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THE TUDOR QUEENS’ CONSORT NECKLACE

by Jessica Carey-BunningUpdated on 11/09/202311/09/2023

The so-called ‘Consort Necklace’ is one of the most famous pieces of Tudor jewellery. Appearing in a number of portraits of Henry VIII’s wives, it …

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UNREALISED CORONATIONS: JANE, ANNE, CATHERINE, & CATHERINE

by Jessica Carey-BunningUpdated on 30/04/202330/04/2023

This week I will, of course, be writing a lot about historical coronations. To kick the week off, though, I will start by discussing some …

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A GENEALOGY FROM ADAM AND EVE TO KING EDWARD VI OF ENGLAND

by Jessica Carey-BunningUpdated on 03/04/202303/04/2023

Just like today, people in the medieval and early modern periods were fascinated by their genealogies, especially kings and noblemen. Henry VIII possessed a particularly …

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DR. HENRY VIII AND HIS MEDICINES

by Jessica Carey-BunningUpdated on 09/01/202309/01/2023

My family and I are all down with nasty head-colds at the moment (not covid thankfully), which has me thinking about Tudor medicine and remedies. …

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ANNE OF CLEVES & CATHERINE HOWARD

by Jessica Carey-BunningUpdated on 12/01/202309/12/2022

On the 3rd of January, 1541, less than six months after the annulment of her marriage to Henry VIII, Anne of Cleves travelled from her palace at Richmond to Hampton Court in order to personally deliver her New Years gifts to her ex-husband and his new, pretty wife, Catherine Howard.

Though Chapuys was generally hostile to Anne due to religious and political differences, his admiration for the former queen’s behaviour upon meeting her former lady-in-waiting and replacement is evident: