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- Yet, even after two blows the royal head had still not been completely severed; the executioner was forced to swing again to cut the “one little gristle” attaching it to the body. He then lifted the bloody trophy up before the gathered witnesses and solemnly proclaimed “God Save the Queen.”
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On the morning of May 19, 1536, Henry VIII’s fallen queen ascended the scaffold, delivered a conventional speech praising the king as a “ gentle and sovereign lord,” and knelt to receive the death...
May 19, 2015 · The evidence suggests the executioner may have been from Calais, an English possession. The Chronicle of Calais calls the executioner the “hangman of Calais”. Mary of Hungary, Regent of the Netherlands and the Spanish Chronicle state the swordsman came from St Omer in Flanders.
Sep 29, 2015 · Anne Boleyn was executed on May 19, 1536. Displaying an act of "mercy", King Henry VIII dispatched a skilled executioner to perform the execution by sword rather than by axe or being burned at the stake. The swordsman was dispatched from Calais, English occupied France at the time.
Feb 8, 2015 · Anne Boleyn’s Last Words – Speech At Her Execution. This account of Anne Boleyn ‘s final speech at her execution was made by the Tudor chronicler Edward Hall. The execution took place on 19 May 1536 at 8 o’clock in the morning. It was the first public execution of an English queen.
May 19, 2013 · As her ladies sobbed silently, Anne paid the executioner, the famous Sword of Calais, who begged her forgiveness for the deed he was about to commit. Even he was moved by the dignity of the woman who stood before him. She showed no fear.
Feb 9, 2015 · The Execution & Death of Anne Boleyn, 1536 – Primary Sources. This account of Anne Boleyn’s speech at her execution was recorded in the Annals of John Stow. The execution took place on 19 May 1536 at 8 o’clock in the morning. It was the first public execution of an English queen.
Apr 14, 2016 · “The execution of the concubine took place at nine o’clock this morning in the tower,” the very hostile and very Catholic Imperial ambassador Eustace Chapuys wrote to his boss, Emperor Charles V,...
