19 July 1543 – Death of Mary Boleyn
There is controversy regarding the death of Anne’s sister, Mary Boleyn, with her biographer Alison Weir dating her…
15th Century Underwear Discovered
Thanks to Bess Chilver, Tudor costume expert, for pointing this out to me. If it was April 1st…
16 July 1557 – Death of Anne of Cleves, Fourth Wife of Henry VIII
On the 16th July 1557, Anne of Cleves died at Chelsea Old Manor after a few months of…
16 July 1546 – The Burnings of Anne Askew, John Lascelles, John Adams and Nicholas Belenian
On the 16th July 1546, the Protestant martyrs, Anne Askew, John Lascelles, John Adams and Nicholas Belenian, were…
The Restored Henry VIII Mural
Rhodri Powell, owner of the house in Milverton, Somerset, where the beautiful 16th century mural of Henry VIII…
Katherine of Aragon or Mary Tudor? – The Re-identification of Michel Sittow’s Portrait of a Young Woman by Nasim Tadghighi
Thank you so much to Nasim Tadghighi for bringing this re-identification of Michel Sittow’s portrait to my attention…
Henry versus Catherine: Who’s Who in the Diplomacy by Catherine Fletcher
Thank you so much to Catherine Fletcher, historian and author of “The Divorce of Henry VIII: The Untold…