12 May 1536 – The Trial of Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton and Mark Smeaton
Things had moved incredibly fast in the spring of 1536, the fall of Anne Boleyn. The first arrest…
Mark Smeaton
11 May 1536 – The Kent Indictment
The day after the Grand Jury of Middlesex met at Westminster, the Grand Jury of Kent met at…
2 May 1536 – To the Tower
At dawn on 2nd May 1536, Sir Henry Norris, Henry VIII’s Groom of the Stool and great friend,…
1 May 1536 – The Fateful May Day Joust
The May Day joust of 1st May 1536 should have been like every other May Day joust. It…
30 April 1536 – A Visit Cancelled, A Royal Argument and the First Arrest
Sunday 30th April 1536 was a key day in the fall of Anne Boleyn as it appears to…
29 April 1536 – Anne Boleyn, the Marmalade Cupboard and Dead Men’s Shoes
It sounds like a weird game of Cluedo doesn’t it? Well, the spring of 1536 was a bit…
17th May 1536 – Remembering the Five Men
Today is the anniversary of the executions of Henry Norris, William Brereton, Sir Francis Weston, Mark Smeaton and…