The King’s Niece and the Fall of Anne Boleyn – Guest Article by Leanda de Lisle
In the spring of 1536, King Henry's niece, the 'beautiful and highly esteemed' twenty-one year old Lady Margaret…
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22 August 1485 – The Battle of Bosworth: The Death of Richard III and the Accession of Henry VII
The victor: Henry VII On this day in history, 22nd August 1485, the armies of King Richard III…
28 July 1540 – The Executions of Thomas Cromwell and Walter Hungerford
While Henry VIII was busy marrying wife number 5, his former chief minister Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex,…
22 July 1536 – Death of Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset
On the 22nd July 1536, the seventeen year-old Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, and Henry VIII's…
16 July 1546 – Burning of Anne Askew
On this day in history, 16th July 1546, the Protestant martyrs, Anne Askew, John Lascelles, John Adams and…
14 July 1551 – Deaths of Henry Brandon and Charles Brandon
Henry and Charles Brandon, miniatures by Hans Holbein the Younger On this day in history, 14th July 1551,…
13 July – Happy 486th Birthday John Dee and some Dee Day Celebrations
On this day in 1527, John Dee, astrologer, mathematician, alchemist, antiquary, spy, philosopher, geographer and adviser to Elizabeth…