9 May 1536 – Council Meetings and Juries
On 9th May 1536, King Henry VIII sent a message to Thomas Cromwell “commanding him to repair to…
fall of Anne Boleyn
8 May 1536 – The vultures begin to circle
On 8th May 1536, while Anne Boleyn, Mark Smeaton, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, Sir William Brereton,…
5 May 1536 – More interrogations and arrests
By 5th May 1536, two other men had been imprisoned in the Tower of London and another courtier…
4 May 1536 – The Arrests of Sir Francis Weston and William Brereton
Mark Smeaton, Sir Henry Norris, Queen Anne Boleyn and her brother George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, were already imprisoned…
28 April 1536 – Suspicious Meetings
Let’s set the scene a little before I tell you about today’s news from 1536. Queen Anne Boleyn’s…
27 April 1536 – Summons to attend Parliament
On 27th April 1536, writs were issued summoning Parliament to meet on 8th June 1536 and a letter…
11 May 1536 – The Grand Jury of Kent
On 11th May 1536, the Grand Jury of Kent met at Deptford in front of Sir John Baldwin…