30 August 1548 – Catherine Parr, Queen Dowager, Gives Birth to a Daughter
On this day in 1548, Mary Seymour, daughter and only child of Catherine Parr, Queen Dowager, and Thomas…
Tudor Characters
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…
22 August 1485 – The Battle of Bosworth: The Death of Richard III and the Accession of Henry VII
On this day in history, 22nd August 1485, the armies of King Richard III and Henry Tudor, son…
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
On this day in history, 14th July 1551, the fifteen year-old Henry Brandon, 2nd Duke of Suffolk, and…