Tudor History with Claire Ridgway

By Claire Ridgway

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Step back into a world of intrigue, passion, and ruthless ambition — welcome to Tudor England. Join historian and bestselling author Claire Ridgway as she uncovers the riveting stories of the Tudor dynasty. From the scandalous love affairs of King Henry VIII to the tragic fall of Anne Boleyn, the fierce reign of Elizabeth I, and the lesser-known secrets of Tudor court life, this podcast brings history to life in vivid detail. Hear dramatic tales of betrayal, execution, forbidden love, and political manoeuvring that shaped England forever. Discover daily Tudor history with fascinating “On This Day” episodes — unique insights you won’t find in typical history books. Get behind-the-scenes stories from Claire’s own research trips to historic sites like the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Hever Castle, and more. Enjoy interviews with top historians and experts in Tudor studies, plus lively Q&A sessions tackling listeners’ burning Tudor questions. 🖋 Who is Claire Ridgway? Claire is the author of the bestselling On This Day in Tudor History series and numerous other Tudor books loved by readers around the world. She founded The Tudor Society, connecting enthusiasts with experts through live online events, and runs the hugely popular history websites The Anne Boleyn Files and www.ClaireRidgway.com. Her mission: to uncover the human stories behind the crown — the hopes, fears, and triumphs of not only kings and queens but also the courtiers, rebels, and ordinary people who lived under the Tudor rose. What can you expect? - Gripping accounts of famous events like the Field of Cloth of Gold, the Dissolution of the Monasteries, or the Babington Plot. - Intimate portraits of Tudor figures: Anne Boleyn’s charm and downfall, Thomas Cromwell’s rise and brutal fall, Elizabeth I’s cunning survival. - Dark mysteries and unsolved deaths — who really killed Amy Robsart? Was Katherine Howard truly guilty? - Special episodes on Tudor fashion, food, medicine, and the day-to-day lives of Tudor men and women. Join thousands of Tudor fans worldwide Never miss an episode — subscribe now and become part of a global community that can’t get enough of Tudor drama. Explore more with Claire’s books, free resources, and live historical events at www.ClaireRidgway.com. Ready to travel back 500 years? Press play and let the adventure begin.

Episode Date
Who Killed the Princes in the Tower? One of History's Greatest Mysteries
May 06, 2026
The Wars of the Roses Explained | The Civil War That Created the Tudors
Apr 29, 2026
Did Anne Boleyn really marry Henry VIII twice?
Apr 23, 2026
Henry VIII’s Most Powerful Courtier? His Toilet Attendant
Apr 17, 2026
Henry VIII Used the Bible to Justify His Annulment… But Was He Wrong?
Apr 12, 2026
The Six-Year Wait: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Great Matter (1527–1533)
Apr 07, 2026
From Empty Tomb to Easter Feast: Easter Sunday in Tudor Times
Apr 04, 2026
The Dark Side of Elizabeth I’s Golden Age (What They Don’t Tell You)
Apr 03, 2026
Good Friday in Tudor England: Ritual, Power, and the Reformation
Apr 02, 2026
From Henry VIII to Today: The History of Maundy Thursday
Apr 02, 2026
Why Is Elizabeth I Remembered as England’s Greatest Monarch?
Mar 30, 2026
The Manosphere vs Tudor England: Have We Heard This Before?
Mar 24, 2026
The Myth of the Seductress and the Witch: Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth Woodville
Mar 17, 2026
Did Anne Boleyn Seduce Henry VIII? The Truth About His Obsession
Mar 11, 2026
The Scandal That Nearly Destroyed Young Elizabeth I
Mar 06, 2026
Elizabeth I Before the Crown: From Princess to Prisoner
Mar 02, 2026
History Got This Wrong: Anne Boleyn Was Never “Too Low” for Henry Percy
Feb 23, 2026
Anne Boleyn’s Last 18 Days: The Fall That Shocked Tudor England
Feb 19, 2026
The Secret Promise, The Poet, and the Myths: Anne Boleyn Before Henry VIII
Feb 17, 2026
Mary I’s Pregnancies Explained: London Celebrated a Prince… But There Was No Baby
Feb 13, 2026
The Truth Behind “Bloody Mary” - A Beginner’s Guide
Feb 10, 2026
Mary Boleyn’s Lost Years (1513–1522): What the Sources Actually Say
Feb 07, 2026
Anne Boleyn’s Lost Future: The Marriage She Almost Had
Feb 03, 2026
The Strangest Tudor Cures (And the Ones That Actually Worked) - A Beginner’s Guide to Tudor Medicine
Jan 30, 2026
Tudor Medicine Wasn’t Stupid, It Was a System
Jan 26, 2026
Was Anne Boleyn Really “Corrupted” in France?
Jan 22, 2026
The Foreign Courts That Created Anne Boleyn
Jan 20, 2026
Mary Tudor and the Will to Fight
Jan 17, 2026
Lady Jane Grey and the Will to Rule
Jan 15, 2026
The 1553 Succession Crisis: A Beginner's Guide
Jan 13, 2026
The Homes That Shaped Anne Boleyn
Jan 10, 2026
When was Anne Boleyn born? 1501 vs 1507 and Why It Matters
Jan 08, 2026
The Making of Anne Boleyn: Her Family, Upbringing and Early Life
Jan 06, 2026
When Christmas Really Ended: Twelfth Night & Epiphany in Tudor England
Jan 05, 2026
Christmas Eve in Tudor England: Fasting, Firelight, and Midnight Mass - And a message from Claire!
Dec 23, 2025
Tudor Christmas Music Wasn’t Quiet: Instruments, Entertainers & Festive Noise
Dec 22, 2025
Christmas on the Streets: Tudor Mystery Plays & the Origins of the Coventry Carol
Dec 21, 2025
Christmas Wasn’t Just Feasting
Dec 20, 2025
Play Along! A Tudor Christmas Trivia Challenge (Can You Beat Tim?)
Dec 19, 2025
The Creatures That Shaped a Tudor Yuletide
Dec 18, 2025
The Beloved Tudor Palace That Vanished
Dec 17, 2025
Three Chilling Tudor Christmas Superstitions You’ve Never Heard Of...
Dec 16, 2025
What's Inside the Wonkiest Tudor House in England?
Dec 15, 2025
Did the Tudors Change Christmas More Than We Think?
