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Claire | May 2, 2013
At dawn on 2nd May 1536, Sir Henry Norris, Henry VIII’s Groom of the Stool and great friend, was taken to the Tower of London. He had been held at York Place overnight after being interrogated by the King, but “would confess nothing to the King.”1 Mark Smeaton had also been taken to the Tower,
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Claire | October 1, 2012
Apologies for the delay in posting this article, Tim was travelling back home after the tour, and some of the guests (un-named!) had a very late night on the last night, so he didn’t get a chance to upload the pictures. Over to Tim… Our last day was spent at the Tower of London. We
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Claire | July 10, 2012
Today we have a guest article from Tamise Hills from The Lady Jane Grey Reference Guide Blog. Thank you so much, Tamise! Over to Tamise… As my train crosses the bridge into Cannon Street station on my journey to work today, I will look at the Tower of London and try to picture Lady Jane
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Claire | June 16, 2012
Here is Tim’s diary entry for the last full day of the Executed Queen’s Tour… Our last day trip on the Executed Queens tour was a visit to the Tower of London. Although I hadn’t thought about it at the time, this was actually the perfect ending to the tour. All week we had been
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Claire | June 15, 2012
I don’t have Tim’s diary entry from yesterday yet as he had a late night with it being the group’s last night at Hever Castle and the last night of the tour. I do know, however, that they visited the Tower of London and then, after their evening banquet, went to the King Henry VIII
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Claire | May 16, 2012
Just to let you know that our sister site, History Tours of Britain, has twenty tickets available for a private after-hours evening tour of the Tower of London followed by the historic Ceremony of the Keys on the 23rd June 2012. We are selling them in groups of five, which is a saving of £10
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Claire | May 2, 2012
The 2nd May 1536, the day after the May Day celebrations, saw more people going to the Tower of London, including Queen Anne Boleyn herself. Find out all about her arrest at 2nd May 1536 – To the Tower Can you imagine the gossip spreading like wildfire at the English court?!
Claire | August 29, 2011
Recently, I have received many emails from people planning a visit to the Tower of London asking for help in identifying the part of the Tower where Anne Boleyn was imprisoned in May 1536 and the location of the scaffold. I have written about it in the past – see Anne Boleyn and the Tower
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