8th October – On this Day in History…
1515 – Birth of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, daughter of Margaret Tudor, Queen Dowager of Scotland, and…
Tudor Politics
12th May 1536 – The Trial of Norris, Weston, Brereton and Smeaton
Today there has been a huge miscarriage of justice in our land and we now know that there…
The Middlesex and Kent Indictments – Do the Dates of the Alleged Crimes Make Sense?
In my articles on the indictments last May, I discussed the views of the historians Eric Ives, Alison…
11th May 1536 – The Grand Jury of Kent Meets at Westminster
Just as the Grand Jury of Middlesex met at Westminster yesterday, the Grand Jury of Kent met today…
10 May 1536 – The Grand Jury of Middlesex Meets at Westminster
News has just come in from Westminster that Giles Heron, foreman of the Grand Jury of Middlesex and…
9 May 1536 – Sheriffs Ordered to Organise a Grand Jury
News on the Tudor Court grapevine is that the sheriffs of London were instructed to assemble a grand…
8 May 1536 – Clamouring for the Spoils
Queen Anne Boleyn, Mark Smeaton, Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton, George Boleyn (Lord Rochford), Sir Richard…