Eustace Chapuys and the tyrannical Henry VIII
Just a few days ago, I wrote about Henry VIII being unhorsed by his opponent during a joust…
Tudor Characters
21 January 1543 – Henry Howard’s Madding Time
On this day in history, on the night of 21 January 1543, there was trouble in London. A…
12 December 1546 – To the Tower for the Howards
Henry Howard, Earl of SurreyOn 12th December 1546, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey was led through the streets…
Lady Anne Mowbray: A little girl who might have been queen? – Part 2: Who was Lady Anne Mowbray, the child bride of a Prince in the Tower?
Framlingham Castle, Suffolk, where Lady Anne was born in December 1472, and where her father, the 4th Duke…
Lady Anne Mowbray: A little girl who might have been queen? – Part 1: The mummy on the building site
© Margaret BellHoly Trinity Church in 1913. It had replaced what was left of the original abbey church…
10 December 1541 – The Executions of Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham
A still of Culpeper's execution from The Tudors series.Following their conviction for treason at a trial at London's…
4 December 1555 – Thomas Cranmer deprived of his archbishopric
On 4th December 1555, Papal sentence was passed on Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, in Rome, depriving him…