Many of you will read the title and be confused – since you will know there was a Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, who escaped…
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Oof. The pardon was real, but it was immersed in bad faith…Let’s back up for context. The Pilgrimage of Grace was the largest revolt of…
There is a dizzying amount to unpack in order to tell this story! #Onthisday, Henry Howard (the Earl of Surrey) and his wife (Frances de…
Okay, so there have been two posts leading up to this: December 12 – Surrey Arrested, and January 12 -Norfolk Throws Surrey Under the Bus.…
So The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk really did not get along, and this letter (one of a series she wrote asking for Cromwell’s help)…
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…
Henry VIII’s suppression of the monasteries was, according to Professor George Bernard, one of the most revolutionary events in English history. “There were nearly 900…
Yes, yes, “under the bus” is a modern term…but what would you call it?
As Henry drew closer to death, the plots around him grew in intensity. After all, he was leaving behind him a nine-year old boy who…
December 8, 1529 – Thomas Boleyn created Earl of Wiltshire and Ormonde. Read the Apologia for his life on www.janetwertman.com
