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WITH GRADUATE HISTORIAN JESSICA CAREY-BUNNING

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  • RECOMMENDED READING
    • TUDOR RECOMMENDATIONS
      • Book Review: ‘Henry VIII: A History of His Most Important Places and Events’ by Andrew Beattie
      • MY ANNE BOLEYN NON-FICTION READING LIST
      • BOOK REVIEW: THE FINAL YEAR OF ANNE BOLEYN
      • BOOK REVIEW: ‘ANNE BOLEYN & ELIZABETH I: THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WHO CHANGED HISTORY’
    • MEDIEVAL RECOMMENDATIONS
    • PRIMARY SOURCE RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Tudor
    • Henry VII
      • HENRY VII’S FATHERLY WORRIES FOR PRINCESS MARGARET TUDOR
      • DATES, ATTITUDES, AND HENRY VII
      • THE LOST CHILDREN OF HENRY VII AND ELIZABETH OF YORK
      • THE DEATH OF ELIZABETH OF YORK
    • Henry VIII
      • THE FACE OF A YOUNG HENRY VIII?
      • INVESTIGATING AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF HENRY VIII
      • HENRY VIII’S GENERAL PARDON – THOSE EXCLUDED
      • HENRY VIII’S HARPIST – BLYND DYK
      • HENRY VIII’S HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES
      • HENRY VIII AS DEFENDER OF THE FAITH AGAINST MARTIN LUTHER
      • HENRY FITZROY’S LETTER TO HIS FATHER, HENRY VIII
      • HENRY VIII AND KATHERINE OF ARAGON’S ANULLMENT
      • LADIES VISITING HENRY VIII’S GREAT SHIP
      • DR. HENRY VIII AND HIS MEDICINES
      • JANE AUSTEN: THIS TIME ON HENRY VIII
      • HENRY VIII’S TRIAL OF ST. THOMAS BECKET
    • Katherine of Aragon
      • HENRY VIII & KATHERINE OF ARAGON’S PATERNOSTER
      • HENRY VIII AND KATHERINE OF ARAGON’S ANULLMENT
      • KATHERINE OF ARAGON’S POMEGRANATE EMBLEM
    • Anne Boleyn
      • B FOR BOLEYN: THE B PATTERN PORTRAITS
      • PURKOY – ANNE BOLEYN’S DOG
      • MARY BOLEYN & KING FRANCIS
      • ANNE BOLEYN’S JEWELLERY
      • ANNE BOLEYN’S CLOCK
      • FRANCIS WESTON’S LAST LETTER
      • CHAPUYS ON ANNE BOLEYN’S GUILT
      • REACTIONS TO ANNE BOLEYN’S EXECUTION
      • “THE QUEEN’S RECKONING”
    • Jane Seymour
      • JANE SEYMOUR: A BALLAD ‘OF GREAT DERISION’
      • THE FASHION OF JANE SEYMOUR’S LADIES
    • Anne of Cleves
      • ‘CHILDREN OF THE HOUSE OF CLEVES: ANNA AND HER SIBLINGS’ BY HEATHER DARSIE
      • ANNE OF CLEVES & CATHERINE HOWARD
    • Catherine Howard
      • ANNE OF CLEVES & CATHERINE HOWARD
      • MARY & CATHERINE HOWARD
      • CATHERINE HOWARD & THE YOUNG ELIZABETH
      • CATHERINE HOWARD CONDEMNED
    • Catherine Parr
      • PORTRAIT JEWELLERY DETAIL OF QUEEN CATHERINE PARR
      • CATHERINE PARR’S NEW YEARS GIFT TO EDWARD
      • THE PREGNANCY LETTERS OF CATHERINE PARR AND THOMAS SEYMOUR
    • Edward VI
      • EDWARD VI AS A BABY: A MEETING
      • EDWARD VI AND ELIZABETH I BIBLICAL ARTISTIC ADDITIONS
      • CATHERINE PARR’S NEW YEARS GIFT TO EDWARD
    • Mary I
      • MARY’S BALLAD ON ELIZABETH
      • PRINCESS MARY’S WELSH CHRISTMAS
      • MARY’S PLANNED FLIGHT FROM ENGLAND
      • MARY & CATHERINE HOWARD
      • MARY I AS SUPREME HEAD OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
      • A POEM ON MARY I’S LADIES
