As the King’s Great Matter dragged on, Henry VIII hoped to wear down Catherine’s resolve by keeping her away from her daughter (though at some…
All Tudor, all the time...
Author: janetwertman
What a wild story. The 28-year old Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond and scion of the House of Lancaster, comes from France to claim the…
This is a great letter, the earliest of Elizabeth’s letters that have come down to us, written to Katherine Parr while Henry was off on…
So today is the anniversary of the sinking of the Mary Rose. I started to write one of my usual blog posts, but nothing was…
This was a big deal. The two men had a major public fight in front of Henry, and their enmity would never be fully contained…
Henry VIII adored his illegitimate son Henry FitzRoy – the living proof that his failure to father an heir was not his own fault. People…
Does the name sound familiar? It should. This is one of those great stories that could only happen in Tudor times – well, that was…
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…