Dec 14, 2025
When the Thames Froze Solid
Dec 13, 2025
The Moment That Changed Anne Boleyn’s Life
Dec 12, 2025
Tudor Carols & Christmas Music
Dec 11, 2025
Bells, Staves & Misrule
Dec 10, 2025
Tudor Yuletide Customs
Dec 09, 2025
Tudor Winter Warmers
Dec 08, 2025
Dragons, Masques & Royal Revelry
Dec 07, 2025
How the Tudors Decorated for Christmas
Dec 06, 2025
From St Nicholas to Santa Claus
Dec 05, 2025
The REAL Twelve Days of Christmas
Dec 04, 2025
How the Tudors Had Fun by the Fire: Tudor Christmas Fun
Dec 03, 2025
Gifts Fit for a King or Queen: The Secret Politics of Tudor New Year Gifts
Dec 02, 2025
£13.5 Million Christmas? Inside Henry VIII’s Royal Feast
Dec 01, 2025
What Advent REALLY Meant in Tudor England
Nov 30, 2025
When England Apologised to the Pope
Nov 29, 2025
A Beginner’s Guide to Edward VI: The Boy-king Who Tried to Save the Reformation
Nov 28, 2025
The Tudor Princess Who Changed Britain
Nov 27, 2025
Father of Jane Boleyn… and Henry VIII’s Scholar Courtier
Nov 26, 2025
The Tudor Survivor: The Life of Robert Radcliffe
Nov 25, 2025
The Red Bull of Flodden
Nov 24, 2025
The Disaster That Killed a King and Crowned a Baby
Nov 23, 2025
A Beginner's Guide to Henry VIII - The Charming Prince Who Became a Tyrant
Nov 22, 2025
The St Osyth Skeletons - Tudor Witch Panic, Betrayal… and a Child Witness - Tudor True Crime
Nov 21, 2025
The Tudor Courtier You’ve Never Heard Of
Nov 20, 2025
The Tudor Knight Killed by a Frog?!
Nov 19, 2025
The Tudor Scholar Who Died Before Making History
Nov 18, 2025
The Banker Who Tried to Overthrow Queen Elizabeth I
Nov 17, 2025
Elizabeth I’s Forgotten Festival
Nov 16, 2025
A Beginner's Guide to Henry VII
Nov 15, 2025
Did Mary, Queen of Scots’ Husband Kill Her Lover, or His Own?
Nov 14, 2025
The Abbot Who Defied Henry VIII
Nov 13, 2025
Jane Seymour’s Final Journey
Nov 12, 2025
When Mary I Turned Back the Clock
Nov 11, 2025
The Tudor Day of Feasting, Faith… and the Winter Kill
Nov 10, 2025
He Dared to Betray the Queen
Nov 09, 2025
A Beginner’s Guide to the Tudors
Nov 08, 2025
The Queen’s Hidden Child
Nov 07, 2025
From the Tower’s Master to Its Prisoner
Nov 06, 2025
The Rose and the Lily
Nov 05, 2025
The Gunpowder Plot: How Guy Fawkes Nearly Blew Up Parliament and the King
Nov 04, 2025
A Tudor Scholar’s Balancing Act
Nov 03, 2025
The Brilliant Cambridge Scholar History Forgot
Nov 02, 2025
The Mind Behind the Videos: An Interview with Claire Ridgway
Nov 01, 2025
Did Henry VIII Really Sacrifice Jane Seymour? The Truth Behind the Caesarean Myth
Oct 31, 2025
What Halloween Was Really Like in Tudor England
Oct 30, 2025
Did Elizabeth I Have a Secret Baby? Roger Ascham’s 1566 Letter Examined
Oct 29, 2025
Mary, Queen of Scots: Martyr, Heroine… or Traitor?
Oct 28, 2025
The Man Who Survived Them All: Sir John Gage and the Tudor Thrones
Oct 27, 2025
The Bonfire That Helped Spread the English Bible
Oct 26, 2025
Did Henry VIII Cover Up a Violent Crime for Thomas Culpeper?
Oct 25, 2025
The Sound of Elizabethan England: In Conversation with Jane Moulder of PIVA – The Renaissance Collective
Oct 24, 2025
Jane Seymour’s Death - A Deep Dive into the causes
Oct 23, 2025
The Human Cost of the Dissolution
Oct 22, 2025
The Tudor Fixer Who Changed Ireland Forever
Oct 21, 2025
The Tragic Fall of John Dudley
Oct 20, 2025
Anne Boleyn’s Forgotten Secretary: John Uvedale, the Man Who Ran Tudor England
Oct 19, 2025
The Real Face of Elizabeth I
Oct 18, 2025
Tudor Tips for Modern Burnout — Laura Loney on Calm, Craft, and Christmas
Oct 17, 2025
The Woman Behind the Cobham Family Portrait
Oct 16, 2025
The English Cardinal Who Backed Spain’s Invasion of England
Oct 15, 2025
Arthur Tudor: The King We Lost
Oct 15, 2025
Henry VIII’s Boyhood Companion Who Became His Enforcer
Oct 14, 2025
Arthur Grey: The Elizabethan Soldier Who Went Too Far?
Oct 13, 2025
"I'll do it my way!"
Oct 12, 2025
Did Edward VI Really Kill His Falcon
Oct 11, 2025
The Power, Peril, and Legacy of Lady Jane Grey’s Grandfather
Oct 09, 2025
Henry VIII’s Bloody Response to Rebellion: The Pilgrimage of Grace Begins
Oct 08, 2025
The Fall of the Lord Protector
Oct 07, 2025
The Quiet Power Behind England’s Rise at Sea
Oct 06, 2025
John Capon: Tudor Bishop and Political Weathervane
Oct 05, 2025
The Brutal Murder of George Saunders: Tudor True Crime
Oct 04, 2025
Queens, “Female Kings,” and Power: Elizabeth Norton Explains
Oct 03, 2025
What did Mary Boleyn Really Look Like?
Oct 03, 2025
Trusted Across Three Reigns: Sir William Fitzwilliam’s Tudor Career
Oct 03, 2025
From Fotheringhay to Bosworth: Richard III Is Born
Oct 01, 2025
The Plantagenet Who Became a Queen's Favourite Sleeping Companion
Sep 30, 2025
Margaret Tudor’s Flight: The 1515 Escape that Led to a United Crown
Sep 29, 2025
Dragon-Slayer & Dinner: How the Tudors Marked Michaelmas
Sep 28, 2025
From Exile to Baron: Robert Willoughby, Henry VII's Loyal Supporter
Sep 27, 2025
Helene Harrison on The Many Faces of Anne Boleyn
Sep 26, 2025
Spies, Sonnets & a Sword
Sep 25, 2025
Fotheringhay Bound: Mary, Queen of Scots
Sep 24, 2025
Born in the Tower
Sep 23, 2025
“Truce”… then Cannon Fire: San Juan de Ulúa (1568) - The Road to the Armada
Sep 22, 2025
The Carpenter Who Built Henry VIII’s World
Sep 21, 2025
A Duchess’s Cry for Help
Sep 20, 2025
From “Looking for Richard” to Writing Richard III — Wendy Johnson Interview
Sep 19, 2025
Katherine Willoughby: Duchess, Exile, Survivor
Sep 18, 2025
Heir, Hostage, Court Favourite… Dead at 15 - Henry Brandon’s Story
Sep 17, 2025
The Quiet Power Behind the Reformation: Bullinger
Sep 16, 2025
Walter Devereux: Poison Plot or Tragic Misfortune
Sep 15, 2025
What did Henry VIII REALLY look like?
