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Anne's Green Damask
Joss Stone wears this on "the Tudors" (season 4 episode 3) when she is with Elizabeth at Hever Castle and they are surprised by Henry VIII. The sleeves and the bodice mainly consists of dark green...
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Blue & Fur
As worn by Jonathan Rhys Meyer in "the Tudors" season 4 episode 4 when Henry VIII visits the North for the first time since the Pilgrimage of Grace. His striped doublet is both blue wool and purple...
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A Grieving Mother & a Neglected Child
Elizabeth Holby was the wife of Sir Thomas Holby and a close friend of Elizabeth I. Her ghost is said to haunt Bisham Abbey in Buckinghamshire where the couple once lived.The tale goes that Elizabeth...
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Elizabeth I at Windsor Castle
Elizabeth I's ghost is one of the many ghosts reportedly found at Windsor Castle. The legendary Queen appears in the Royal Library where she has been seen by several members of the English Royal...
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Henry Grey's Ghost
Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk and father to the doomed Lady Jane Grey has been seen at Astley Castle long after his death. Astley Castle was one of the Grey-family's private residences and it was here...
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A Disturbing Found
On 23 February 1554 Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk was executed by an axeman on the order of Mary I. In 1851 (almost 300 years after his death) workmen were working in the Holy Trinity church in London...
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The Arrest and Execution of Cromwell
Ever since the disastrous and short-lived marriage of Henry VIII to Anne of Cleves, Cromwell's place in the royal favour seemed wavering and Henry VIII did nothing to settle matters. After having given...
View ArticleEnd of Edmund de la Pole
Edmund de la Pole did not have the safest upbringing thanks to his family. First, his brother John fought against Henry VII side by side with Richard III but changed allegiance when the battle was over...
View ArticleThe Irish Net Tightens
Leonard Grey, Viscount Grane had been sent to Ireland by Henry VIII where he was to strike down "hostile clans" who opposed the English rule which he seemed to have done perfectly well. However, when...
View ArticleA Poet's Mistake
The man with the peculiar name of Chidiock Tichborne was a poet and a closet-Catholic at the court of Elizabeth I when he gambled all on the wrong board. He had faith in the Babington Plot to overthrow...
View ArticleThe Elegy of Chidiock Tichborne
Chidiock Tichborne was one of the men chosen to assassinate Elizabeth I in the doomed Babington plot. On the eve of his execution, 19th September 1586, he wrote a final letter to his wife Agnes...
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From the Lady in the Tower
This is reputedly a copy of Anne Boleyn's last letter to Henry VIII from her final days in the Tower of London which was found among the papers of Thomas Cromwell after his execution. It is currently...
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Katherine Howard's Letter
Thanks to the National Archives UK the only surviving letter written by Katherine Howard is still beautifully exhibited. Katherine Howard was the least educated of Henry VIII's wives and she could...
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Epping Forest
Not only was Epping Forest one of the many hunting forests for the royal Tudors it also had a special and tragic connection to Henry VIII. When Henry VIII was chasing Anne Boleyn they visited this...
View ArticleBook Theme: Lady Jane Grey
Lady Jane Grey - A Tudor Mystery by Eric IvesLady Jane Grey by Hester W. ChapmanInnocent Traitor by Alison WeirLady Jane Grey: Nine Days Queen by Alison PlowdenCoronation of Glory: the Story of Lady...
View ArticleBook Themes: Elizabeth I
The First Elizabeth by Carolly EricksonElizabeth the Great by Elizabeth JenkinsThe Virgin Queen: Elizabeth I, Genius of the Golden Age by Christopher HibbertThe Life of Elizabeth by Alison WeirLegacy...
View ArticleBook Theme: Catherine of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon by Garrett MattinglyCatherine of Aragon: the Spanish Queen of Henry VIII by Giles TremlettCatherine of Aragon by Alison PrinceThe Spanish Bride: a Novel of Catherine of Aragon by...
View ArticleBook Theme: Jane Seymour
Plain Jane: a Novel of Jane Seymour by Laurien GardnerJane Seymour by Frances B. ClarkThe Favoured Wife: a Novel of Henry VIII's Third Wife by Carolly Erickson (highly fictional)
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Henry VII & Elizabeth of York - a Happy Marriage?
Considering Henry VIII's "difficulties" in finding happiness in marriage it is worth to take a look at that of his parents. That Henry VII married Elizabeth of York to end the War of the Roses is a...
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The Marian Persecutions
"The Marian Persecutions" were the series of religious persecutions that took place after Mary I had become Queen of England. The persecutions began in January 1555 when Mary I had turned England's...
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