The Claimant: A Novel of the Wars of the Roses Book Tour – Day 1 Towton
The book tour for Simon Anderson’s Wars of the Roses novel The Claimant has kicked off today with…
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The Claimant: A Novel of the Wars of the Roses Book Tour Coming Soon!
Just to let you know that The Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society will be part of Simon…
7 February 1526 – The Shrovetide Joust at Greenwich
Shrove Tuesday 1526 was celebrated with a “solemn joust” at Greenwich Palace. According to the chronicler Edward Hall,…
7 February 1478 – Birth of Sir Thomas More
This day in history, 7 February 1478 (some say 1477), is the traditional birthdate of Sir Thomas More,…
4 February 1520 – The Marriage of Mary Boleyn and William Carey
On Saturday 4 February 1520, Mary Boleyn married William Carey in Greenwich Palace’s Chapel Royal. Henry VIII attended…
Wolf Hall and Cardinal Wolsey going down to Hell
If you haven’t read Hilary Mantel’s novels, don’t know the history surrounding the farce “Cardinal Wolsely going down…
31 January 1510 – Catherine of Aragon suffers a still-birth
On this day in history, 31 January 1510, Queen Catherine of Aragon went into premature labour and gave…