2 July 1489 – The Birth of Archbishop Cranmer
On 2nd July 1489, Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury in the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and…
Henry VIII
30 June 1541 – Henry VIII and Catherine Howard Set off on their Progress to the North
On this day in 1541, Henry VIII and his fifth wife, Queen Catherine Howard, set off on their…
Henry VIII, Syphilis and Mistresses by Kyra Kramer
The birthday boy Thank you so much to Kyra Kramer, author of Blood Will Tell: A Medical Explanation…
24 June 1509 – The Midsummer Coronation of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon
The Coronation of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, taken from A Joyfull Medytacyon to All Englande by…
23 June 1509 – Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon’s Coronation Procession
Thomas More’s “Coronation Suite”, a collection of poems in Latin written especially for Henry VIII’s coronation. On Saturday…
21 June 1529 – And to God I commit my cause!
On 21st June 1529 King Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon appeared in front of…
19 June 1535 – The Executions of Sebastian Newdigate, William Exmew and Humphrey Middlemore
On 19 June 1535, Sebastian Newdigate, William Exmew and Humphrey Middlemore, monks of the Carthusian Order of London…