Despite escaping the law on numerous occasions, Anne was eventually tried and executed on the grounds of heresy for publishing her examinations. During her trial, she was tortured for 12 days straight in an attempt to indict the widowed Queen and friend of Anne, Katerine Parr.

She refused to indict her friend and the result was that she was burned alive at the stake, having to be carted over, since she could no longer walk. She was mercifully given gunpowder to end her execution quickly by sympathizers.