Cor Rotto: A Novel of Catherine Carey Book Tour
As today is the anniversary of the death of Catherine Knollys (née Carey), wife of Sir Francis Knollys…
15 January 1559 – Elizabeth I’s coronation and the choice of date
At 12pm on January 15th 1559*, Elizabeth I was crowned Queen of England, a huge achievement for the…
14 January 1559 – The Coronation Procession of Elizabeth I
At 3pm on 14th January 1559, Elizabeth I, who had been queen since the death of her half-sister…
12 January 1510 – Panic at the Joust
On 12th January 1510, at a private joust at Richmond Park, Henry VIII jousted for the first time…
8 January 1536 – Joyful Yellow and Triumphant Parading
I've written about this subject before but I received so many questions about it yesterday that I thought…
7 January 1536 – The Death of Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII’s first wife
At 2pm on 7th January 1536, fifty year-old Catherine of Aragon died at Kimbolton Castle, Cambridgeshire, where she…
Happy Kings’ Day!
Today is Kings' Day or the Feast of the Epiphany, a commemoration and celebration of the visit of…