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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 Boleyn‘s co-accused, the undercard to the deposed queen’s beheading.

It was the accusation of adultery that furnished Anne’s downfall; some adulterers were perforce required. These were William Brereton, Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, Mark Smeaton … and the ex-queen’s 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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1 posted on 05/17/2020 12:25:37 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
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To: CheshireTheCat

Thanks for this. I find this time period very fascinating.


2 posted on 05/17/2020 12:31:57 PM PDT by pinkandgreenmom
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To: CheshireTheCat

Makes for a good Kingston Trio melody. :>))))


3 posted on 05/17/2020 12:39:09 PM PDT by Allen In Texas Hill Country
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To: CheshireTheCat

Having a lover on the side may be fine, but it is nothing to lose your head over.


4 posted on 05/17/2020 12:40:31 PM PDT by fhayek
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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....)

5 posted on 05/17/2020 12:41:55 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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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.


6 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")
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To: CheshireTheCat

Did you watch Wolf Hall on Masterpiece Theatre?


7 posted on 05/17/2020 12:45:15 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: crusty old prospector

I saw some episodes.


8 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")
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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.


9 posted on 05/17/2020 12:50:44 PM PDT by centurion316 (.)
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To: CheshireTheCat

It’s a Godsend to see threads that have nothing to do with coronavirus. :-)


10 posted on 05/17/2020 1:05:56 PM PDT by AFB-XYZ
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To: CheshireTheCat
Similar "justice" to that which the FBI under Comey, et al were approaching...

TXnMA    
  

11 posted on 05/17/2020 1:07:03 PM PDT by TXnMA (Anagram: "PANDEMIC --> DEM PANIC")
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To: CheshireTheCat

That was a time when many maidens lost their heads.


12 posted on 05/17/2020 1:09:24 PM PDT by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: Allen In Texas Hill Country; CheshireTheCat
With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm--Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees (1937)
13 posted on 05/17/2020 1:21:18 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: CheshireTheCat

The 1971 PBS production of “The Six Wives of Henry VIII” is still worth watching.


14 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.")
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To: Fiji Hill

Guess I didn’t know the parody was sooooo old!!!! Don’t know if it can be called a parody????


15 posted on 05/17/2020 1:36:22 PM PDT by Allen In Texas Hill Country
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To: CheshireTheCat
Here is Anne Boleyn’s 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!

16 posted on 05/17/2020 2:03:07 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: CheshireTheCat
Gotta admit, these are hard to turn down.


17 posted on 05/17/2020 2:04:16 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: CheshireTheCat

The King was having an affair with Anne’s lady-in-waiting.


18 posted on 05/17/2020 2:12:15 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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The King was having an affair with Anne’s lady-in-waiting.

"It's good to be the King."

19 posted on 05/17/2020 2:12:37 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

That was really good.


20 posted on 05/17/2020 2:20:10 PM PDT by corkoman
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