Wardships were an important feature in Tudor England. All lands and titles in England were the property of the crown. The sovereign could and would…
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Henry VIII had been very protected as a youth – at least from age eleven on, after his older brother died and he moved up…
Louis XII was King of France from 1498 to 1515. Born in 1462, he was a contemporary of Henry VII of England (who was born…
I’ve written about Lady Lisle before, about all the efforts she exerted to get her daughters placed at court: sending thoughtful presents to Anne Boleyn…
I originally wrote this post as part of the Spectacular Historical Fiction Writers’ December Blog Hop – of course I chose to write about the…
Yeah, I know that the first Thanksgiving was not until 1621, after the last of the Tudors (Elizabeth) had died – but it was within…
This was a woman with some ups and downs in her life. It started up: Frances was the daughter of Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon,…
Honor Grenville Basset, Viscountess Lisle, had two daughters that she was desperate to see placed at court. The truth was, every viscountess probably had daughters…
I met Cassidy at TudorCon – she hosts the wonderful podcast That Shakespeare Life (new episodes every Monday!) and immediately knew I wanted her to…
This was a major show of power by John Dudley, then Earl of Warwick. A way of really reminding Somerset how far he had fallen…
