August 11 – Henry VIII’s awful treatment of friars
On this day in Tudor history, 11th August 1534, or shortly before, Henry VIII and his government expelled…
Carthusian Monks
June 19 – More Carthusian monks meet brutal ends
On this day in Tudor history, 19th June 1535, in the reign of King Henry VIII, three monks…
June 10 – The arrest of Thomas Cromwell, and two monks are starved to death
On this day in Tudor history, 10th June 1540, in the reign of King Henry VIII, the king's…
Day 7 of the Discover the Tudors Tour
After another delicious breakfast at the Arden Hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon - French toast and I shared it with…
19 June 1535 – 3 Carthusian monks martyred
On 19 June 1535, three monks, Sebastian Newdigate, William Exmew and Humphrey Middlemore, of the Carthusian Order of…
4 August – A Burial and a Burning
On this day in history, 4th August 1540, Brother William Horne, laybrother of the London Charterhouse was hanged,…
19 June 1535 – The Executions of Sebastian Newdigate, William Exmew and Humphrey Middlemore
On 19 June 1535, Sebastian Newdigate, William Exmew and Humphrey Middlemore, monks of the Carthusian Order of London…