all in skirts, many with kerchieves covering their heads".

• Is this a historical event?
• If so, why would men have been dressed as women? Was this something that occurred often in these times? If so in what circumstances? Was it specifically in reference to a woman caught in adultery perhaps, or is it due to suspicions of witchcraft?

I have been unable to find a reference to this event and I have never heard of it but I am not a scholar of the Tudor period. The writer appears to have taken many liberties and I would like to know if this is one of them.

I am reading The Favored Queen by Carolly Erickson. The author describes the book as 'historical entertainment' which appears to be a euphemism for 'highly inaccurate'.

The author describes an event in which an armed mob stirred up by the 'Nun of Kent' marches on Anne Boleyn and her retinue forcing them to flee. The event is undated and occurs in the home of William Skeffington. In the book, the mob are made up of "men dressed as women"... "all in skirts, many with kerchieves covering their heads".

• Is this a historical event?
• If so, why would men have been dressed as women? Was this something that occurred often in these times? If so, in what circumstances? Was it specifically in reference to a woman caught in adultery perhaps, or is it due to suspicions of witchcraft?

I have been unable to find a reference to this event and I have never heard of it but I am not a scholar of the Tudor period. The writer appears to have taken many liberties and I would like to know if this is one of them.

I am reading The Favored Queen by Carolly Erickson. The author describes the book as 'historical entertainment' which appears to be a euphemism for 'highly inaccurate'.

The author describes an event in which an armed mob stirred up by the 'Nun of Kent' marches on Anne Boleyn and her retinue forcing them to flee. The event is undated and occurs in the home of William Skeffington. In the book the mob are made up of "men dressed as women"... "all in skirts, many with kerchieves covering their heads".

• Is this a historical event?
• If so, why would men have been dressed as women? Was this something that occurred often in these times? If so in what circumstances? Was it specifically in reference to a woman caught in adultery perhaps, or is it due to suspicions of witchcraft?

I have been unable to find a reference to this event and I have never heard of it but I am not a scholar of the Tudor period. The writer appears to have taken many liberties and I would like to know if this is one of them.

Thankyou

I am reading The Favored Queen by Carolly Erickson. The author describes the book as 'historical entertainment' which appears to be a euphemism for 'highly inaccurate'.

The author describes an event in which an armed mob stirred up by the 'Nun of Kent' marches on Anne Boleyn and her retinue forcing them to flee. The event is undated and occurs in the home of William Skeffington. In the book the mob are made up of "men dressed as women"... "all in skirts, many with kerchieves covering their heads".

• Is this a historical event?
• If so, why would men have been dressed as women? Was this something that occurred often in these times? If so in what circumstances? Was it specifically in reference to a woman caught in adultery perhaps, or is it due to suspicions of witchcraft?

I have been unable to find a reference to this event and I have never heard of it but I am not a scholar of the Tudor period. The writer appears to have taken many liberties and I would like to know if this is one of them.