His Dear Bedfellow – The debate over Harry Percy
My dear friend, historian and author Gareth Russell, has written an article for Tudor Life magazine which I…
Tudor Characters
Sir John Spelman, Anne Boleyn and Lady Wingfield
Today is the anniversary of the death in 1546 of Sir John Spelman, judge of assize and law…
19 January 1547 – Henry Howard is beheaded
On 19th January 1547, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, the famous Tudor poet, courtier and soldier, was executed.…
18 January 1486 – Henry VII marries Elizabeth of York at Westminster Abbey
On 18th January 1486, just under five months after his victory at the Battle of Bosworth, twenty-nine year-old…
2 January 1536 – Chapuys arrives at the dying Catherine of Aragon’s bedside
On 2nd January 1536, Eustace Chapuys, the imperial ambassador, arrived at the dying Catherine of Aragon’s bedside in…
1 January 1515 – Death of Louis XII of France
On 1st January 1515, less than three months after his marriage to Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII…
22 December 1534 – Bishop John Fisher’s letter to Cromwell
On the 22nd December 1534, an imprisoned John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, wrote to Thomas Cromwell beseeching him…