Does the name sound familiar? It should. This is one of those great stories that could only happen in Tudor times – well, that was…
Writer of Grants and Historical Fiction
Author: janetwertman
On the one hand it was a bit strange to make such a big deal out of opening Parliament given that Henry had closed the…
This was quite a day for Cardinal Wolsey! He really thought he was golden right about now…. A bit of context: in April 1528 (more…
The second book in the Seymour Saga is here! (Well, “here” is a relative term: the publication date is not until August, but you can…
There were two key bodies that offered opportunities to influence the King: the Privy Chamber and the Privy Council. The gentlemen of the Privy Chamber…
On the one hand, this is just a letter from a random petitioner making a request to Thomas Cromwell – the kind of thing that…
So my original plan had been to write an On-This-Day post about the execution of the Holy Maid of Kent (Sister Elizabeth Barton, an English…
This was the day that Sir Thomas More knew that he did not have long to live. Well, in truth he would have guessed it…
Francis Walsingham was Elizabeth I’s Principal Secretary; his loss was a significant one for her. The cause of his death was said to be testicular…
The consecration of Thomas Cranmer as Archbishop of Canterbury was actually the pivotal move that paved the way for Anne Boleyn to become Queen of…