Sep 14, 2025
Tudor Quiz - 75 THOUSAND Youtube Subscribers - Play Along!
Sep 13, 2025
Was Henry VIII Really Protestant?
Sep 12, 2025
Who was Marten Micron?
Sep 11, 2025
The Pope Who Celebrated a Massacre
Sep 10, 2025
She Faced the Flames Cheerfully – The Martyrdom of Joyce Lewis
Sep 09, 2025
“Near to Heaven by Sea”: Sir Humphrey Gilbert’s Last Voyage
Sep 08, 2025
The Boleyn Grandson Who Backed Shakespeare
Sep 07, 2025
Who was Anne Boleyn REALLY?
Sep 06, 2025
Mary Tudor’s Hidden Influence + How Tudors Learned - Claire Ridgway Interviews Amy McElroy
Sep 05, 2025
Could You Really Get Away with Murder at Henry VIII's Court? - Tudor True Crime
Sep 04, 2025
From Paston Letters to Power
Sep 03, 2025
From Prison to Power to Poison? The Rise and Fall of Edward Courtenay
Sep 02, 2025
Priest, Diplomat, Powerbroker: The Life of Archbishop Thomas Savage
Sep 01, 2025
Not Just a Lord Mayor’s Wife: Dorcas Martin’s Story
Aug 31, 2025
What If Arthur Tudor Had Lived? | Interview with Leah Toole, Author of The Rose and The Pomegranate
Aug 30, 2025
Henry VIII’s “Stolen Mistress” Scandal: Adultery, Gossip… or Something Darker?
Aug 29, 2025
The Forgotten Tudor Adventurer Who Went Down With His Ship - Maurice Browne
Aug 28, 2025
Tortured, Defiant, and Just 21
Aug 27, 2025
Lady Anne Bacon - A Remarkable Tudor Woman
Aug 26, 2025
A Tudor Bishop Whose Recorder Playing Annoyed a Martyr
Aug 25, 2025
The Forgotten Tudor Powerhouse Behind William Cecil
Aug 24, 2025
Where Is Anne Boleyn REALLY Buried?
Aug 23, 2025
Elizabeth Boleyn Revealed: Interview with Sophie Bacchus-Waterman on Anne Boleyn's Mother
Aug 22, 2025
Charles Brandon: A Tudor Survivor with a Tangled Love-life
Aug 21, 2025
Tudor Survivor You've Never Heard of
Aug 20, 2025
The Loyal Knight Who Defended Barnard Castle
Aug 19, 2025
The Reluctant Martyr: Thomas Bilney’s Tragic End at the Stake
Aug 18, 2025
A Wedding and a Massacre
Aug 17, 2025
Meet the 13-Year-Old Bringing Henry VIII to YouTube
Aug 16, 2025
Murder Behind Bars in Tudor England – A Shocking True Story
Aug 15, 2025
The Forgotten Genius Behind the Spanish Tragedy and Hamlet
Aug 14, 2025
The Princess Who Lived in the Shadows of Kings
Aug 13, 2025
The Knight Who Wept for a Princess
Aug 12, 2025
The Sheep Farmer’s Son Who Helped Shape Tudor England
Aug 11, 2025
From Cromwell’s Ally to Mary’s Pardon
Aug 10, 2025
Richard III Like You’ve Never Seen Him – Behind the Scenes of "A Taste of Loyalty"
Aug 09, 2025
Poisoned Cakes, Flea Traps… and Dead Hedgehogs?! Pest Control Tudor-style
Aug 08, 2025
She Was 13. He Was 30. This Royal Wedding Changed British History Forever
Aug 07, 2025
Lovechild and bigamist – Sir Robert Dudley, son of Elizabeth I’s favourite
Aug 06, 2025
Tudor True Crime: The Baron, the Grudge, and the Double Murder
Aug 05, 2025
The Man Who Helped Make Henry VII King
Aug 04, 2025
Blown to Bits in Battle: The Tudor Rogue Who Might’ve Been Henry VIII’s Son
Aug 03, 2025
The Fairest Church in England
Aug 02, 2025
What links Kate Bush and Anne Boleyn
Aug 01, 2025
Still Fighting the Dead: Germain Gardiner’s Scathing Attack on Martyr John Frith
Jul 31, 2025
Killed by a Butcher
Jul 30, 2025
The Wind That Saved England: How the Spanish Armada Was Scattered
Jul 29, 2025
The Stepfather Who May Have Changed History
Jul 28, 2025
The Forgotten Tudor Wife Who Drank Her Own Urine to Survive - TUDOR TRUE CRIME
Jul 27, 2025
The Tiny Tudor Ship That Crossed the Atlantic
Jul 26, 2025
The Colour of Darkness - Claire Interviews author Toni Mount
Jul 25, 2025
How a Tudor Courtroom Became a Death Trap
Jul 24, 2025
The Priest They Tried to Silence
Jul 23, 2025
The Tudor Lord with 9 Lives
Jul 21, 2025
Tudor Money Explained – Elizabeth I’s Bold Coin Reform & Tower Mint Secrets
Jul 20, 2025
When Spain Came to England: Philip of Spain’s Grand Arrival
Jul 20, 2025
Mark Smeaton - the Queen's Musician - Claire Interviews Martha Johnson
Jul 18, 2025
Tudor True Crime – The Shocking Murder of Thomas Arden
Jul 17, 2025
Royal Revenge? Why Lady Glamis Was Really Burnt at the Stake
Jul 16, 2025
The Maligned Mother of Lady Jane Grey – Victim or Villain?
Jul 15, 2025
The Tudor Courtier Who Tried to Make Himself Invisible
Jul 14, 2025
The Queen Who Quietly Changed Scotland Forever
Jul 13, 2025
Monarchs, Lego & History: How One Man Is Retelling 1200 Years of British History in Bricks
Jul 11, 2025
The Quiet Church Which Holds a Secret That Changed England
Jul 10, 2025
Madness, Melancholy, and Moonbeams: Mental Illness in Tudor Times
Jul 07, 2025
The Priest in the Priest Hole – The Execution of John Cornelius (1594)
Jul 04, 2025
Why Were They Called the Tudors?
Jun 30, 2025
Tudor Poverty and Poor Relief - The Harsh Reality behind Elizabeth I's Golden Age
Jun 27, 2025
The Untold Story of Peregrine Bertie
Jun 24, 2025
Tobacco in Tudor and Stuart England
Jun 21, 2025
Scholar, King, and Unifier of Crowns - James VI and I
Jun 18, 2025
Henry VIII’s Illegitimate Son: Henry Fitzroy
Jun 14, 2025
The Dastardly Richard Rich: Tudor Villain or Political Survivor?
