Celebrities: Uma Thurman, Damian Lewis.
Historical: The Six Wives Of Henry VIII (Portraits).
Television: Band Of Brothers, Gilmore Girls.

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May 17th 1536: Part 1: So Ends the Lives of Five Men On the morning of May 17th five men were lead from their lodgings within the tower to their death upon Tower Hill. Cromwell sent word to Sir Kingston the Tower gaoler either on the evening of the 16th or early morning on the 17th that Mark Smeaton, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, Sir ( Read more... )

May 16th 1536: The Executioner Is On His WayAnne Boleyn’s execution was to be either burning or beheading, whichever the King saw fit. It was customary in the Tudor times that woman whom committed treason against the King was to be burned - so why was Anne beheaded? It has been theorised that Henry had a change of conscious and did not want his ( Read more... )

May 15th 1536: The Trial That Stopped A Country Dressed in a gown of deep black with a crimson petticoat and wearing a hat with a black and white feather on it Anne prepared to face her trial. The trail was held in the King’s Hall at the Tower of London. Anne, still being the Queen of England was to face a jury of her own peers - though to say that ( Read more... )

May 14th 1536: Jane Seymour Moves In I have wanted to shy away from writing about Jane Seymour yet I feel she is so intrinsically linked to Anne’s final days that it is hard to turn a blind eye. First it should be answered who was Jane Seymour? In short she was everything that Anne Boleyn was not. She was blond, having very pale skin and plump in ( Read more... )

May 13th 1536: Anne’s Great Love
I have often wondered in her final days, shut off from the world she once knew, isolated and denied news of her fellow accused, family and friends, what did Anne Boleyn feel towards the man whom had once been her beloved husband? Henry Tudor, the man whom ultimately would have the final say in her unjust demise.
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May 12th 1536: The Trials BeginBefore entering Westminster Hall I wonder what chances Mark Smeaton, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston and Sir William Brereton ever had at a fair trial. All the evidence gathered was already against them, accusing all four men of having illicit affairs with the Queen of England, receiving gifts from her and ( Read more... )

May 11th 1536: When the Evidence Does Not Add UpAnother Grand Jury was convened in Kent on this day to look at the evidence gathered against Anne. As with the day before the jury found the evidence damning and could only conclude that Anne had indeed committed many illicit affairs with Norris, Boleyn, Weston , Brereton and Smeaton as well as ( Read more... )

May 10th 1536: The Decision Already MadeOn May 10th official legal proceedings began against Anne Boleyn and her fellow accused. A jury of noblemen were presented with various evidences against Anne showing proof of not only her adultery against her husband the King, but also of incest with her brother and treason in plotting the Kings death. ( Read more... )

May 7th to 9th 1536: Their Backs Turn
Over the next few days all those that had once supported Anne, whom had loved her, had pushed for her to become Queen of England suddenly turned their backs and betrayed her. All those whom she had been so close to wanted nothing to do with her.
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