Margaret Tudor: Gateway to the United Kingdom, Part I – Sweet Tudor Rose
Thank you so much to Heather R. Darsie for writing this article, which is the first in a…
Tudor Characters
11 August 1534 – The Expulsion of the Friars Observant
Sometime around 11th August 1534, the Friars Observant (Observant Friars of Greenwich) were expelled from their monasteries due…
Birth of Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury
On this day in history, 6th August 1504, Matthew Parker, chaplain to Anne Boleyn and Archbishop of Canterbury…
4 August – A Burial and a Burning
On this day in history, 4th August 1540, Brother William Horne, laybrother of the London Charterhouse was hanged,…
22 July 1536 – Henry VIII loses a son
Today marks the aniversary of the death of Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, at St James’s…
14 July 1551 – The Brandon boys die of sweating sickness
Sweating sickness, or the English Sweat, was a horrible disease which decimated towns and took thousands of lives…
Thomas Cranmer Book Tour – Top 5 Historical Figures
On the final stop of her Thomas Cranmer: In a Nutshell book tour, Beth von Staats is at…