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1536: Anne Boleyn’s supposed lovers
ExecutedToday.com ^
| May 17, 2015
| Headsman
Posted on 05/17/2020 12:25:37 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
This was the execution date in 1536 of Anne Boleyns co-accused, the undercard to the deposed queens beheading.
It was the accusation of adultery that furnished Annes downfall; some adulterers were perforce required. These were William Brereton, Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, Mark Smeaton
and the ex-queens own brother, George Boleyn.
They had just days prior been subjected to a trial whose outcome was a foregone conclusion. All pleaded their innocence save Smeaton, a commoner court musician who could not withstand torture and admitted fooling around with Queen Anne.*
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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: anneboleyn; godsgravesglyphs; henryviii; tudors
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To: CheshireTheCat
Thanks for this. I find this time period very fascinating.
To: CheshireTheCat
Makes for a good Kingston Trio melody. :>))))
To: CheshireTheCat
Having a lover on the side may be fine, but it is nothing to lose your head over.
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posted on
05/17/2020 12:40:31 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: fhayek
Having a lover on the side may be fine, but it is nothing to lose your head over. But she never lost her head, even when she was.........(and the colored girls go....)
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posted on
05/17/2020 12:41:55 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: pinkandgreenmom
You are welcome.
Some might find these execution posts macabre, but there is a lot of interesting history I have learned from them over the years.
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posted on
05/17/2020 12:42:42 PM PDT
by
CheshireTheCat
("Forgetting pain is convenient.Remembering it agonizing.But recovering truth is worth the suffering")
To: CheshireTheCat
Did you watch Wolf Hall on Masterpiece Theatre?
To: crusty old prospector
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posted on
05/17/2020 12:46:20 PM PDT
by
CheshireTheCat
("Forgetting pain is convenient.Remembering it agonizing.But recovering truth is worth the suffering")
To: CheshireTheCat
The penalty for violating the social distancing dictum was much greater than today, except, of course, in Michigan where you will also lose your head. The King and the Governor of Michigan are not fooling around.
To: CheshireTheCat
It’s a Godsend to see threads that have nothing to do with coronavirus. :-)
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posted on
05/17/2020 1:05:56 PM PDT
by
AFB-XYZ
To: CheshireTheCat
Similar "justice" to that which the FBI under Comey,
et al were approaching...
TXnMA
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posted on
05/17/2020 1:07:03 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
(Anagram: "PANDEMIC --> DEM PANIC")
To: CheshireTheCat
That was a time when many maidens lost their heads.
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posted on
05/17/2020 1:09:24 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
To: Allen In Texas Hill Country; CheshireTheCat
To: CheshireTheCat
The 1971 PBS production of “The Six Wives of Henry VIII” is still worth watching.
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posted on
05/17/2020 1:26:16 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
("Pres. Trump doesn't wear glasses. That's because he's got 2020.")
To: Fiji Hill
Guess I didn’t know the parody was sooooo old!!!! Don’t know if it can be called a parody????
To: CheshireTheCat
Here is Anne Boleyns prayer before she was executed for not baring Henry VIII a son. By the way, it was Anne that convinced King Henry to exit the corrupt Roman Church to embrace Biblical Christianity. Do this sound like an adulteress...
Good Christian people, I am come hither to die, for according to the law, and by the law I am judged to die, and therefore I will speak nothing against it. I am come hither to accuse no man, nor to speak anything of that, whereof I am accused and condemned to die, but I pray God save the king and send him long to reign over you, for a gentler nor a more merciful prince was there never: and to me he was ever a good, a gentle and sovereign lord. And if any person will meddle of my cause, I require them to judge the best. And thus I take my leave of the world and of you all, and I heartily desire you all to pray for me. O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul.
After being blindfolded and kneeling at the block, she repeated several times: To Jesus Christ I commend my soul; Lord Jesu receive my soul!
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posted on
05/17/2020 2:03:07 PM PDT
by
Jan_Sobieski
(Sanctification)
To: CheshireTheCat
Gotta admit, these are hard to turn down.
To: CheshireTheCat
The King was having an affair with Anne’s lady-in-waiting.
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posted on
05/17/2020 2:12:15 PM PDT
by
TBP
(Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
To: TBP
The King was having an affair with Annes lady-in-waiting. "It's good to be the King."
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posted on
05/17/2020 2:12:37 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
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05/17/2020 2:20:10 PM PDT
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corkoman
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