The New Mary Rose Museum – A Review
Clare Cherry and her partner, David, visited the new Mary Rose Museum last weekend and Clare has kindly…
2013
3 July 1533 – Catherine of Aragon Instructed to Stop Calling Herself Queen
On 3rd July 1533, William Blount, Lord Mountjoy and Catherine of Aragon’s chamberlain, was instructed to inform Catherine…
2 July 1489 – Birth of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
On this day in 1489, Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI…
30 June 1541 – Henry VIII and Catherine Howard Head North on Progress
On the 30th June 1541, Henry VIII and his fifth wife, Queen Catherine Howard, set off from London…
29 June 1509 – Death of Lady Margaret Beaufort
On 29th June 1509, just two months after the death of her son, Henry VII, and the accession…
29 June 1536 – The Demotion of Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire
Chronicler and Windsor Herald Charles Wriothesley recorded that on this day in 1536 Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire…
Henry VIII – How We Can Never Understand Him
OK, time for a controversial soap-box article… Today is Henry VIII’s birthday so Henry VIII is being discussed…