September 16, 1537 – Jane Seymour took to her chamber. This was the start of the do-or-die (or both) period…read about the formalities on www.janetwertman.com
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On September 10, 1515, Thomas Wolsey was made a cardinal. Read about the event and his downfall on www.janetwertman.com
September 5, 1548 – Katherine Parr dies. Read about the tragedy on www.janetwertman.com
September 4, 1535 – Henry VIII’s Summer Progress arrives at Wolf Hall. Read about it on www.janetwertman.com
August 29, 1588 – Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, writes his last letter to Elizabeth I. Read it on www.janetwertman.com
Protocol required a Tudor queen to “take to her chamber” a month before the expected birth of her child. The chamber of course would be…
The death of William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury, was a pivotal moment in Henry VIII’s quest for a divorce. Warham was the primal English prelate…
On this day in 1514, at Greenwich Palace, Henry VIII’s sister Mary Tudor married Louis XII of France (represented by the Duc de Longueville, acting…
