10 March – John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford’s role in the Wars of the Roses, and Henry VIII and a nasty jousting accident
On this day in Tudor history, 10th March 1513, magnate John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, died…
Henry VIII and jousting
24 January 1536 – “A miracle he was not killed”
On 24th January 1536, at a joust at Greenwich Palace, fourty-four year-old King Henry VIII suffered a fall,…
12 January 1510 – God save the King!
On 12th January 1510, Henry VIII jousted for the first time as king at a private joust at…