RATING: VERY GOOD
Mark Smeaton confessed to have had a sexual encounter with the Queen. 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. It is believed that when being pressured to confess, Smeaton also supplied the names of members of the Queen's circle and all were subsequently arrested.
Five men were executed on 17 May 1536: Henry Norris, Mark Smeaton, George Boleyn, Francis Weston and William Breeton.
Anne Boleyn was executed on May 18, 1536.
Jane Seymour tried to reconcile Henry with Mary, but he opoposed it. Mary, threatened by the arrests of her supporters, finally signed a document acknowledging that her parents' marriage was invalid. On July 1936 she reconciled with her father. Jane Seymour urged her husband to make peace with Mar but Henry insisted that Mary recognise him as head of the Church of England, repudiate papal authority, acknowledge that the marriage between her parents was unlawful, and accept her own illegitimacy. She attempted to reconcile with Henry by submitting to his authority as far as "God and my conscience" permitted, but was eventually bullied into signing a document agreeing to all of Henry's demands.
On 22 July, 1536, Henry's illegitimate son, Henry Fitzroy, died. He was reported ill with "consumption" (usually identified as tuberculosis, but possibly another serious lung complaint) in early July, and died at St. James's Palace on 23 July 1536.
Margaret Douglas was in a secret relationship with Thomas HOward, which angered the king. Margaret and Thomas were arrested to the Tower, and Thomas died on 31 October, 1537.
Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (8 October 1515 – 7 March 1578), was the daughter of the Scottish queen dowager Margaret Tudor and her second husband Archibald Douglas.
Lord Thomas Howard (1511 – 31 October 1537) was an English courtier at the court of King Henry VIII. He is chiefly known for his marriage (later invalidated by Henry) to Lady Margaret Douglas (1515–1578), the daughter of Henry VIII's sister, Margaret Tudor, for which he was imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he died on 31 October 1537.
ON 12 October 1537, Jane gave birth to Prince Edward and died two weeks later. Jane's labour had been difficult, lasting two days and three nights, probably because the baby was not well positioned. After the christening, it became clear that she was seriously ill.[31] She died on 24 October 1537 at Hampton Court Palace.
Jane Boleyn returned to the court and helped the King's fourth wife, Kathering HOward in her late-night trysts with Thomas Culpepper, and she was executed. During her imprisonment in the Tower, Jane was interrogated but was not tortured. However, she seems to have suffered a nervous breakdown and by the beginning of 1542 was pronounced insane. Her "fits of frenzy" meant that legally she could not stand trial for her role in facilitating the queen's alleged adultery, but since he was determined to have her punished, the King implemented a law which allowed the execution of the insane for high treason.
The book mentions the Exeter conspiration because of which some men were arrested, accused of treason and executed: Henry Courtenay, Henry Pole Baron, Nicholas Carew and Margaret Pole. The Exeter Conspiracy in 1538 was a supposed attempt to overthrow Henry VIII, who had taken control of the Church of England away from the Pope, and replace him with Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter, who was a first cousin of the King.
Thomas Cromwell was also executed. Thomas Cromwell ( c. 1485 – 28 July 1540), briefly Earl of Essex, was an English statesman and lawyer who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false charges for the execution.
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