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awaiting
perpetually and forever
a renaissance of wonder

bookmarks:
bren entertainment (done in 2024)
π notes (big picture)
rosie books (read in 2024)
elizabeth journal
berlingot (currently)
  • May 1
    • May Day celebrations - Henry leaves without a word.
  • May 2
    • Anne is arrested.
  • May 3
    • Archbishop Cranmer writes to Henry upon hearing about the arrest: ...my mind is clean amazed: for I never had better opinion in woman than I had in her; which maketh me to think that she should not be culpable...
  • May 10
    • The Grand Jury of Middlesex decides that Anne, George Boleyn, Mark Smeaton, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, and William Brereton should be indicted and sent to trial before a jury.
  • May 11
    • Ruling that Anne and the five men would stand trial.
  • May 12
    • Trials of Smeaton, Norris, Weston, and Brereton in Westminster Hall: all found guilty of high treason.
  • May 15
    • Trials of Anne and George Boleyn in the King's Hall, Tower of London; guilty verdicts.
  • May 16
    • Private visit between Anne and Archbishop Cranmer.
  • May 17
    • Executions of George Boleyn, Mark Smeaton, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, and William Brereton.
  • May 18
    • Original execution date, delayed; I heard say the executor was very good, and I have a little neck.
  • May 19
    • Execution via Calais swordsman.
    • She who has been the Queen of England on earth will today become a Queen in Heaven.
may 16 2016 ∞
jun 5 2017 +