60 second history – Lady Jane Grey, Queen Jane
Lady Jane Grey, or Queen Jane, regularly gets missed off lists of monarchs of England, but I haven't…
Katherine Howard (1524-1542): A Queen’s Jewels
Thank you to my dear friend Teri Fitzgerald for writing this guest article on Katherine Howard and her…
24 March 1603 – Queen Elizabeth I dies at Richmond
Elizabeth I, Ermine Portrait by Nicholas HilliardOn this day in history, 24th March 1603, the sixty-nine-year-old Queen Elizabeth…
23 March 1534 – The Pope versus Henry VIII
On this day in history, 23rd March 1534, Pope Clement VII declared that the marriage of Henry VIII…
Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk – I love her!
Today is the traditional date given for the birth of Katherine Willoughby (married names Brandon and Bertie), Duchess…
World Poetry Day 2017
A Facebook post by the BBC has just alerted me to the fact that it is World Poetry…
21 March 1556 – Thomas Cranmer’s martyrdom
On this day in history, 21st March 1556, Thomas Cranmer, former Archbishop of Canterbury, was burned at the…