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Anne Boleyn (/ ˈ b ʊ l ɪ n, b ʊ ˈ l ɪ n /; [7] [8] [9] c. 1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII.The circumstances of her marriage and execution, by beheading for treason, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked the start of the English Reformation.
Mark Smeaton (c. 1512 – 17 May 1536) was a musician at the court of Henry VIII of England, in the household of Queen Anne Boleyn.Smeaton – together with the Queen's brother George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford; Henry Norris, Francis Weston, and William Brereton – was executed for treason and adultery with Queen Anne.
William Brereton, c. 1487/1490 – 17 May 1536, was a member of a prominent Cheshire family who served as a courtier to Henry VIII.In May 1536, Brereton was accused of committing adultery with Anne Boleyn, the king's second wife, and executed for treason along with her brother George Boleyn, Henry Norris, Francis Weston and a musician, Mark Smeaton.
[6] There is documentation that Elizabeth secretly borrowed £100 from Anne, suggesting the two were close. [7] She had not repaid that debt by the time Anne was imprisoned in the Tower. [3] There is also record of a payment made on 4 February 1530 by the king's personal purse to a midwife for the countess of Worcester, most likely Anne's doing.
Jane Boleyn: Sister in law of Anne Boleyn and also the widow of Lord Rochford (George Boleyn) lady-in-waiting to Anne of Cleves and Catherine Howard. Executed for treason. German Gardiner: 7 March 1544 Executed for treason. Anne Askew: 16 July 1546 Burned at the stake in Smithfield for heresy Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey: 19 January 1547 ...
The execution was conducted in the open air, in a part of the grounds of the Tower of London that is known as Tower Green, and where Henry VIII's wives Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard had been executed. Delaroche instead chose a darker environment to heighten the psychological weight of the dark subject matter, much as a scenographer would for ...
The following nobles are known to have been executed by beheading (all by an axe except Anne Boleyn, who was beheaded with a sword) on the Tower Green: William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, by order of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, in 1483. [1] Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, 19 May 1536. [5]
Henry Norris (or Norreys) (c. 1482 – 17 May 1536) was an English courtier who was Groom of the Stool in the privy chamber of King Henry VIII.While a close servant of the King, he also supported the faction in court led by Queen Anne Boleyn, [1] and when Anne fell out of favour, he was among those accused of treason and adultery with her.