Jun 11, 2025
How the Tudors Slept: Rituals, Remedies, and Nighttime Beliefs
Jun 07, 2025
Maria de Salinas - The Loyal Friend Who Defied a King
Jun 04, 2025
Anne Boleyn Crowned Queen - A Day of Splendour and Symbolism
May 31, 2025
Tudor Timekeeping: Bells, Clocks, and a Bit of Bling
May 26, 2025
The Pygmy and Beagle: Robert Cecil, the Power behind Two Thrones
May 23, 2025
19 May 1536: The Execution of Anne Boleyn - A Queen's Last Moments
May 18, 2025
What Really Made a Tudor Marriage?
May 16, 2025
Anne of Denmark: The Forgotten Queen?
May 12, 2025
Why Did Tudor Execution Victims Praise the Monarch? | Tudor Execution Speeches Explained
May 09, 2025
The Mystery of Sir James Tyrell & The Princes in the Tower
May 05, 2025
Witchcraft, Storms, and a Marriage
Apr 30, 2025
The Brutality Beyond Hanging, Drawing & Quartering
Apr 27, 2025
The Full Traitor’s Death – Hanging, Drawing & Quartering
Apr 26, 2025
Burnt for His Beliefs
Apr 23, 2025
Tudor Wicked Women: Villains or Victims?
Apr 18, 2025
A Power-hungry Schemer
Apr 15, 2025
Priest Harbourer Countess
Apr 12, 2025
Fast Food Tudor Style
Apr 06, 2025
The Royals and Rebels Who Lost Their Freedom
Apr 04, 2025
Tudor Fools: The Courtiers Who Made Fatal Mistakes
Mar 31, 2025
The Darker Side of Elizabeth I’s Reign: Was it Really a Golden Age?
Mar 28, 2025
What Really Killed the Virgin Queen: The Death of Elizabeth I
Mar 23, 2025
Tudor Beards: A Hair-Raising History!
Mar 21, 2025
The Barber Who Survived Henry VIII
Mar 18, 2025
Anne Boleyn vs. Catherine Howard: The Cousin Queens’ Falls Compared
Mar 15, 2025
Beauty Secrets from the Past
Mar 14, 2025
The Bishop Who Defied Tradition
Mar 13, 2025
Shakespeare's Leading ManShakespeare's Leading Man
Mar 12, 2025
Thomas Boleyn: The Man, The Myths, The Truth
Mar 11, 2025
The Medici Pope Who Ignited the Reformation
Mar 10, 2025
The Tudor Survivor Who Bent Like Willow
Mar 09, 2025
What If Catherine of Aragon Had Gone to a Nunnery?
Mar 08, 2025
Did Elizabeth I Poison Herself? The Truth About Tudor Makeup!
Mar 07, 2025
Treason, Faith & Betrayal
Mar 06, 2025
Henry VIII’s Loyal but Ruthless Servant
Mar 05, 2025
The Man Who Gave Us the × Symbol
Mar 04, 2025
The Tragic Fate of Christopher Bales
Mar 03, 2025
A Risky Love
Mar 02, 2025
If I Could Ask Henry VIII’s Wives ONE Question...
Mar 01, 2025
Elizabeth I's coronation date came from the stars!
Feb 28, 2025
The Reformer Who Was Burned… After Death!
Feb 27, 2025
Priest Harbourers in Tudor England
Feb 26, 2025
The Theatrical Patron with Boleyn Blood
Feb 25, 2025
The Forgotten Spencer Woman with Royal Connections
Feb 24, 2025
Murder, Betrayal & Power
Feb 23, 2025
The Surprisingly Gross History of Tudor Toilets
Feb 22, 2025
The Tudors Were NOT Filthy
Feb 21, 2025
A Tudor Love Story Gone Wrong
Feb 20, 2025
The Forgotten Tudor Woman Who Witnessed It All!
Feb 19, 2025
The Royal Rebel Who Defied Kings and Queens
Feb 18, 2025
Sisters, Rivals, and Queens
Feb 17, 2025
A Love That Led to Ruin
Feb 16, 2025
Catherine of Aragon – The Warrior Queen
Feb 15, 2025
Tracking Henry VIII’s Weight Gain… Through His Armour
Feb 14, 2025
Tudor Love Stories
Feb 13, 2025
The Tragic Falls of Catherine Howard & Jane Boleyn
Feb 12, 2025
The Tragic Execution of James Fenn
Feb 11, 2025
Elizabeth of York – The Queen of Hearts
Feb 10, 2025
The Tudor Earl Who Dabbled in Magic & Murder
Feb 09, 2025
What If Henry VIII Had Accepted Mary as His Heir?
Feb 08, 2025
Henry VIII Banned Football
Feb 07, 2025
Mary, Queen of Scots' Final Night
Feb 06, 2025
Pawn, Player, or Perfect Queen? Jane Seymour
Feb 06, 2025
Mary Boleyn’s Legacy and How King Charles III Inherits Boleyn & Tudor Blood
Feb 05, 2025
Diplomat, Spy, or Traitor
Feb 04, 2025
A Royal Princess & A Disgraced Noble
Feb 03, 2025
Betrayal, Power & Paranoia
Feb 02, 2025
Did Henry VIII & Arthur Tudor Have a Close Bond?
Feb 01, 2025
Cardinal Wolsey’s Secret Family: A Scandalous Tudor Tale
Jan 31, 2025
The Secret Power Grab After Henry VIII’s Death!
Jan 31, 2025
Catherine of Aragon at the Heart of Scandal
Jan 30, 2025
The Gunpowder Plot: The Forgotten Traitors
Jan 29, 2025
The Tragedy That Sealed Anne Boleyn's Fate
Jan 28, 2025
A Monumental Day in Tudor History
Jan 27, 2025
A Tudor Martyr’s Final Stand
Jan 26, 2025
Who’s the Mystery Woman in Queen Elizabeth I’s Chequers Ring?
Jan 25, 2025
Did Archbishop Thomas Cranmer Really Smuggle His Secret Wife in a Box?
Jan 25, 2025
Anne Boleyn – Was She Really the Great Scandal of Christendom
Jan 24, 2025
The Treaty That Changed British History
Jan 23, 2025
Assassination, intrigue, and betrayal - The Murdered Regent
Jan 22, 2025
The Rise and Fall of England's Uncrowned King
Jan 21, 2025
Mary I's saviour
Jan 20, 2025
Queen Mary I’s Final Parliament
Jan 19, 2025
Did Thomas More Predict His Own Downfall
Jan 17, 2025
Did Henry VIII Write a Love Song for Catherine of Aragon?
Jan 17, 2025
Keeping Time for a Queen
Jan 16, 2025
The Man Who Told Henry VIII He Was Dying
Jan 15, 2025
The Forgotten Duchess
Jan 14, 2025
Love, Rebellion, and the Price Paid
Jan 13, 2025
From Queen's Confidante to a Leader in Exile
Jan 12, 2025
From Prisoner to Power
Jan 11, 2025
The Shocking Fate of William Carter
Jan 10, 2025
King John II: What If Lady Jane Grey Had Been Lord John Grey?
Jan 10, 2025
Tudor Scandal, of Course! What happens when a Tudor bad boy meets a powerful Habsburg duchess?
