Mark Smeaton

Did Anne Boleyn plot Henry VIII’s death….?

Jan 15, 2021

anniversaries, law, religion

“Tudors”, Anne Boleyn, annulment, Arthur “Tudor”, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, executions, George Viscount Rochford, Henry Norris, Henry VII, Henry VIII, high treason, Lucy Worsley, Mark Smeaton, Mary I, Thomas Cromwell

I have to confess that I’m not sure about the headline of this article. Just what royal row can be spoken of in the present tense is a puzzle. What does it matter to our present royals if Anne Boleyn had Henry VIII‘s demise in mind. If she did, she failed. The horrible lump lived…
Bloody tales of the Tower….

Feb 11, 2017

buildings, television reviews

“Tudors”, Anne Boleyn, Arbella Stuart, Barnet, Bloody Tales of the Tower, Calais, Catherine Howard, Channel Five, Coronation, Edward V, Edward VIII, Elizabeth I, espionage, executions, Father John Gerard, Guido Fawkes, Gunpowder Plot, Henry VIII, Jack Ketch, James of Monmouth, James VI/I, James VII/II, Jane, Joe Crowley, Josef Jacobs, Lucy Worsley, Mark Smeaton, Mary I, Peasants’ Revolt, Richard II, Robert Catesby, Simon of Sudbury, Suzannah Lipscomb, Tower Green, William Seymour Duke of Somerset

I have only just found the series Bloody Tales of the Tower, previously on National Geographic and now on Channel 5 (http://www.channel5.com/show/bloody-tales-of-the-tower and http://www.natgeotv.com/za/bloody-tales-of-the-tower), and have to say that I enjoyed it very much. The presenters, Suzannah Lipscomb and Joe Crowley, are at ease in their roles and with each other, and do not adopt…
HENRY VIII: THE EVEN HANDED PERSECUTOR

Aug 6, 2016

humour, religion

Anne Askew, Anne Boleyn, beheadings, burnings, Catherine Howard, chopping and changing, clergymen, Courtenays, Edmund de la Pole, Edward of Buckingham, George Boleyn, hangings, Henry Lord Montagu, Henry Pole the Younger, Henry VIII, Howards, Jane Parker Viscountess Rochford, Margaret of Salisbury, Mark Smeaton, monks, Nun of Kent, religious persecution, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas More

Some folks out there have recently been trying to justify the long list of people executed by Henry VIII because ‘at least they had a trial’ or ‘because it was over religion, and there were always beheadings, pressings, burnings over religion.’ Well, surprisingly, I must agree with them on one thing. Henry sure could be…

Mark Smeaton

Did Anne Boleyn plot Henry VIII’s death….?

Bloody tales of the Tower….

HENRY VIII: THE EVEN HANDED PERSECUTOR