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John Blanke is probably the most well-known African from Tudor England. He has been traced through both written records and pictorial images of him at a Tudor event. He was a royal trumpeter in the courts of Henry VII and Henry VII, making his first recorded appearance there in 1507.
Nov 7, 2006 · Raymond Massey, Jerome Cowan, Ayn Rand, Kent Smith, Moroni Olsen, Robert Douglas, Henry Blanke, Patricia Neal, King Vidor, Henry Hull, Gary Cooper, Ray Collins See more Initial release date 2006-11-07
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John Blanke’s petition for a pay rise. Around 1512. This parchment records John Blanke, a Black Tudor in the royal court, asking King Henry VIII for a pay rise and a promotion in his role as a trumpeter. John Blanke’s marriage might have been at the root of this request.
Jun 12, 2024 · Henry's Obituary. Henry Ronald “Bud” Blanke, 79, of Hollywood, Maryland passed away peacefully on June 12, 2024, at St. Mary’s Hospital, Leonardtown, Maryland. He was surrounded by his loving family. Henry was a member of the Church of Christ. Henry, affectionately called “Bud” all of his life, was born in Staton Island, New York on ...
John Blanke attended both the funeral of King Henry VII and the coronation of Henry VIII in 1509, and is thought to have married in 1512. [8] Sydney Anglo was the first historian to propose that the "Blanke Trumpet" in the 1507 court accounts was the same as the black man depicted twice in the 1511 Westminster Tournament Roll , [9] in a footnote to an article about the Court Festivals of Henry VII. [10]
Henry began in films in 1920 as personal assistant to the renowned director Ernst Lubitsch whom he accompanied to Hollywood in 1922. However, while the autocratic Lubitsch soon departed following artistic differences with the equally headstrong studio boss Jack L. Warner, Blanke remained behind at an ever increasing salary which would eventually top $5000 a week.
