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Eric W. Ives is quoted by some Blogs(both of which use the same text to be the first historian to claim that Jean Rombaud was the person in question.

Eric W. Ives is quoted by some Blogs  (both of which use the same text) to be the first historian to claim that Jean Rombaud was the person in question. These claims are, I believe, false.

Eric W. Ives is often quoted to be the first historian to claim that Jean Rombaud was the person in question.

Not having read The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn myself, I do not know what source Eric W. Ives states for this claim.

An interesting book review can be read here: Reviews in History - The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn

C.C. Humphreys The French Executioner series, which are historically based novels (and not historical research) were written in 2002 and 2003. The usage of the character name Jean Rombaud is probably based on Eric W. Ives research results.

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  • The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn ChapterJudgement, page 351

Eric W. Ives is quoted by some Blogs(both of which use the same text to be the first historian to claim that Jean Rombaud was the person in question.

According to Eric W. Ives, Rombaud was so taken by Anne that he was shaken. Rombaud found it so difficult to proceed with the execution that in order to distract her and for her to position her head correctly, he may have shouted, “Where is my sword?” just before killing her.

The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn neither names the executioner directly, or does he meantion that he came from St. Omer.

The king was at his most nauseous in makng arrangements - even perhaps in advance of the trial - to bring over the executioner of Calais to kill Anne.
Chapter Judgement, page 351

In Chapter Finale page 359, where the execution is discribed, the executioner is not meantioned at all.

An interesting book review can be read here: Reviews in History - The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn

C.C. Humphreys The French Executioner series, which are historically based novels (and not historical research) were written in 2002 and 2003. The usage of the character name Jean Rombaud in these novels is probably the source of the name usage in some blogs.

The German Wikipedia uses the following source for the claim:

• Sabine Schwabenthan: Enthauptung auf Französisch, P.M. History #2/2015, S. 31

William Kingston, the [Constable of the Tower] 10, in his writings didn't use the name of the executioner.

William Kingston, the [Constable of the Tower] 10, in his writings didn't use the name of the executioner.