Early in February, I made a post on a poem composed by Richard Edwardes, about the ladies who served Mary I, which you can read …
NEW RESEARCH: A POEM ON ELIZABETH I’S LADIES
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Tudor Treasures & Medieval Musings
WITH GRADUATE HISTORIAN JESSICA CAREY-BUNNING
Early in February, I made a post on a poem composed by Richard Edwardes, about the ladies who served Mary I, which you can read …
On This Day in 1559, Elizabeth I was crowned Queen of England. Elizabeth’s coronation was a magnificent occasion, and volumes could and have been written …
Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII, was the third stepmother Elizabeth had known. Catherine and Elizabeth shared another connection, they were first cousins once …
The festive season at the Tudor Court meant many feasts, featuring many delicious foods, and especially sweets, such as the Elizabethan favourite, marchpane. Marchpane was …
In 2019, I wrote a university thesis about concepts of history, change, and time in the 15th and 16th centuries. Part of this thesis included …
ABOVE: Details of Mary (left) and Elizabeth (right) from ‘The Family of Henry VIII’ by an unknown artist, c.1545 I have spoken on this page …
ABOVE: Thomas Cranmer by Gerlach Flicke, c.1545 On the 11th October, 1663, Samuel Pepys recorded in his diary: ‘At night fell to reading in the …
Henry VIII had lavished Anne Boleyn with jewels, gifting her many exquisite pieces during their courtship and marriage. In addition, Anne had demanded, and received, the jewels of Katherine of Aragon. We only know what happened to a portion of Anne’s jewellery collection; what happened to the rest remains a mystery.
A letter from one of Henry’s European ambassadors indicates that Mary received a large portion of Anne Boleyn’s jewellery; an entry in ‘Letters and Papers’ summarises a letter sent from Mr Pate, ambassador, to Henry VIII on the 1st July, 1536; the entry states:
ABOVE: Portrait of Lady Elizabeth by an unknown artist, c.1555Portrait of Edward VI by William Scrots, c.1550 Amongst the many treasures the British Library holds, …
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 …