December 10, 1541 – a sobering day for Catherine Howard: Culpeper and Dereham were executed at Tyburn. Read more on www.janetwertman.com
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Tag: Henry VIII
Tudor Christmas Gifts – proving that the frantic search for the perfect present is not at all a new phenomenon…
November 23, 1541 -Catherine Howard was stripped of her title as Queen. Read more of the sad story on www.janetwertman.com
November 12, 1537 – Jane Seymour’s Funeral. Read about the formalities on www.janetwertman.com
November 1, 1541 – Thomas Cranmer informs Henry VIII of Catherine Howard’s past. This was the beginning of the end for the young queen…read more on www.janetwertman.com
October 26, 1535 – the Summer Progress ends…the longest and most politically charged of Henry’s reign (at least up until then!). Read about it on www.janetwertman.com
October 24, 1537 – just twelve days after giving birth to the son and heir that Henry VIII had long sought, Jane Seymour died of puerperal fever. Read more about it on www.janetwertman.com
September 27, 1536 – Sir Richard Sadler arrives at Windsor (where King Henry VIII and Queen Jane Seymour were then in residence) to deliver letters from Cromwell. There was plague in Westminster, even in the Abbey itself. Queen Jane’s coronation must be postponed. Again. Read more on www.janetwertman.com
September 22 1515 – Happy birthday Anne of Cleves!