Richard III’s Burial Place by Josephine Wilkinson
Thank you to historian and author Josephine Wilkinson for sharing this article that she wrote back in 2006…
Richard III Has Been Found!
Photograph from the University of Leicester Yes, DNA test results have proved that the remains found in the…
Henry Norris and William Brereton – The Knighthood Confusion by Teri Fitzgerald
A squire being knighted by David I of Scotland I know that I said the next myth-busting article…
31 January 1510 – Catherine of Aragon Loses a Daughter
On this day in 1510 disaster struck Catherine of Aragon and her first pregnancy. According to her confessor,…
29 January 1536 – Queen Anne Boleyn Loses a Son
The Imperial ambassador, Eustace Chapuys, reported to Charles V on 10th February 1536 that on the day of…
29 January 1536 – The Burial of Catherine of Aragon
On 29th January 1536, Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's first wife, was buried at Peterborough Abbey, now Peterborough…
28 January 1547 – Death of Henry VIII
At Whitehall Palace, on 28th January 1547, in the early hours of the morning, a dying Henry VIII…