29 April 1536 – Anne Boleyn and two courtiers
On 29th April 1536, Queen Anne Boleyn had two separate encounters with male courtiers, men who would soon…
Henry Norris
The men who died in 1536 video
Queen Anne Boleyn was, of course, not the only victim of her fall in 1536, five men were…
12 May 1536 – Four men tried for high treason
On 12th May 1536, Mark Smeaton, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston and William Brereton were escorted by…
8 May 1536 – Courtiers clamour over the spoils
Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset Here is an extract from my book The Fall of Anne…
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…
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…