Philip became King of Spain about a year and a half after he married Mary I, so he was already King of England and Ireland…
Writer of Grants and Historical Fiction
Category: On This Day
Henry Courtenay was cousin to Henry VIII – and a possible Yorkist claimant to the English throne. Courtenay was a grandson of King Edward IV…
Quick context: Agnes Tilney was the dowager Duchess of Norfolk who was supposed to be supervising the upbringing of the young Catherine Howard. On November…
In December 1546, Henry VIII had a little more than a month left to live. Although he likely didn’t see the time frame as being…
Jane’s reign spanned nine days in July 1553. When Mary acceded, a trial was quickly held for Jane’s father-in-law, the mastermind behind the attempted coup.…
Just a short recap – on November 2, Henry learned about Catherine’s past (you can read about that here). To his credit, he did not…
The last time I wrote about Jane Seymour’s death was back in 2014 – and I don’t really have a huge amount to add on…
Woof. This was a huge – though at the time secret – step mid-way through the seven years that Catherine of Aragon spent in England…
This is my contribution to the Historical Writers’ Forum Summer 2020 Blog Hop – the theme is Momentous Events and this was a big one:…
Catherine of Aragon waited seven long years for this marriage to take place. Just three months earlier, she had actually given up hope: she wrote…