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…
28 July 1540 – The Executions of Thomas Cromwell and Walter Hungerford
While Henry VIII was busy marrying wife number 5, his former chief minister Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex,…
25 July 1554 – Mary I Marries Philip of Spain
On Wednesday 25th July 1554, the feast day of St James, the 38 year-old Queen Mary I married…
My Visit to the Alhambra in Granada, Spain
I am lucky enough to live quite near to the historic city of Granada in Andalucia, Spain, home…