Normally, births are a very happy thing…but giving birth to the boy who for just a little while would arguably second in line to the…
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Tag: Edward Seymour
This was actually a secret marriage that would get the couple thrown into the Tower, so let’s back up a little for context. Elizabeth was…
I am thrilled to be the final stop on the Blog Tour for Melita Thomas’ new book, House of Grey: Friends and Foes of Kings,…
An Esquire of the Body was a personal attendant to the King of England. There were six such Esquires, with a barber and a page,…
Exactly when this will was signed and how accurate it is, is a matter of some contention. We know that Henry made changes to his…
Woof. John Dudley was an ambitious and talented man who rose from being the son of a disgraced traitor (his father Edmund Dudley, was executed…
Henry VIII always had a romantic view of war. And after the death of Catherine Howard, he needed a new reason to feel young again.…
Henry VIII adored his illegitimate son Henry FitzRoy – the living proof that his failure to father an heir was not his own fault. People…
The second book in the Seymour Saga is here! (Well, “here” is a relative term: the publication date is not until August, but you can…
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…