This was a big deal. The two men had a major public fight in front of Henry, and their enmity would never be fully contained…
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Category: On This Day
Henry VIII adored his illegitimate son Henry FitzRoy – the living proof that his failure to father an heir was not his own fault. People…
Does the name sound familiar? It should. This is one of those great stories that could only happen in Tudor times – well, that was…
On the one hand it was a bit strange to make such a big deal out of opening Parliament given that Henry had closed the…
This was quite a day for Cardinal Wolsey! He really thought he was golden right about now…. A bit of context: in April 1528 (more…
There were two key bodies that offered opportunities to influence the King: the Privy Chamber and the Privy Council. The gentlemen of the Privy Chamber…
This was the day that Sir Thomas More knew that he did not have long to live. Well, in truth he would have guessed it…
Francis Walsingham was Elizabeth I’s Principal Secretary; his loss was a significant one for her. The cause of his death was said to be testicular…
The consecration of Thomas Cranmer as Archbishop of Canterbury was actually the pivotal move that paved the way for Anne Boleyn to become Queen of…
After a reign that lasted more than 44 years, Elizabeth’s death at the age of 69 ended two eras – her own Elizabethan Era and…
