Claire | September 7, 2023
On this day in Tudor history, 7th September 1533, at three o’clock in the afternoon and less than two weeks after she had taken to her chamber, Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, gave birth to her first child at Greenwich Palace (Palace of Placentia).
Claire | January 15, 2023
On this day in Tudor history, 15th January 1559, twenty-five-year-old Elizabeth I, daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Queen Anne Boleyn, was crowned at Westminster Abbey by Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of Carlisle. Elizabeth had become queen on 17th November 1558, on the death of her half-sister, Queen Mary I, and ruled until […]
Claire | December 29, 2022
On this day in history, 29th December 1605, in the reign of King James I, George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Skipton, Yorkshire. Clifford was just forty-seven years old at his death. He’d been a courtier, naval commander, privateer, Elizabeth I’s champion and a man she called her “rogue”. […]
Claire | December 17, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 17th December 1559, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Matthew Parker was consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury. Fifty-five-year-old Parker was far from happy about his appointment. It was an office which he did not want and would not have accepted if “he had not been so much bound […]
Claire | November 23, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 23rd November 1598, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, a man named Edward Squire was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. The scrivener and sailor was executed for treason after being accused of plotting to poison Elizabeth I’s saddle and a chair used by her favourite, Robert Devereux, […]
Claire | November 20, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 20th November 1591, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, a man Elizabeth called her “mouton” died. Sir Christopher Hatton was fifty-one at his death and as well as being one of the queen’s favourites, he’d served as her lord chancellor. Hatton […]
Claire | November 19, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 19th November 1587, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, an important member of the Catholic underground, Henry Vaux, died of what was probably consumption. The Catholic recusant and priest harbourer died at Great Ashby, the home of his sister, Eleanor Brooksby. Henry Vaux is a fascinating Tudor man. […]
Claire | November 17, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 17th November 1558, the daughter of King Henry VIII by his second wife, Anne Boleyn, became Queen of England. Twenty-five-year-old Elizabeth became queen following the death of her half-sister, Queen Mary I, who had ruled for five years. Elizabeth would reign for over forty-four years. In the video and […]
