Earlier this week, I uploaded a post about the birth of Robert Dudley, Jr. that mentioned a letter that Leicester sent to a lady who…
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Category: Interesting Letters and Speeches
This letter was found among Cromwell’s papers, with a heading that he is said to have added to it, “To the King from the Lady…
Mary Basset is one of the lesser-known ladies of the Tudor era, but her story is a fascinating one and this letter offers some gems.…
First, some background. Just a few months after Henry VIII died, his widow, Katherine Parr, married Thomas Seymour, uncle to the new King Edward VI.…
I have been focused on Elizabeth so much that I have not done a “King’s Great Matter” post in a while – but this was…
This letter was sent a little less than a month before Elizabeth acceded to the throne and is a fascinating glimpse into the relationship she…
Amyas Paulet is best known for having been Mary Stuart’s gaoler for the last two years of her life…but he was a lot more than…
This is a letter that illustrates one of those Tudor wheel-of-fortune turns. Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, was inclined to the old religion, and…
Mary Stuart is an incredibly controversial character with a history of making bad decisions. She signed away carefully-negotiated Scottish rights in a secret addendum to…
Giovanni Michiel was the Venetian Ambassador to England during almost all of Mary’s reign, and on his departure in 1557, he prepared for his successor…