Jan 09, 2025
Did Christopher Columbus Really See Mermaids?
Jan 08, 2025
A Queen Cast Aside for Another - And it's not Catherine of Aragon
Jan 07, 2025
Two Queens, One Tower
Jan 06, 2025
A Literary Genius or a Tudor Scoundrel
Jan 05, 2025
The Serpent Queen: Myth or Mastermind?
Jan 04, 2025
Faith, Rebellion, and Controversy
Jan 03, 2025
Loyalty, Rebellion, and Diplomacy
Jan 02, 2025
Rebellion, Treachery, and a Queen's Resolve
Jan 01, 2025
A New Year, A New King
Dec 31, 2024
The Lavish Side of England's First Tudor King: Henry VII
Dec 19, 2024
Uncovering the First Tudor King: Henry VII
Dec 16, 2024
Henry VIII: Ruthless Tyrant or Misunderstood Monarch?
Dec 12, 2024
10 Burning Questions About Henry VIII—Answered!
Dec 09, 2024
Firebrand: Fact, Fiction, and Everything in Between
Dec 03, 2024
The Heartbreaking Tale of Catherine Parr's Restless Journey
Nov 28, 2024
Who is that Woman? Answers to Your Most-Asked Questions about Tudor historian Claire Ridgway
Nov 25, 2024
Was Catherine Parr Nearly Executed?
Nov 21, 2024
The Truth About Henry VIII's Final Queen: Catherine Parr
Nov 19, 2024
Did Catherine Howard Really Commit Adultery?
Nov 14, 2024
Uncovering Queen Catherine Howard: Beyond the Scandal
Nov 11, 2024
The Untold Story of Henry VIII’s 'Lucky' Queen: Anne of Cleves
Nov 05, 2024
10 Burning Questions About Anne of Cleves, the Queen who Defied the Odds
Oct 28, 2024
Stop Believing This Lie - Jane Seymour and Mary
Oct 24, 2024
Unveiling the Enigma: FAQs About Jane Seymour, Henry VIII's Elusive Queen
Oct 21, 2024
Henry VIIIs Six Wives: Did they really ALL have fertility problems?
Oct 17, 2024
Top Ten FAQs about Anne Boleyn
Oct 14, 2024
Could Catherine of Aragon’s religious practices have caused her stillbirths?
Oct 10, 2024
Top 10 most frequently asked questions about Catherine Aragon
Oct 07, 2024
Exploring the Mystery of Ewloe Castle
Oct 03, 2024
Things You Need to Stop Believing About Mary Boleyn
Sep 30, 2024
10 Things You Should Stop Believing About Tudor People!
Sep 16, 2024
Henry VIII’s ONLY Acknowledged Illegitimate Son
Sep 12, 2024
10 Things You Need to Stop Believing About Henry VIII
Sep 09, 2024
The King Who Never Was - A Glimpse into England’s Lost Monarch
Sep 05, 2024
ANOTHER OF Henry VIII’s Secret Sons?
Sep 02, 2024
Henry VIII and Mary Boleyn’s Children – Was He Their Father?
Aug 28, 2024
Claire’s Ultimate Book Challenge: Can She Name Them All?
Aug 22, 2024
Tudor History Challenge 13
Aug 19, 2024
The Six Wives of Henry VIII: Love, Power, and Tragedy
Aug 08, 2024
Was Bessie Blount’s Daughter Fathered by King Henry VIII?
Aug 05, 2024
Henry VIII’s Idol: The Handsome Ruler Who Inspired a King!
Aug 01, 2024
Thomas Stukeley: Henry VIII's Secret Son?
Jul 29, 2024
From Pin-Up Prince to Powerhouse King: The Transformation of Henry VIII
Jul 25, 2024
Henry VIII's Illegitimate Daughter
Jul 22, 2024
Did Henry VIII Really Have Syphilis? The Myth Busted!
Jul 18, 2024
My Lady Jane – A Travesty to History or a Fun Romp?
Jul 15, 2024
Interesting Facts About the Boleyn Family
Jul 11, 2024
The Mysterious Prophecies about Anne Boleyn
Jul 08, 2024
The Fate of Henry Manox
Jul 08, 2024
The Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn Choir Screen
Jul 08, 2024
The Mystery of Anne Boleyn's Engagement Ring
Jul 08, 2024
Was Anne Boleyn a Murderer?
Jul 08, 2024
Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII’s love messages - #WednesdayFact
Jun 27, 2023
Another Hever Castle Anne Boleyn Portrait! - #PortraitTuesday
Jun 26, 2023
The Mysterious Fall of Blessed Adrian Fortescue - #MondayMartyr
Jun 25, 2023
Anne Boleyn’s French Style - #WednesdayFact
Jun 20, 2023
Anne Boleyn and Mary Boleyn Portraits - #PortraitTuesday
Jun 19, 2023
Martyred over a papal dispensation? - #MartyrMonday
Jun 18, 2023
Anne Boleyn’s deal for the defiant Mary - #Wednesday Fact
Jun 13, 2023
A cartoon-like Anne Boleyn - #PortraitTuesday
Jun 12, 2023
The botched execution of a royal godmother and governess - #MondayMartyr
Jun 11, 2023
Anne Boleyn and the Crown of St Edward - #WednesdayFact
Jun 06, 2023
The Château de Beauregard Anne Boleyn Portrait - #PortraitTuesday
Jun 05, 2023
Thomas Hawkes, the clapping martyr - #MondayMartyr
Jun 04, 2023
Did you know that the falcon wasn’t Anne Boleyn’s only badge? - #WednesdayFact
May 30, 2023
The Hampton Court Palace Anne Boleyn Portrait - #PortraitTuesday
May 29, 2023
The Holy Maid of Kent - #MondayMartyr
May 28, 2023
Anne Boleyn was a catalyst for the English Reformation - #WednesdayFact
May 23, 2023
The Nidd Hall Portrait of Anne Boleyn - #portraittuesday
May 22, 2023
Lollard Thomas Harding - #MondayMartyr
May 21, 2023
Anne Boleyn loved shopping for her daughter Elizabeth - #WednesdayFact
May 16, 2023
The 1534 Anne Boleyn Medal - #portraittuesday
May 15, 2023
Blessed Hugh Faringdon - #MondayMartyr
May 14, 2023
A Royal Union - The Marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon Part 1
May 10, 2023
Anne Boleyn wore the Gable Hood too! - #Wednesdayfact
May 09, 2023
Anne Boleyn as the Lady of the Garter - #portraittuesday
May 08, 2023
The Dryburn Martyrs and the dried up spring - #mondaymartyr
May 06, 2023
Anne Boleyn commissioned a special gift for Henry VIII from Holbein - #WednesdayFact
May 02, 2023
The Hever Roundel Portrait of Anne Boleyn - #portraittuesday
May 01, 2023
James Beinham and his bed of roses - MondayMartyr
May 01, 2023
Protestant William Flower - MondayMartyr
Apr 24, 2023
From Spare to Heir - How things changed for Henry VIII in 1502
Mar 23, 2023
The Tudors in their own words - Happy Christmas from Thomas Tusser
