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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The King fathered two sons with Anne’s sister.
I think these were named for Anne Stuart. She was rather portly.
Rudy Vallee, whose hit-making began in the 1920’s, occasionally scored with something weird like that. I once found myself in the same room with him—and his dog—a few years before he passed away.
Yes, the "corrupt Roman church" that was defending the Biblical doctrine of marriage: one man, one woman, "until death do you part". Have heard of it? Anne "convinced" Henry by refusing his adulterous embraces until he agreed to leave the Church he had sworn to defend at his own coronation! Do you seriously think that breaking TWO holy vows -- Henry's marriage vow to Queen Katherine and his coronation oath -- taken before God is something admirable??
Of course Anne was an adulteress, or the term has no meaning.
Bearing.
The Kingston Trio were leftists. That sumbitch Charlie was just looking for a free ride. I’m not convinced he even had a cousin in Roxbury.
Rick Wakeman, master of capes! The other keyboardist is his son, Adam. Another son, Oliver had recorded "Fly from Here" with Yes, and was touring with Yes at the time of this concert.
Mark
According to information available on ancestrydotcom,
Henry Norris was my umpteenth great grandfather.
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