      • PHILIP OF SPAIN ON THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE, QUEEN MARY I OF ENGLAND
    • Elizabeth I
      • NAMING PRINCESS ELIZABETH: THE NAME HENRY VIII AND ANNE BOLEYN ALMOST CHOSE
      • MARY’S BALLAD ON ELIZABETH
      • CATHERINE HOWARD & THE YOUNG ELIZABETH
      • A MISSING PORTRAIT OF MARY?
      • EDWARD VI AND ELIZABETH I BIBLICAL ARTISTIC ADDITIONS
      • NEW RESEARCH: A POEM ON ELIZABETH I’S LADIES
      • THE CORONATION OF ELIZABETH I
      • THOMAS CRANMER, ELIZABETH I, & SAMUEL PEPYS
      • ELIZABETH’S LOST BUTTON
      • A mournefull Dittie, entituled Elizabeths losse
    • Other Tudor Treasures
      • MARGARET BEAUFORT’S BOOK OF HOURS
      • THE WORLDLY GOODS AND POSSESSIONS OF A TUDOR MURDERESS
      • THE EMPEROR’S INSTRUCTIONS TO EUSTACE CHAPUYS
      • HOW TO MAKE A GOOD MARCHPAINE
      • A ‘MERRY CHRISTMAS’ FOR THOMAS CROMWELL
      • A MYSTERIOUS TUDOR RING
      • WHAT’S IN A NAME: REFORMATION IN HISTORY
      • TUDOR OATHS AND ACTS OF SUPREMACY AND SUCCESSION
      • STONEHENGE: MEDIEVAL AND TUDOR ACCOUNTS
      • THE NINE DAYS QUEEN?
      • JOHN FOXE’S CONCEPT OF HISTORY AND TIME
  • Medieval
    • Henry II
      • AN IMAGE OF HENRY II AND HIS CHILDREN
    • Edward I
      • ELEANOR OF CASTILE AS A LANDOWNER
    • Edward III
      • HARNESS PENDANT OF PHILIPPA OF HAINAULT
    • Edward IV
    • Richard III
      • JANE AUSTEN: A PERSPECTIVE ON RICHARD III
      • RICHARD III VISITS YORK
      • RICHARD III’S PORTRAIT
    • Other Medieval Musings
      • REGNAL NUMBERS: “KING EDWARD, SON OF KING EDWARD…”
      • WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR’S PARENTS AND THE NORMAN CASTLE
      • EMPRESS MATILDA AS LADY OF THE ENGLISH
      • THE HISTORY OF WILLIAM MARSHALL: KNIGHTING THE YOUNG KING
      • THE WEDDING AND CORONATION OF BERENGARIA OF NAVARRE
      • MARITAL STRIFE: ISABELLA OF ANGOULÊME AND THE LUSIGNANS
      • KING LOUIS I OF ENGLAND
      • ELEANOR OF CASTILE AS A LANDOWNER
      • THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY THROUGH THE MIDDLE AGES
      • THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AT COURT
      • THE WESTMINSTER PORTRAIT OF RICHARD II
      • KING HENRY V’S ARMORIAL FUNERAL ACHIEVEMENTS
      • MEDIEVAL DOG NAMES
      • A MEDIEVAL GRAFFITI PUZZLE
      • STONEHENGE: MEDIEVAL AND TUDOR ACCOUNTS
      • A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY
      • THE HISTORY OF THE DEVIL’S BRIDGE
      • NEW YEAR’S FESTIVITIES IN SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT​​
      • RECONSIDERING EARLY ENGLISH FEMALE AUTHORS
  • THE REAL FACES SERIES
    • THE REAL FACES OF HENRY VII AND ELIZABETH OF YORK
    • THE REAL FACE OF HENRY VIII
    • THE REAL FACE OF KATHERINE OF ARAGON
    • KATHERINE OR MARY?
    • THE REAL FACE OF ANNE BOLEYN
    • THE REAL FACE OF JANE SEYMOUR
    • THE REAL FACE OF ANNE OF CLEVES
    • CATHERINE OR ANNE?
    • THE REAL FACE OF CATHERINE HOWARD
    • THE REAL FACE OF CATHERINE PARR
    • THE REAL FACE OF EDWARD VI
    • THE REAL FACE OF MARY I
    • THE REAL FACE OF ELIZABETH I
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Elizabeth I Henry VII Tudor

