Posted By Claire on April 10, 2012 Thank you again to Sarah
Bryson from the Anne Boleyn: From Queen to History Page for the
eighth part of her series on Mary Boleyn, I know that many of
you are enjoying this examination of Mary’s life. On May 19th at
approximately 9am Anne Boleyn, wearing a robe of grey damask
trimmed with fur over a crimson kirtle, mounted the scaffold
which had been erected within the Tower of London. She had been
charged with treason, for plotting the death of King Henry VIII,
adultery, and incest with her brother George. Anne Boleyn had
been found guilty of all charges and had been sentenced to
death. Two days earlier on the morning of May 17th five men were
led from their lodgings within the Tower to their death upon
Tower Hill. Thomas Cromwell sent word to Sir Kingston the Tower
gaoler, either on the evening of the 16th or early morning on
the 17th that Mark Smeaton, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis
Weston, Sir William Brereton and George Boleyn, Lord Rochford
were to be beheaded rather th