2 July 1489 – Birth of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
On this day in 1489, Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI…
30 June 1541 – Henry VIII and Catherine Howard Head North on Progress
On the 30th June 1541, Henry VIII and his fifth wife, Queen Catherine Howard, set off from London…
29 June 1509 – Death of Lady Margaret Beaufort
On 29th June 1509, just two months after the death of her son, Henry VII, and the accession…
29 June 1536 – The Demotion of Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire
Chronicler and Windsor Herald Charles Wriothesley recorded that on this day in 1536 Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire…
Henry VIII – How We Can Never Understand Him
OK, time for a controversial soap-box article… Today is Henry VIII’s birthday so Henry VIII is being discussed…
The First Anne Boleyn by Elizabeth Norton
Thank you so much to author and historian Elizabeth Norton for writing this guest post for us… It…
28 June 1491 – Birth of King Henry VIII
On 28th June 1491, Henry VIII was born at the Palace of Placentia (Greenwich Palace). He was the…