Mary Boleyn Masterclass and Q&A session – 12 February
I love talking Tudor and interacting with other Tudor history lovers, and I did just that on 15th…
January 2022
31 January – The great devil of all and Catherine of Aragon loses a baby girl
On this day in history, 31st January 1606, Gunpowder Plot conspirators Thomas Winter, Ambrose Rookwood, Robert Keyes, and…
30 January – Four Gunpowder Plotters come to sticky ends and Cooling Castle is besieged
On this day in history, 30th January 1606, Gunpowder plotters Everard Digby, Robert Wintour, John Grant and Thomas…
29 January – Queen Anne Boleyn miscarries and the burial of Catherine of Aragon
On this day in Tudor history, 29th January 1536, the same day that Catherine of Aragon was buried…
28 January – Elizabeth I, friend of the Ottoman Empire, the birth of Henry VII and the death of Henry VIII
On this day in Tudor history, 28th January 1598, diplomat Edward Barton died of dysentery on the island…
27 January – The fate of the Gunpowder Plotters and the death of Sir Francis Drake
On this day in history, 27th January 1606, in the reign of King James I, the eight surviving…
Was Thomas Boleyn on the jury at Anne Boleyn’s trial?
"How did Thomas Boleyn feel sitting in judgement on his children?" is a question that I was asked…