Claire | April 29, 2017
On 29th April 1536, Queen Anne Boleyn had two separate encounters with male courtiers, men who would soon be accused of sleeping with her and plotting with her to kill King Henry VIII. You can read more about Anne’s encounters with Mark Smeaton, a musician, and Sir Henry Norris, her husband’s groom of the stool, […]
Category: Events of 1536, Anne Boleyn Fall, Tudor Characters |
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Tags: Anne Boleyn and Henry Norris, Anne Boleyn and Mark Smeaton, Henry Norris, Mark Smeaton, Sir Henry Norris, Smeton
Claire | April 30, 2010
On this day in history, the 30th April 1536, Mark Smeaton was taken to Thomas Cromwell’s house in Stepney and interrogated. Within 24 hours he had confessed to making love to the Queen, Anne Boleyn, three times. It is likely that the note that Henry VIII received at the May Day joust, the next day, […]
Category: Anne Boleyn Fall, Anne Boleyn Myths, Events of 1536, Myths and Legends, Tudor Characters, Tudor Events |
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Tags: Anne Boleyn, Lancelot de Carles, Mark Smeaton, Smeton, the Countess of Worcester, The Fall of Anne Boleyn, The Spanish Chronicle, Thomas Cromwell
