Day 7 of the Discover the Tudors Tour
After another delicious breakfast at the Arden Hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon – French toast and I shared it with…
London Charterhouse
4 August 1540 – Blessed William Horne
On 4th August 1540, a number of men were executed for treason, including Carthusian monk William Horne, laybrother…
4 August 1557 – Burial of Anne of Cleves, Fourth Wife of Henry VIII
On 4th August 1557 merchant-taylor and diarist Henry Machyn recorded that there was a requiem mass for “my…
19 June 1535 – The Executions of Three Carthusian Monks
On 19th June 1535, Sebastian Newdigate, William Exmew and Humphrey Middlemore, three Carthusian monks from the London Charterhouse,…
10 June 1537 – Deaths of Two Carthusian Monks from Starvation
On 10th June 1537, two Carthusian monks from the London Charter House, Blessed Thomas Green and Blessed Walter…