Claire | May 8, 2016

Here is an extract from my book The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown regarding what happened on this day in 1536: While Anne Boleyn, Mark Smeaton, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton, George Boleyn, Sir Richard Page and Sir Thomas Wyatt were in prison awaiting their trials, courtiers were already clamouring over […]

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Tags: Arthur Plantagenet, fall of Anne Boleyn, Henry Fitroy, Henry Norris, Lord Lisle, Richard Staverton

Claire | May 8, 2015

On 8th May 1536, while Anne Boleyn, Mark Smeaton, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, Sir William Brereton, George Boleyn, Sir Richard Page and Sir Thomas Wyatt were in prison at the Tower of London, courtiers were busy writing letters to put forward their claims for offices and titles that may soon become vacant. In […]

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Tags: Arthur Plantagenet, fall of Anne Boleyn, Henry Fitzroy, Henry Norris, Lord Lisle, Richard Staverton

Claire | May 8, 2014

On 8th May 1536, just over a week after the first arrest and four days before the trial of Mark Smeaton, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston and William Brereton, courtiers were already clamouring over the spoils that may result from their falls from grace. These men had not been found guilty of anything yet, […]

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Tags: Anne Boleyn's fall, Arthur Plantagenet, Henry Fitzroy, Henry Norris, Lord Lisle, Thomas Cromwell

Claire | May 8, 2013

It was the way of the Tudor court, as men fell from favour others were waiting in the wings to mop up the crumbs and gain from their fall. It seems brutal to us today, but I guess it’s human nature; there are always people looking to see how they can gain from another’s misfortune. […]

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Tags: Duke of Richmond, Henry Fitzroy, Lord Lisle, Richard Staverton, Sir Henry Norris

Claire | May 8, 2011

Queen Anne Boleyn, Mark Smeaton, Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton, George Boleyn (Lord Rochford), Sir Richard Page and Sir Thomas Wyatt are all in prison and, as yet, have not been to trial, yet courtiers are already clamouring over the spoils that may result from their fall from grace. It really is sickening […]

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Tags: 1536, Arthur Plantagenet, Henry Fitzroy, Lord Lisle, Richard Staverton, Sir Henry Norris, the Duke of Richmond, Thomas Cromwell

Claire | May 9, 2010

As I read through Letters and Papers to look at primary source evidence for the events leading up to the execution of Anne Boleyn on the 19th May 1536, it sickens me to see how the vultures were gathering to ensure that they had their share of the spoils even before the trials of Anne […]

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Tags: Cromwell, Jane Rochford, Lord Lisle, Norris, Sir Henry Fitzroy, the Duke of Richmond