Mark Smeaton’s confession is printed as a pressure-product, not a verified diary
The 1536 charges are historically disputed. In the causal graph this event weakens Judicial independence erosion (court capture), a driver that strengthens Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score — an improving welfare path.
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Anne Boleyn did not operate this later page as a civil-registry autograph.
Context
Shared institutions, unnamed crews, and later editors remain in the record and do not erase a documented heading.
Anne Boleyn Shared work with other named actors remains in the record.
Anne Boleyn’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.
Conventional years are c.1501–1536. The 1536 charges are historically disputed.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Anne Boleyn
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.32 · verified
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactMark Smeaton’s confession is printed as a pressure-product, not a verified diary
- weakensDriverJudicial independence erosion (court capture)
- strengthensIndicators (4)Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score
impact weight 0.45 · Effect from 1 May 1536 · verified
- Better
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.32 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.72)
Observed
43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.
Normal is zero · any amount = worse
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.32 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.7)
Observed
0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.31 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.69)
Observed
0.62 score from 0 to 1 · 0.25 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.37 score from 0 to 1 to 0.62 score from 0 to 1.
Above normal = better
All indicators on this path (4)
- Better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.14 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.3)
Observed
42.5 index score (0-100) · 7.53 below the normal line (2025)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Oxford Dictionary of National Biography — Anne BoleynOxford University Press · High credibility · verified
- 2.Cambridge Dürer and Northern Renaissance studiesCambridge University Press · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Anne Boleyn did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorAnne Boleyn
- contributed toFactMark Smeaton’s confession is printed as a pressure-product, not a verified diary
- weakensDriverJudicial independence erosion (court capture)
- strengthensIndicatorRule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score
Cite this page
Factrail. (2026). Mark Smeaton’s confession is printed as a pressure-product, not a verified diary. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/abo-smeaton-confession-pressure
https://factrail.ai/facts/abo-smeaton-confession-pressure
Accessed 16 October 2026.
By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed
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