It is well known that in 1550, Mary almost went through with a plan to flee England into the welcoming, Catholic embrace of Charles V …
MARY’S PLANNED FLIGHT FROM ENGLAND
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MARY & CATHERINE HOWARD
It is well-known that the relationship between Mary and her fourth stepmother, Catherine Howard, was tense. Their relationship was the opposite of the warm affection …
THE DEATH OF ELIZABETH OF YORK
The 11th of February commemorates both Elizabeth of York’s birth in 1466, and tragic death in 1503. She is remembered as the daughter of Edward …
HENRY FITZROY’S LETTER TO HIS FATHER, HENRY VIII
At the end of January, 1528, an 8 year old Henry FitzRoy, already duke of Richmond, wrote this lovely letter to Henry VIII, seeking his …
MARY BOLEYN & KING FRANCIS
Mary Boleyn, later Lady Carey and then Lady Stafford upon her subsequent marriages, is most well-known, along with sister of Anne Boleyn, for being the …
DR. HENRY VIII AND HIS MEDICINES
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. …
HENRY VIII’S TRIAL OF ST. THOMAS BECKET
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 …
PRINCESS MARY’S WELSH CHRISTMAS
ABOVE: Portrait miniature of Mary by Lucas Horenbout, c.1525 In 1525, when Princess Mary was 9 years old, she was sent to preside over the …
PORTRAIT JEWELLERY DETAIL OF QUEEN CATHERINE PARR
Catherine Parr was a true Renaissance queen. The Renaissance was literally a time of the rebirth of Classical knowledge and learning, and humanists venerated the …
THE WORLDLY GOODS AND POSSESSIONS OF A TUDOR MURDERESS
ABOVE: Farleigh Castle, where John Cotell was murdered by his wife, Agnes After the death of her second husband, courtier Lord Hungerford, the circumstances of …
