1 January – Chapuys visits the dying Queen Catherine, and Granada surrenders
On this day in Tudor history, 2nd January 1536, imperial ambassador, Eustace Chapuys, visited his good friend, Catherine…
1 January – Catherine of Aragon gives birth to a son, and Henry VIII meets Anne of Cleves
On 1st January 1540, Henry VIII met Anne of Cleves for the very first time. This meeting between…
31 December – The Gunner and a bishop who angered Queen Elizabeth I
On this day in Tudor history, 31st December 1535, in the reign of Henry VIII, Sir William Skeffington,…
30 December – An outlaw scholar from Spain who died of the plague and Roger Ascham, Elizabeth I’s tutor
On this day in Tudor history, 30th December 1552, in the reign of King Edward VI, Spanish humanist…
29 December -Elizabeth I’s rogue and champion and Japanese Pirates
On this day in history, 29th December 1605, in the reign of King James I, forty-seven-year-old Tudor nobleman…
Sarah Morris, author, podcaster and speaker No. 8 at at Anne Boleyn, the Woman who Changed England
I'm sure many of you will already know Sarah Morris from her books, which include the Anne Boleyn…
28 December – A Lord Keeper of the Great Seal who supported learning and Childermas or Holy Innocents’ Day
On this day in Tudor history, the feast of Childermas, 28th December 1510, lawyer, administrator and Lord Keeper…