#OTD 17 May 1536
#GeorgeBoleyn was 🪓 followed by #HenryNorris #FrancisWeston #WilliamBrereton & #MarkSmeaton the only one to plead guilty
It is impossible to imagine witnessing such an abhorrent spectacle ... knowing you're next!
Yet all spoke eloquently prior to their end
#OTD
17th May 1536
It was one if the bloodiest days of King Henry VIII’s reign. Five men went to their deaths on Tower Hill.
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#GeorgeBoleyn #ViscountRochford #WilliamBrereton #MarkSmeaton #SirHenryNorris #SirFrancisWeston #Tudors #History
#OTD
12th May 1536
Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton & Mark Smeaton were taken by barge from the Tower of London to Westminster Hall.
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#MarkSmeaton #SirHenryNorris #SirFrancisWeston #WilliamBrereton #Tudors #History
#OTD 30 Apr 1536
A musician #MarkSmeaton was questioned by #ThomasCromwell & he confessed to a sexual relationship with #AnneBoleyn
The previous day she had said to #HenryNorris
“You look for dead men's shoes, for if aught came to the King but good you would look to have me”
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#OTD
30th April 1536
Mark Smeaton, court musician, was taken to Thomas Cromwell's house in Stepney and interrogated.
Within 24 hours, he had confessed to having a sexual relationship with Queen Anne Boleyn.
#MarkSmeaton #Musician #Tudors #History
Painting Mark Smeaton. #marksmeaton #anneboleyn #henryviii #englishhistory #art
#OTD 17 May 1536
#FinaldaysofAnneBoleyn
#GeorgeBoleyn was executed followed by #HenryNorris #FrancisWeston #WilliamBrereton & #MarkSmeaton the only one to plead guilty
It is impossible to imagine witnessing such an abhorrent spectacle knowing you're next!
Yet all spoke eloquently prior to their end
#OTD 30 Apr 1536
A musician #MarkSmeaton was questioned by #ThomasCromwell & he confessed to a sexual relationship with #AnneBoleyn
The previous day she had said to #HenryNorris:
“You look for dead men's shoes, for if aught came to the King but good you would look to have me”
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