The Six Wives of Henry VIII and their Labels
Back in early 2011, I wrote a series of posts on the "six wives' stereotypes", the various stereotypes,…
Catherine Howard
28 July 1540 – Henry VIII Marries Wife Number 5, Catherine Howard
On the 28th July 1540, Henry VIII married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, the woman he called his…
30 June 1541 – Henry VIII and Catherine Howard Head North on Progress
Gainsborough Old Hall On the 30th June 1541, Henry VIII and his fifth wife, Queen Catherine Howard, set…
20 June 1540 – Anne of Cleves worries about Henry VIII and Catherine Howard
On 20th June 1540, Henry VIII's fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, complained to Karl Harst, her brother's ambassador,…
The Executions of Catherine Howard and Lady Rochford: An Eye Witness Account
On 15th February 1542, Otwell Johnson, a London merchant who David Loades describes as "the clothier and victualler…
RIP Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham
On this day in 1541, Thomas Culpeper, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, and Francis Dereham, secretary to Queen…
Elizabeth Tilney, grandmother of Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard, and her cousin Agnes Tilney, their step-grandmother by Marilyn Roberts
Book cover showing the 'duchess' window, Long Melford, Suffolk, with Elizabeth Talbot, Duchess of Norfolk (left) and Elizabeth…