Anne Boleyn’s Carved Falcon Badge on display at Hampton Court Palace
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March 4 – William Bullokar and his 40-letter alphabet and, Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and Mary Boleyn star in the spectacular Chateau Vert Pageant
On this day in history, 4th March 1609, Tudor spelling reformer and grammarian William Bullokar died at Chichester…
3 March – Edward IV’s son dies of a heart attack in the Tower of London and A secret marriage for Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon
On this day in Tudor history, 3rd March 1542, Arthur Plantagenet, Lord Lisle, courtier, soldier, diplomat, administrator and…
2 March – Sir Thomas Bodley and the Bodleian Library, and Henry VIII’s motto “She has wounded my heart”
On this day in Tudor history, 2nd March 1545, scholar, diplomat and founder of the Bodleian Library, Sir…
1 March – George Wishart, a man with close friends and bitter enemies, and Thomas Campion died and was laid to rest
On this day in Tudor history, 1st March 1546, Scottish evangelical preacher and martyr George Wishart was hanged…
28 February – Thomas Forret, a chief heretic and teacher of heresy, and The fugitive wizard earl and an awful burning
On this day in Tudor history, 28th February 1540, Protestant Thomas Forret was burned at the stake in…
27 February – The ends of three Catholics at Tyburn and The Battle of Ancrum Moor and a legendary stone
On this day in Tudor history, 27th February 1601, Benedictine monk Mark Barkworth (also known by the alias…