12 May 1536 – The Trial of Norris, Weston, Brereton and Smeaton
On 12th May 1536, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton and Mark Smeaton were brought before…
William Brereton
10 May 1536 – Bring Up the Bodies
On 10th May 1536, Sir William Kingston, Constable of the Tower of London, was ordered “to bring up…
17 May 1536 – Five Executions on Tower Hill
“These bloody days have broken my heart”, wrote the famous Tudor poet, Thomas Wyatt, after witnessing the executions…
16 May 1536 – George Boleyn, Sir Francis Weston, Sir Henry Norris, William Brereton and Mark Smeaton Prepare for Death
On this day in 1536, the five men condemned to death for high treason prepared for their executions,…
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…
11 May 1536 – The Kent Indictment
The day after the Grand Jury of Middlesex met at Westminster, the Grand Jury of Kent met at…
4 May 1536 – A Wife’s Letter, Further Arrests and a Queen Cruelly Handled
Following the arrest of George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, his wife, Jane, wrote him a letter of comfort, promising…