Dec 23, 2022
The Tudors in their own words - Lady Jane Grey
Dec 22, 2022
The Tudors in their own words - Elizabeth I about Mary, Queen of Scots
Dec 21, 2022
The Tudors in their own words - Queen Elizabeth I about Edward de Vere
Dec 20, 2022
The Tudors in their own words - Sir Philip Sidney
Dec 19, 2022
The Tudors in their own words - Thomas Cromwell to Henry VIII
Dec 18, 2022
The Tudors in their own words - Anne Askew before her execution
Dec 17, 2022
The Tudors in their own words - Thomas More about Henry VIII
Dec 16, 2022
The Tudors in their own words - Mary, Queen of Scots, on her way to her execution
Dec 15, 2022
The Tudors in their own words - Mary Tudor, Queen of France, to Henry VIII
Dec 14, 2022
The Tudors in their own words - Margaret Tudor to Henry VII
Dec 14, 2022
The Tudors in their own words - Elizabeth of York to Isabella I of Castile
Dec 12, 2022
The Tudors in their own words - Catherine Parr to Henry VIII
Dec 11, 2022
The Tudors in their own words - Catherine Howard to Thomas Culpeper
Dec 10, 2022
The Tudors in their own words - Anne of Cleves to Henry VIII
Dec 09, 2022
The Tudors in their own words - Queen Jane Seymour to Henry VIII’s privy council
Dec 08, 2022
The Tudors in their own words - Anne Boleyn to her father, Thomas Boleyn
Dec 07, 2022
The Tudors in their own words - Queen Catherine of Aragon to her husband, King Henry VIII
Dec 06, 2022
The Tudors in their own words - Queen Elizabeth I’s words to Parliament
Dec 05, 2022
The Tudors in their own words - Queen Mary I’s words to the citizens of London
Dec 04, 2022
The Tudors in their own words - Queen Jane/Lady Jane Grey writes to her sister
Dec 04, 2022
The Tudors in their own words - King Edward VI writes to the Lady Mary
Dec 02, 2022
The Tudors in their own words - King Henry VIII’s Pastime with Good Company
Dec 01, 2022
The Tudors in their own words - King Henry VII, 7th August 1485
Nov 30, 2022
Becoming Elizabeth - Episode 4 - Lighten Our Darkness - Becoming Elizabeth or Becoming Mary?
Jul 07, 2022
Becoming Elizabeth - Episode 3 - Either Learn or Be Silent
Jul 06, 2022
Becoming Elizabeth - Episode 2 Part 2 - feedback from Tom Cullen and Anya Reiss
Jul 05, 2022
Becoming Elizabeth - Epsiode 2 - Elizabeth I’s #metoo moment is ruined
Jul 04, 2022
Becoming Elizabeth - Episode 1 - Keep the Knife Bright - Fictions versus history
Jul 04, 2022
The Fall of Anne Boleyn with Claire Ridgway 13-20 May 2022
Apr 19, 2022
Mary Boleyn - What do you want to know?
Feb 03, 2022
Was Thomas Boleyn on the jury at Anne Boleyn’s trial?
Jan 26, 2022
Who Killed Anne Boleyn - Bonus available until 31 December 2021
Dec 29, 2021
Anne Boleyn Myths
Dec 18, 2021
Anne Boleyn - Pawn or Predator
Dec 17, 2021
What did Anne Boleyn Look Like?
Dec 17, 2021
AMAZING TUDOR DISCOVERY - The discovery of Anne Boleyn‘s Falcon Badge
Nov 12, 2021
Did Catherine of Aragon and Arthur Tudor consummate their marriage?
Sep 20, 2021
25 Interesting Facts about Elizabeth I
Sep 10, 2021
Did Elizabeth of York really have an affair with Richard III?
Aug 19, 2021
Tudor History Challenge XI
Aug 18, 2021
8 August - Princess Margaret Tudor marries James IV of Scotland
Aug 07, 2021
7 August - Sir Robert Dudley, Dudley's illegitimate son
Aug 06, 2021
6 August - Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare
Aug 05, 2021
August 2021 on the Tudor Society - Lots of Tudor history to enjoy!
Aug 05, 2021
5 August - Sir Reginald Bray
Aug 04, 2021
4 August - Elizabeth I's spirit, William Cecil
Aug 03, 2021
3 August - Lord Russell marches towards the rebels
Aug 02, 2021
2 August - Thornbury Castle, home of the Duke of Buckingham
Aug 01, 2021
1 August - John Ashley, or John Astley
Jul 31, 2021
31 July - A butcher kills a baron
Jul 30, 2021
30 July - Writer Robert Parry
Jul 29, 2021
29 July - The death of Thomas Stanley, Henry VII's stepfather
Jul 28, 2021
28 July - Magic and a "detestable vice and sin"
Jul 27, 2021
27 July - A royal secretary ends up in the Tower
Jul 26, 2021
26 July - The Earl of Shrewsbury dies
Jul 25, 2021
25 July - A kidnapped child actor
Jul 24, 2021
24 July - A converted priest loses his life
Jul 23, 2021
23 July - John Day, a Protestant printer
Jul 22, 2021
22 July - Baron Scrope, a royal councillor
Jul 21, 2021
21 July - Explorer Thomas Cavendish
Jul 20, 2021
20 July - Philip of Spain prepares to marry Mary I
Jul 19, 2021
19 July - Mary Boleyn dies
Jul 18, 2021
18 July - Kat Ashley, Elizabeth I's lady
Jul 17, 2021
17 July - Lady Glamis and a plot to poison a king
Jul 16, 2021
16 July - Frances Brandon
Jul 15, 2021
15 July - Inigo Jones
Jul 15, 2021
14 July - A poisoned cardinal
Jul 13, 2021
13 July - John Dee
Jul 12, 2021
12 July - True soldiers of Jesus Christ get burnt
Jul 12, 2021
11 July - Here begins the plague...
Jul 10, 2021
10 July - Elizabeth I checks her money
Jul 09, 2021
9 July - Elizabeth I visits Robert Dudley's castle
Jul 08, 2021
8 July - Kett's Rebellion begins
Jul 07, 2021
New Mary, Queen of Scots online course with Claire Ridgway!
Jul 06, 2021
7 July - Mary hears news of Edward VI's death
Jul 06, 2021
6 July - Margaret Clement, Sir Thomas More's adopted daughter
Jul 05, 2021
18 Interesting Facts about Lady Jane Grey (Queen Jane)
Jul 04, 2021
5 July - A radical shoemaker
Jul 04, 2021
4 July - William Byrd "a father of Musick"
Jul 03, 2021
3 July - Mary I bids farewell to Philip for the final time #shorts
Jul 02, 2021
2 July - Old Scarlett the gravedigger
Jul 01, 2021
July 2021 on the Tudor Society - Lots of Tudor goodies!