The Beaufort Portcullis

Elizabeth I

The Berry-Hill Portrait of Elizabeth

Medieval Tudor

WHO IS GETTING MARRIED?

Courtiers Tudor

The Grasshopper Ring

Anne Boleyn

A FAMILY LEGEND OF ANNE BOLEYN

Henry VII Tudor

A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF HENRY VII BY JANE AUSTEN

Catherine Parr Henry VIII Mary I Tudor

CATHERINE PARR WAS NOT MARY’S LADY-IN-WAITING

Anne Boleyn Henry VIII Tudor

MARRIAGE DISPENSATION OF HENRY FITZROY AND MARY HOWARD

Anne Boleyn Anne of Cleves Catherine Howard Catherine Parr Elizabeth I Jane Seymour Mary I Tudor

THE TUDOR QUEENS’ CONSORT NECKLACE

Elizabeth I Henry VIII

ELIZABETH’S EARLY INFLUENCE

Elizabeth I Henry VIII

1536: HENRY’S FEELINGS TOWARDS ELIZABETH

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BOOK REVIEW: ‘ARTHUR, PRINCE OF WALES: HENRY VIII’S LOST BROTHER BY GARETH STREETER

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BOOK REVIEW: ‘JANE SEYMOUR: AN ILLUSTRATED LIFE’ BY CAROL-ANN JOHNSTON

Elizabeth I Tudor

ELIZABETH AND LADY JANE GREY’S RELATIONSHIP: AN ACCOUNT

Medieval

WHAT’S IN A NAME: THE MOST FAMOUS ELEANOR OF THEM ALL

Henry VII Tudor

HENRY VII AND ELIZABETH OF YORK: NAMING THEIR CHILDREN

Medieval

BOOK REVIEW: ‘KING JOHN’S RIGHT HAND LADY: THE STORY OF NICHOLAA DE LA HAYE’ BY SHARON BENNETT CONNOLLY

Henry VIII Tudor

A MYSTERIOUS SPANIARD AT THE TUDOR COURT

Jane Seymour

THE DESCRIPTION OF JANE SEYMOUR

Anne Boleyn

LA ROYNE ANNE SANS TETE – ANNE BOLEYN’S LAST NIGHT

Catherine Parr Edward VI Tudor

CATHERINE PARR’S NEW YEARS GIFT TO EDWARD

by Jessica Carey-BunningUpdated on 11/01/202303/01/2023

In the Tudor period, gifts were exchanged for New Years instead of Christmas. We are lucky to have many records relating to the gift exchanges …

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Anne Boleyn Elizabeth I Henry VIII Mary I Tudor

NAMING PRINCESS ELIZABETH: THE NAME HENRY VIII AND ANNE BOLEYN ALMOST CHOSE

by Jessica Carey-BunningUpdated on 11/01/202303/01/2023

On the 10th September, 1533, Chapuys wrote to Charles V about the birth of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII’s daughter. Amongst other details of the …

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Medieval

NEW YEAR’S FESTIVITIES IN SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT​​

by Jessica Carey-BunningUpdated on 11/01/202302/01/2023

Celebrating the new year is a tradition which has a long history. One of the most evocative medieval accounts is in ‘Sir Gawain and the …

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JANE AUSTEN: THIS TIME ON HENRY VIII

by Jessica Carey-Bunning 02/01/202302/01/2023

ABOVE: Portrait of Henry VIII by the workshop of Hans Holbein, c.1537 In November, I wrote about Jane Austen’s tongue-in-cheek account of Richard III from …

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Catherine Parr

THE PREGNANCY LETTERS OF CATHERINE PARR AND THOMAS SEYMOUR

by Jessica Carey-BunningUpdated on 29/12/202229/12/2022

The nature of the relationship between Catherine Parr and her fourth husband, Thomas Seymour has been the source of much speculation. It seems certain that …

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Medieval

WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR’S PARENTS AND THE NORMAN CASTLE

by Jessica Carey-BunningUpdated on 29/12/202229/12/2022

ABOVE: William the Conqueror and Odo, bishop of Bayeux, from the ‘Bayeux Tapestry’ Benoît de Sainte-Maure was a 12th-century French poet, who, amongst other things, …

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Henry VIII

HENRY VIII’S TRIAL OF ST. THOMAS BECKET

by Jessica Carey-BunningUpdated on 29/12/202229/12/2022

Over 400 years after his death, the shrine of St. Thomas Becket fell victim to the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Henry VIII seemed to take …

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Edward VI Elizabeth I Henry VIII Mary I Tudor

TUDOR OATHS AND ACTS OF SUPREMACY AND SUCCESSION

by Jessica Carey-BunningUpdated on 26/12/202226/12/2022

Henry VIII created a situation whereby religion and succession became closely entwined. In order to ensure his marriage and heirs by Anne Boleyn were recognised …

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Edward III Medieval

HARNESS PENDANT OF PHILIPPA OF HAINAULT

by Jessica Carey-BunningUpdated on 26/12/202226/12/2022

This beautiful, if damaged, piece was a harness pendant with Philippa of Hainault’s coat of arms, found in 1998 in Yorkshire. Made of a copper …

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Tudor

MARGARET BEAUFORT’S BOOK OF HOURS

by Jessica Carey-BunningUpdated on 26/12/202226/12/2022

ABOVE: Lady Margaret Beaufort by Meynnart Wewyck, c.1510Painted shortly after she died, this portrait of Margaret actually shows her Book of Hours open in front …

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