Henry the Eighth's Letters to Anne Boleyn

The traditional explanation for why henry wanted to marry anne rather than take her as his mistress, is that she held out for the greater prize of being queen. The letters do show us that there was definitely some sexual play between the couple. But they almost certainly waited until late 15 32, so some six or seven years to have sex. And given that there was no reliable contraception in this period, the first mention of a condom made of pigs intestines is mentioned in a treatise on syphilis in 15 64. i suspect that they both decided to wait until they were legally legitimately married to having sex. Because the whole point of this was that they needed a legitimate male heir. If