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Claire | February 11, 2012
Sorry about the title, I just had to do it even though I have no right to put my name next to that of a queen, oh well! Today, we have four important “on this day in history”s:- 1466 – Birth of Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV, wife of Henry VII and mother
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Claire | February 2, 2012
On this day in history, 2nd February 1550, Sir Francis Bryan died suddenly at Clonmel in Ireland. He had settled in Ireland after marrying Joan Butler, dowager countess of Ormond, and had travelled to Tipperary as Lord Justice “to check the incursions of the O’Carrolls”. In “The Tudors”, Sir Francis Bryan is a one-eyed rake
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Claire | January 28, 2012
Today I will be remembering two Tudor monarchs: Henry VII and Henry VIII – one who is famed for starting the Tudor dynasty and the other for the number of wives he had. Two very different men, but father and son, and two great kings. One was born on this day in history, the other
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Claire | September 20, 2011
“Afore one o’clock after midnight” on the 20th September 1486 (some say the 19th) Elizabeth of York, wife of King Henry VII, gave birth to a son, Arthur Tudor or Arthur, Prince of Wales, as he would become in 1489. You can read more about Arthur, his birth, christening, upbringing, marriage to Catherine of Aragon
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Claire | August 22, 2011
On this day in history, the 22nd August 1485, in rural Leicestershire near Market Bosworth, the armies of King Richard III and Henry Tudor faced each other in a battle that would see the death of the King and the beginning of a new dynasty, the Tudor dynasty, which would have a major impact on
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Claire | July 28, 2011
On this day in history, the 28th July 1540, Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, was executed by being beheaded on Tower Hill. Cromwell had been arrested on the 10th June 1540 at a council meeting and a bill of attainder was passed against him on the 29th June 1540 for the crimes of corruption, heresy
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Claire | July 6, 2011
If you remember, a few weeks ago I introduced you to Steve Millingham, the jeweller who makes our gold-plated B necklace, and now I’d like to introduce you to Daniela who designs and makes our “The Tudors” range. Over to Daniela… Daniela Baker While I was working as an insurance agent I started watching the
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Claire | June 29, 2011
On the day after Henry VIII’s 18th birthday and one of his coronation celebratory jousts, his grandmother and the matriarch of the Tudor dynasty, Lady Margaret Beaufort, died. She was in her late sixties, a good age for a Tudor woman, and had outlived her son, Henry VII, her daughter-in-law, Elizabeth of York, her grandson,
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