Claire | May 30, 2014
Today we have a guest post from Miranda Murphy of the Mary Rose Museum. Over to Miranda… The Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth houses the remains of Henry VIII’s flagship, the Mary Rose, alongside the artefacts found on board. Commissioned in 1509, the year Henry came to the throne, she was in service for 34 […]
Category: Henry VIII, News, Tudor Events |
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Claire | July 19, 2013
On 19th July 1553, thirteen days after the death of her half-brother, Edward VI, Mary was proclaimed Queen in place of Queen Jane. The Earls of Pembroke and Arundel had called a council meeting the previous day to convince council members that Mary’s claim to the throne was legitimate, but it was on this day […]
Category: Lady Jane Grey, Mary I, Tudor Events |
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Claire | July 4, 2013
Clare Cherry and her partner, David, visited the new Mary Rose Museum last weekend and Clare has kindly reviewed it for those of us who can’t get there at the moment. I’m so jealous as it sounds like a wonderful day out and I enjoyed my visits to the old museum. Over to Clare… The […]
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Claire | July 19, 2011
On this day in history, the 19th July 1545, Henry VIII’s flagship, the Mary Rose, sank right in front of his eyes in the Battle of the Solent between the English and French fleets. We still do not know exactly why the Mary Rose sank, all we know for certain is that the English fleet […]
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Claire | January 19, 2011
Here at The Anne Boleyn Files, we have been supporting the Mary Rose 500 Appeal, an appeal to raise funds for the new Mary Rose museum project. As part of the fundraising, the Mary Rose museum has been having a series of events and their latest event is an exhibition of some of the costumes […]
Category: News, The Tudors, Tudor Costume |
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Claire | November 25, 2010
Seeing as we have been supporting the Mary Rose 500 Appeal here at the Anne Boleyn Files, I thought you’d be interested in this press release from the Mary Rose Trust:- “Broadcaster and author Alan Titchmarsh is putting his weight behind the campaign to build a spectacular new £35 million Mary Rose museum, by launching […]
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Claire | October 12, 2010
Before I share with you the latest Mary Rose Trust press release, I just want to thank you all for supporting The Anne Boleyn Files’ endeavour to raise £500 for the Mary Rose 500 Appeal. If you remember, we were the first of Henry VIII’s wives to pledge to raise £500 for the appeal and […]
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Claire | June 25, 2010
On this day in history, 25th June 1533, Henry VIII’s sister, Mary Tudor, died at her home, Westhorpe Hall, Suffolk at the age of just 37. She was laid to rest at the local abbey in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, but her body was later moved to St Mary’s Church, Bury St Edmunds, when the […]
Category: Tudor Characters, Tudor Events |
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Tags: Chapuys, Mary Rose, Mary Tudor, Mary Tudor Queen of France