I feel so bad for this poor lady. Her life was pretty wonderful…until it wasn’t. Admittedly, she had a bumpy start. She was the oldest…
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I hope you are all at home and isolated and hunkered down with all the essentials you need so that we can flatten the COVID-19…
In March 1551, Edward had been king for four years. Somerset had been removed as Lord Protector, and John Dudley, Earl of Warwick (he wasn’t…
This Act, which claimed to be the way to reform monastic life in England, was actually the first step in what was to become its…
Elizabeth spent her entire life refusing proposals – and her very first experience shows that she mastered the art early. Of course she had a…
I hate to say it, but I can’t summon all that much sympathy for Henry Grey. Mary forgave him once for the treason of supporting…
Henry would be quite annoyed to know that his resting place in the Quire of St. George’s Chapel at Windsor is marked only by a…
This would have been such a difficult trip for poor Kitty Howard. After Parliament passed the Act of Attainder against her, officials came to get…
Agecroft Hall is a Tudor manor house that was originally erected in Lancashire in the 16th century – and is currently tucked away in leafy…
So there were many theories as to when Henry and Anne married. My favorite is propounded by Agnes Strickland – she gives several of the…
