Still time to buy Everyday Life of Medieval Folk at half price
Just a reminder that you still have time to buy historian Toni Mount's twenty-unit online history course Everyday…
Holy Innocents’ Day
Today many countries around the world celebrate Holy Innocent's Day, or Childermas, a feast day which commemorates the…
27 December 1539 – Anne of Cleves lands on English Soil
Deal Castle On 27th December 1539, at 5pm, Anne of Cleves (or Anna von Jülich-Kleve-Berg as she was…
26 December 1546 – Henry VIII changes his will
On this day in history, 30th December 1546, a rather poorly Henry VIII signed his last will and…
24 December 1545 – Henry VIII’s Last Words to Parliament
On 24th December 1545, just over a year and a month before his death, King Henry VIII made…
22 December 1534 – Bishop John Fisher’s letter to Cromwell
On the 22nd December 1534, an imprisoned John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, wrote to Thomas Cromwell beseeching him…
22 December 1541 – The Howards and Tilneys tried for misprision of treason
Tower of London On this day in 1541, members of the Howard and Tilney family, plus their staff,…