Thomas Cromwell

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The stairs at Traitors Gate - The Tower of London. For a partial, but long, list of the famous & infamous people who have climbed these stairs as a prisoner
Flickriver: Photoset 'Tudor and Stuart-era People' by lisby1
Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, Son of Edward Seymour, Nephew of Jane Seymour, Husband of Catherine Grey
Jane Rochford
Unlike her cousin Anne Boleyn, poor Katherine has no family relations around her to advise her; her only friend was Lady Jane Rochford, and her companionship did not prove to be of comfort in the end (both were executed together for treasonous activity on February 13th, 1542). IMAGE: Illustration of Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford.
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A modern sketch of what George Boleyn, Anne's brother may have looked like. Contrary to historical opinion, he was not a libertine and womanizer, but a religious reformer and poet. In any case, he came to a bad end, that was wholly unjustified.
Sir Henry Norris was imprisoned in the Tower on 2nd May 1536 accused of adulterous associations with Queen Anne Boleyn. He was beheaded on Tower Hill on 17th May 1536 http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/norris.htm
Sir Henry Norris was accused of adulterous associations with Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII and was beheaded on Tower Hill on 17th May 1536. http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/norris.htm
12 May 1536 - The Trial of Norris, Weston, Brereton and Smeaton - The Anne Boleyn Files
12 May 1536 – The Trial of Norris, Weston, Brereton and Smeaton: http://networkedblogs.com/WNWgN IMAGE: Westminster Hall
Anne Boleyn's brother George, Viscount Rochford, three of Henry VIII's courtiers (Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, Sir William Brereton) and court musician Mark Smeaton were executed on Tower Hill on May 17, 1536.
'The dismissal of Cardinal Wolsey’
'The dismissal of Cardinal Wolsey’
the TUDOR TUTOR
Thomas Cardinal Wolsey Famous Oxfordians
Portrait of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, wearing the Order of the Garter (c. 1484-1545) Date circa 1530