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
William Fitzwilliam , Earl of Southampton Today there has been a huge miscarriage of justice in our land…
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
King Henry VIII and Queen Anne Boleyn in happier times Just as the Grand Jury of Middlesex met…
10 May 1536 – The Grand Jury of Middlesex Meets at Westminster
Our good and virtuous Queen, Queen Anne Boleyn News has just come in from Westminster that Giles Heron,…
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…