Jul 01, 2021
1 July - No legitimate heir for Henry VIII
Jun 30, 2021
30 June - Henry VIII and Catherine Howard set off on Progress
Jun 29, 2021
29 June - The Globe burns down!
Jun 28, 2021
28 June - A rebellious baron is executed
Jun 27, 2021
27 June - A farming bishop who was sadly betrayed
Jun 26, 2021
26 June - The cost of serving a king
Jun 25, 2021
25 June - Catherine of Aragon and Prince Henry are betrothed
Jun 24, 2021
24 June - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
Jun 23, 2021
18 Interesting Facts about Edward VI
Jun 22, 2021
23 June - A doctor and mathematician
Jun 22, 2021
22 June - The execution of Bishop Fisher
Jun 21, 2021
21 June - Henry VIII travels to the Tower
Jun 20, 2021
20 June - Murder or Suicide? A Tudor Mystery...
Jun 19, 2021
19 June - Mary, Queen of Scots gives birth to a son called Charles
Jun 18, 2021
Teasel's Tudor Trivia - Books on the Tudor Kings and Queens
Jun 18, 2021
18 June - Catherine of Aragon protests
Jun 17, 2021
17 June - Condemned to death but thankfully pardoned
Jun 16, 2021
16 June - A scandalous earl dies of gangrene
Jun 15, 2021
15 June - Henry Fitzroy, Henry VIII's illegitimate son
Jun 14, 2021
14 June - Friar Peto
Jun 13, 2021
13 June - George Neville, a man with a very mixed court career
Jun 12, 2021
21 Interesting Facts about Henry VIII
Jun 12, 2021
12 June - Richard Rich, lawyer and torturer
Jun 11, 2021
11 June - Sir Anthony Cooke
Jun 10, 2021
10 June - Execution by starvation
Jun 09, 2021
9 June - From traitor to sword bearer
Jun 08, 2021
June 2021 at the Tudor Society!
Jun 08, 2021
8 June - Mary is very wrong
Jun 07, 2021
7 June - The execution of Elizabeth I's physician
Jun 06, 2021
6 June - William Hunnis, a man lucky to die a natural death
Jun 05, 2021
5 June - Robert Devereux is in trouble
Jun 04, 2021
4 June - Amy Robsart
Jun 04, 2021
Did Anne Boleyn bring French fashion to court?
Jun 03, 2021
3 June - A bishop who helped his poorly queen
Jun 02, 2021
2 June - Sir Francis Bigod is executed #shorts
Jun 01, 2021
1 June - Anne Boleyn's coronation
May 31, 2021
31 May - Lady Margaret Beaufort
May 30, 2021
30 May - Christopher Marlowe is stabbed! #shorts
May 29, 2021
29 May - A fire-breathing dragon for Anne Boleyn
May 28, 2021
28 May - Anne Boleyn is the rightful queen!
May 27, 2021
27 May - Cardinal Pole makes an enemy
May 26, 2021
20 Interesting Facts about Henry VII
May 25, 2021
26 May - A wife and mother of poets
May 25, 2021
25 May - Lady Jane Grey gets married
May 24, 2021
24 May - Robert Cecil, Elizabeth I's "pygmy"
May 23, 2021
23 May - Henry Grey is finally made a Knight of the Garter
May 22, 2021
22 May - Edward Seymour is in favour
May 21, 2021
21 May - Philip of Spain
May 20, 2021
20 May - Henry VIII doesn’t let the grass grow under his feet!
May 19, 2021
Coming soon - The Boleyns of Hever Castle
May 18, 2021
19 May - Anne Boleyn's execution
May 18, 2021
18 May - I have a little neck
May 17, 2021
17 May - Around the throne the thunder rolls
May 16, 2021
16 May - Thomas More resigns
May 15, 2021
20 Interesting Facts about the Wars of the Rose
May 15, 2021
15 May - Henry VIII’s problems in the bedroom become public
May 14, 2021
14 May - The Creeping Parliament
May 13, 2021
Fan Q&A - Did Anne Boleyn bring down Cardinal Wolsey?
May 12, 2021
13 May - Queen Anne Boleyn is on her way out
May 12, 2021
12 May - An innocent man is charged with treason
May 12, 2021
11 May - Henry VIII accuses the clergy of treason
May 10, 2021
10 May - Henry VIII's first marriage is nearly annulled
May 09, 2021
9 May - A proxy wedding for Marie de Guise and James V
May 08, 2021
8 May - A goodly sight for Henry VIII
May 07, 2021
25 Interesting facts about Catherine Parr
May 06, 2021
7 May - Bodies make a tapestry
May 06, 2021
6 May - The end of the Beaufort male line
May 05, 2021
Did Thomas Culpeper have a brother called Thomas and was Catherine Howard pregnant?
May 04, 2021
5 May - Henry Sidney
May 04, 2021
4 May - Bess of Hardwick
May 03, 2021
3 May - Cecily Neville, the Rose of Raby
May 02, 2021
25 Interesting Facts about Catherine Howard
May 01, 2021
2 May - Queen Anne Boleyn is arrested
May 01, 2021
1 May - May Day
Apr 30, 2021
30 April - A Lord Keeper of the Great Seal dies from apoplexy
Apr 29, 2021
29 April - Not guilty!
Apr 28, 2021
Mary Boleyn's links to the Queen and Prince William and Prince Harry
Apr 28, 2021
28 April - 82-year-old priest executed in Scotland
Apr 27, 2021
27 April - Can Henry VIII abandon Anne Boleyn?
Apr 26, 2021
26 April - Catherine Carey
Apr 25, 2021
25 April - St Mark's Day
Apr 24, 2021
24 April - A Tudor tip for divining your future husband
Apr 23, 2021
20 Interesting Facts about Anne of Cleves
Apr 23, 2021
23 April - St George, patron saint of England
Apr 23, 2021
22 April - Isabella I
Apr 21, 2021
21 April - A new king for England!
Apr 20, 2021
Teasel's Tudor Trivia - What was Elizabeth I afraid of?
Apr 20, 2021
20 April - An oath to swear
Apr 19, 2021
19 April - Being a Tudor bookseller was a risky business!
Apr 18, 2021
18 April - A short-lived reward for Cromwell
Apr 17, 2021
20 Interesting Facts about Jane Seymour
Apr 16, 2021
17 April - A stolen head!
Apr 16, 2021
16 April - The Mary Rose
Apr 15, 2021
15 April - Blows and evil words from Elizabeth I
Apr 14, 2021
Did Henry VIII and Francis I really wrestle?
Apr 14, 2021
14 April 1556 - Conspirator cheats executioner
Apr 13, 2021
13 April 1630 - The priest harbouring countess
Apr 12, 2021
12 April 1533 - Outrage at Anne Boleyn's behaviour
Apr 11, 2021
Teasel's Tudor Trivia - What is the queen's closet?
