17 May 1536 - Tragedy at Tower Hill

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On this day in 1536, 17th May, George Boleyn, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton and Mark Smeaton were executed on Tower Hill for high treason after being found guilty of adultery with Queen Anne Boleyn and conspiring with her to kill King Henry VIII.

In today's video, Claire Ridgway, author of "The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown", shares what happened on this day, along with contemporary accounts of these men's scaffold speeches. Claire also shares a poem by Sir Thomas Wyatt about the men.

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