And thus I take my leave of the world and of you all, and I heartily desire you all to pray for me.

Mary's children clearly believed their mother had been the elder sister. "Here" he wrote "was [a] fresh young damsel that could trip and go. However in January of 1524 Cardinal Thomas Wolsey broke the betrothal Anne was sent back home to Hever Castle and Percy was married to Lady Mary Talbot to whom he had been betrothed since adolescence.

On 23 May 1533 Thomas Cranmer declared Henry and Catherine's marriage null and void; five days later he declared Henry and Anne's marriage to be good and valid. Over the centuries Anne Boleyn has inspired or been mentioned in numerous artistic and cultural works. Early in 1523 there was a secret betrothal between Anne and Henry Percy son of the 5th Earl of Northumberland.