18 May 1536 – Postponement, Preparation and Prayer
On the night of 17th May 1536, while the carpenters built her scaffold within the grounds of the…
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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…
Sweating Sickness or the English Sweat
Sweating sickness first reared its ugly head in England in summer 1485 and there were four further outbreaks…
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…
16 May 1536 – Anne Boleyn is “in hope of life”
On this day in 1536, Sir William Kingston, Constable of the Tower of London, reported to Thomas Cromwell…
15 May 1536 – The Trial of George Boleyn, Lord Rochford
Following Anne Boleyn's departure from court, her brother George was brought in to face the same hostile jury.…
15 May 1536 – The Trial of Anne Boleyn
On 15th May 1536, Queen Anne Boleyn was tried in the King's Hall of the Tower of London…