In Memory of Five Innocent Men – 17 May 1536
I sometimes feel that Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton, Mark Smeaton and George Boleyn, Lord…
William Brereton
17 May 1536 – These bloody days have broken my heart
The famous Tudor poet Thomas Wyatt the Elder wrote two poems about the executions he witnessed in 1536…
12 May 1536 – Norris, Brereton, Smeaton and Weston tried at Westminster Hall
Westminster Hall On 12th May 1536, Sir William Kingston, Constable of the Tower of London, escorted Sir Henry…
10 May 1536 – Grand Jury of Middlesex’s decision
Hampton Court Palace, where some of the alleged offences were said to have taken place On 10th May…
4 May 1536 – The Arrests of Sir Francis Weston and William Brereton
Man thought to be Sir Francis Weston Mark Smeaton, Sir Henry Norris, Queen Anne Boleyn and her brother…
17 May 1536 – The Executions of Norris, Weston, Brereton, Smeaton and Rochford
Tower Hill scaffold memorial On 17th May 1536, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, Mark Smeaton, William Brereton…
16 May 1536 – The Men Prepare for Death
Sir Francis Weston On 16th May 1536, George Boleyn, Sir Francis Weston, Sir Henry Norris, Sir William Brereton…