May 17 – The ends of George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton and Mark Smeaton
While King Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn was being declared null and void by Archbishop Cranmer at…
Read MoreThe Fall of Anne Boleyn: Day-7
On this day in history, 12th May 1536, just twelve days after the first arrest in the fall…
Read More12 May 1536 – 4 men are tried for high treason – The Fall of Anne Boleyn
On this day in 1536, 12th May, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton and Mark Smeaton…
Read More30 May 1533 – Sir Francis Weston is made a Knight of the Bath
A portait of a man thought to be Sir Francis Weston.I always find it weird going from marking…
Read More4 May 1536 – Two more men in the Tower of London and one man receives a message of comfort
By 4th May 1536, there were four new prisoners in the Tower of London implicated in the same…
Read More17 May 1536 – Who were the men who were executed in May 1536?
In the "bloody days", as Thomas Wyatt called them, of May 1536, not only was a queen executed,…
Read More17 May 1536 – Pray for the souls of those be dead and gone
Tower Hill scaffold memorialOn this day in history, Wednesday 17th May 1536, five courtiers were beheaded on Tower…
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