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…
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Category: On This Day
Yes, yes, the birth of Isabella of Castille is somewhat Tudor-adjacent – but it would set in motion important events for the Tudor dynasty. Isabella…
Sigh. This would not end well. Essex had already angered Elizabeth by appointing Blount and Southampton against her specific orders. He would anger her after…
After Henry VIII died in 1547, Edward Seymour seized control of the Regency Council established for his 9-year-old nephew (the new Edward VI), naming himself…
For seven years, Henry VIII actively sought to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon so that he could marry Anne Boleyn. He had a…
On this date, Sir Walter Raleigh was given a patent to colonize Virginia. This would be the very first attempt to colonize the new world….and…
Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, was the second husband of Mary of Scotland, and the father of her son, James VI of Scotland/James I of England.…
Talk about connected! Edward Stafford was descended from Edward III, he was a nephew of Edward IV and Katherine Woodville, the stepson of Jasper Tudor…
First, the context: Wyatt’s Rebellion was an attempt to overthrow Queen Mary I of England and replace her with either her half-sister Elizabeth or her…
Eustace Chapuys served as the Spanish Ambassador to England during the pivotal years of Henry VIII’s reign: he arrived in 1529, when Henry was just…