Bid to overturn the 450-year-old conviction of a Tudor rebel

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From Eveningnews24.com:

Robert Kett led a bloody rebellion against the state in 1549, but he has been honoured by the people of Norwich as a brave hero who fought against the injustices of his day.

And now more than 450 years after the Wymondham-born yeoman farmer was put to death for high treason at Norwich Castle, an amateur historian is calling on the government to quash his conviction.

Michael Chandler, 46, who lives in the city centre, has written to the Home Office asking them to

3 Comments:

  1. Hi I love this site its fantastice, I recently discovered the Tudors, they weren’t my cup of tea as I’m Irish but now I can’t leave them alone. I was wondering What happened to George Boleyn’s wife, I can’t seem to find anything about her on this site.

    Christy
    Liverpool UK

  2. Welcome to the world of Tudor-mania!

    I only have a short bio of George’s wife so far, here:
    http://tudorhistory.org/people/jrochford/
    She was executed for her involvement in Kathryn Howard’s downfall.

  3. It all comes around, she really did not help Anne either.

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