Tudor Calendar Photography Competition 2014 Results
Elton Hall by David Ross Our judges have finally picked the winners of our Tudor Calendar Photography Competition…
Monarch: Henry VIII DVD Competition
To celebrate the release of the remastered version of his film Monarch, writer and director John Walsh is…
3 July 1533 – Catherine of Aragon Told to Stop Calling Herself Queen
On Wednesday 3rd July 1533, Catherine of Aragon's chamberlain William Blount, Lord Mountjoy, was instructed to inform his…
2 July 1489 – The Birth of Archbishop Cranmer
On 2nd July 1489, Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury in the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and…
1 July 1536 – Henry VIII’s Daughters Declared Illegitimate
On 1st July 1536, Parliament gave the Second Act of Succession its first reading. This superseded the 1534…
30 June 1541 – Henry VIII and Catherine Howard Set off on their Progress to the North
On this day in 1541, Henry VIII and his fifth wife, Queen Catherine Howard, set off on their…
29 June 1536 – Thomas Boleyn loses the office of Lord Privy Seal
Detail from Thomas Boleyn's brass memorial Following the falls and executions of two of his children, Anne and…