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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

Uncategorized

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

Uncategorized

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

Henry VIII

HENRY VIII’S HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES

by Jessica Carey-BunningUpdated on 06/12/202205/12/2022

Below is the record of Henry VIII’s household expenses for 1519. The grand total of the Royal Household expenses was £20,359. 8s. 5½d.

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Anne Boleyn Tudor

PURKOY – ANNE BOLEYN’S DOG

by Jessica Carey-BunningUpdated on 06/12/202205/12/2022

Anne Boleyn’s dog Purkoy has become quite famous alongside his mistress…

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Medieval Richard III

RICHARD III’S PORTRAIT

by Jessica Carey-BunningUpdated on 06/12/202205/12/2022

Research done of the Royal Collection Trust portrait of Richard III in 1970s and in 2016 have shown that the figure we see in the portrait today is subtly, but distinctly, different from the one the artist originally painted.

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Henry VIII Tudor

A ‘MERRY CHRISTMAS’ FOR THOMAS CROMWELL

by Jessica Carey-BunningUpdated on 06/12/202205/12/2022

On the 18th December, 1533, a Thomas Mayhew signed off a letter to Thomas Cromwell, with ‘God send you a merry Christmas.’

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Anne of Cleves

‘CHILDREN OF THE HOUSE OF CLEVES: ANNA AND HER SIBLINGS’ BY HEATHER DARSIE

by Jessica Carey-BunningUpdated on 06/12/202205/12/2022

I am very excited to read Heather R. Darsie, Historian‘s new book ‘Children of the House of Cleves: Anna and her Siblings’ which will be …

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Henry II Medieval

AN IMAGE OF HENRY II AND HIS CHILDREN

by Jessica Carey-BunningUpdated on 06/12/202205/12/2022

‘The Genealogical Roll Chronicle of the English Kings’ show Henry II and his children. This spectacular manuscript is from the reign of Edward I. It is a genealogical account of the kings of England and their families. The genealogy starts with Egbert, king of Wessex, down to Edward III.

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Medieval

MEDIEVAL DOG NAMES

by Jessica Carey-BunningUpdated on 06/12/202205/12/2022

Deciding on a name for your new dog can be a challenge at times; one medieval duke clearly thought so when he compiled a list …

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Mary I Tudor

MARY I AS SUPREME HEAD OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

by Jessica Carey-BunningUpdated on 06/12/202205/12/2022

One issue which became emblematic of the religious tensions was the matter of the title of ‘Supreme Head of the Church of England,’ created by Henry VIII to represent his headship of the English Church rather than the Pope, and it was held as well by Edward VI. Would Mary become Supreme Head of the Church of England?

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Anne Boleyn Elizabeth I

THE CROWNS OF ANNE BOLEYN AND ELIZABETH I

by Jessica Carey-BunningUpdated on 07/05/202307/11/2022

In an earlier post, I discussed how Elizabeth maintained a connection with her mother throughout her life, from jewellery to pageants to family ties, which …

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Medieval

Vale Ian Hamilton, Hero of the Stone of Destiny

by Jessica Carey-BunningUpdated on 07/05/202307/10/2022

I’d like to take a moment to honour the passing of Ian Hamilton, who will be remembered by the world for the significant role in …

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