anneboleynqueen:“Anne’s brother, Rochford, led the challengers and Henry Norris the answ
anneboleynqueen:“Anne’s brother, Rochford, led the challengers and Henry Norris the answerers, and nothing untoward was noticed by the spectators. Indeed, if we may trust the French verse account of 2 June 1536, the king was very affable and offered his own mount when Sir Henry’s renowned charger began to play up. But suddenly, at the end of the joust, Henry left for Whitehall, travelling on horseback instead of by river and with only six attendants, one of them Norris whom, throughout the journey, he had ‘in examination and promised him his pardon in case he would utter the truth’. Norris insisted on his innocence, but was sent to the Tower at dawn on Tuesday, 2 May.”The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Eric Ives -- source link
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