9 August 1588 – Elizabeth I’s Tilbury Speech
Elizabeth I Armada Portrait On the 9th August 1588 (old calendar) Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII and…
8th August 1553 – Burial of Edward VI at Westminster Abbey
On this day in 1553, King Edward VI was buried in a white marble vault beneath the altar…
4 August 1557 – Burial of Anne of Cleves, Fourth Wife of Henry VIII
On 4th August 1557 merchant-taylor and diarist Henry Machyn recorded that there was a requiem mass for "my…
3 August 1557 – Anne of Cleves’ Body was Processed from Chelsea to Westminster
Merchant-taylor and diarist Henry Machyn recorded that on 3rd August 1557, the body of forty-one year-old Anne of…
The Anne Boleyn Files News
Cover concept I just wanted to write this quick post to explain the absence of Anne Boleyn articles…
31st July 1544 – Elizabeth I’s Earliest Surviving Letter
The earliest surviving letter we have written by Elizabeth I was written on this day in 1544 when…
28 July 1540 – Henry VIII Marries Wife Number 5, Catherine Howard
On the 28th July 1540, Henry VIII married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, the woman he called his…