11 October 1532 – Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn Set Sail for Calais
At just before dawn1 on 11th October 1532, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Marquis of Pembroke, set sail…
Using The Anne Boleyn Files Website
As I write this, there are 1,325 posts and 874 pages on The Anne Boleyn Files, so it…
Helen Castor’s Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death – Episode 1: A Good Birth
Helen Castor Last night, I watched the first episode of Helen Castor's three part series on birth, marriage…
9 October 1514 – Marriage of Louis XII of France and Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII
Tapestry depicting the marriage of Mary Tudor and Louis XII, photo by Tim Ridgway On 9th October 1514,…
The Schwanenburg, Castle of the Dukes of Cleves
Thank you so much to Elena Homburg from Kleve for taking these beautiful photos of Swan Castle (the…
8 October 1515 – Birth of Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox
Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, was born on this day in 1515. Margaret was the daughter of…
My Trip to Mojacar
On Saturday, Tim and I took the children to Mojacar, a town in the Almeria province of Andalucia,…