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 …
MARY BOLEYN & KING FRANCIS
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CATHERINE HOWARD & THE YOUNG ELIZABETH
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 …
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. …
THE LOST CHILDREN OF HENRY VII AND ELIZABETH OF YORK
Henry VII and Elizabeth of York are well-known as the parents of Arthur, Margaret, Henry, and Mary. The lives of the latter three are particularly …
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 …
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 …
“THE QUEEN’S RECKONING”
In the days following the execution of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s clerks compiled a reckoning of the late queen’s expenses in the 5 months before …
HENRY VIII AND KATHERINE OF ARAGON’S ANULLMENT
It is a familiar story – man leaves his devoted wife of many years for a younger woman. It is easy to look at Henry …
JOHN FOXE’S CONCEPT OF HISTORY AND TIME
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 …