Apr 09, 2021
A heretic cardinal, the other Tudor Drake, and a plotting baron
Apr 08, 2021
20 Interesting Facts about Anne Boleyn
Apr 07, 2021
A new king's journey, an earl who kept his head, head injury kills a king, and a viscountess and her Little Rome
Apr 04, 2021
Were William Compton and Thomas Tallis, and George Boleyn and Mark Smeaton lovers?
Apr 01, 2021
Poet Thomas Churchyard, Sir Ambrose Cave, Elizabeth Boleyn and the knighting of Francis Drake
Mar 31, 2021
Plays with wonderful titles, Sir Ralph Sadler's busy life, and a dying king makes his will
Mar 28, 2021
16 Interesting facts about Catherine of Aragon
Mar 27, 2021
Walter Ralegh's colonisation, a war over vestments, an earl who saved the day in 1536, and some burnings
Mar 24, 2021
Was Anne Boleyn treated as queen in the Tower of London?
Mar 23, 2021
Henry Howard loses favour, purple fever takes an ambassador, and a Tudor judge and law reporter
Mar 21, 2021
A secret agent & rebel, Henry VIII's barber, More's granddaughter, and a Puritan soldier
Mar 17, 2021
Cromwell, Wolsey and Wolf Hall
Mar 16, 2021
An interview with Claire Ridgway
Mar 15, 2021
A monk who embraced reform, a translator & soldier, and Black Will Herbert
Mar 14, 2021
A pope who was kind to Jews, a Catholic martyr, an Elizabethan actor and a bishop who supported Welsh
Mar 10, 2021
A Discovery of Witches and the School of Night - did it exist?
Mar 09, 2021
An outspoken reformer, Lady Margaret Douglas dies, and a man of "plyable" willow
Mar 07, 2021
12 Facts about Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford
Mar 05, 2021
A mathematician, Call Me Risley, and a scapegoat
Mar 04, 2021
Teasel's Tudor Trivia - Tudor Fabrics
Mar 02, 2021
A Grand Prior, Anne of Denmark, Margaret Tudor's third marriage and Mary Boleyn's son
Feb 28, 2021
Catherine Howard's Execution - Fan Q&A
Feb 26, 2021
A literary patron and her husband, a chaplain dies at sea, and a pragmatic reformer pleases nobody
Feb 24, 2021
10 facts about Elizabeth Boleyn, mother of Anne Boleyn
Feb 23, 2021
Broken leg kills translator, Elizabeth of York's funeral, and an earl implicated in murder
Feb 21, 2021
Did Anne Stanhope, Edward Seymour's wife, really have scandalous affairs?
Feb 18, 2021
A murdered French duke, Margaret Douglas's bad news, a Tudor countess, and Lady Katherine Grey
Feb 17, 2021
The last monk to be Archbishop of Canterbury, a famous Reformer and an earl who wept for Elizabeth
Feb 14, 2021
Mad people can be executed, a miscarriage of justice, problematic prophecies and William Waste All - February 8-14 Part 2
Feb 10, 2021
Did Charles Brandon have a French mistress? - Tudor Fan Q&A
Feb 08, 2021
A man who refused a title, Lady Jane Grey's reprieve, and a naughty earl with a magic ring
Feb 07, 2021
Which colours did Anne Boleyn like?
Feb 04, 2021
A princess marries, a queen faces death, and a spy and lawyer die - 1-7 February Part 2
Feb 03, 2021
An alchemist, the Princes in the Tower's doctor, and a duke who suffered a rigged trial
Jan 31, 2021
11 things you might not know about George Boleyn
Jan 29, 2021
Elizabeth I's guardian, a Master of Swans, a king's death announced and more! -- Jan 25-31 Part 2
Jan 27, 2021
4 Ways to make you talk - Tudor-style - Teasel's Tudor Trivia
Jan 26, 2021
A priest in Little Ease, death from plague, and heretics meet their ends - January 25 - 31, Part 1
Jan 24, 2021
Anne Boleyn and Mary Boleyn: Were they close?
Jan 22, 2021
This week in Tudor History, January 18-24, Part 2
Jan 21, 2021
This week in Tudor History, January 18-24, Part 1
Jan 17, 2021
Get involved in Claire's videos
Jan 14, 2021
This week in Tudor History, January 11-17 - Part 2
Jan 13, 2021
This week in Tudor History, January 11-17: Part 1
Jan 10, 2021
Was Anne Boleyn a Commoner?
Jan 07, 2021
This Week in Tudor History January 4-10
Jan 03, 2021
Some New Year News and the death of a king
Dec 31, 2020
December 31 - "The Gunner" Sir William Skeffington
Dec 30, 2020
December 30 - An outlaw scholar from Spain who died of the plague
Dec 29, 2020
December 29 - Elizabeth I's rogue and champion
Dec 28, 2020
December 28 - A Lord Keeper of the Great Seal who supported learning
Dec 27, 2020
December 27 - Katherine Killigrew, "the Muses friend, and saint of Heav’n"
Dec 26, 2020
December 26 - The interesting life of Rose Lok
Dec 25, 2020
December 25 - A Tudor witch-hunter
Dec 24, 2020
The Great Tudor Christmas Quiz
Dec 24, 2020
December 24 - A man who swapped sides at the right time
Dec 23, 2020
December 23 - Elizabeth I moves to a property her mother knew well
Dec 22, 2020
December 22 - Two Protestants betrayed by a spy
Dec 21, 2020
December 21 - St Thomas, pies, charity and India
Dec 20, 2020
December 20 - Edward Arden, "victim of a grave iniquity" or conspirator?
Dec 19, 2020
December 19 - A conspirator found dead in his cell
Dec 18, 2020
December 18 - Nicholas Harpsfield, the sorest and of least compassion
Dec 17, 2020
December 17 - A promise made to Anne Boleyn
Dec 16, 2020
December 16 - A Grey man with Woodville links
Dec 15, 2020
December 15 - Elizabeth I's loyal servant dies of "sheer grief"
Dec 14, 2020
December 14 - Mary, Queen of Scots is queen!
Dec 13, 2020
December 13 - A lawyer thrown in to prison for refusing to do a favour
Dec 13, 2020
December 12 - A soldier who had to hide from Elizabeth I
Dec 11, 2020
December 11 - A lavish reception for Anne of Cleves
Dec 10, 2020
December 10 - A priest caught by a priestfinder and torturer
Dec 09, 2020
December 9 - A scary time for Queen Catherine Howard's stepgrandmother
Dec 08, 2020
December 8 - Anne Boleyn's Master of the Horse
Dec 07, 2020
December 7 - A rebel (or courageous leader) comes to a sticky end
Dec 06, 2020
December 6 - An important man who managed to die a natural death
Dec 05, 2020
December 5 - Mary Queen of Scots' husband dies of an ear infection
Dec 04, 2020
December 4 - Murder made to look like suicide!
Dec 03, 2020
December 3 - Roger North, a man close to Robert Dudley and Queen Elizabeth I
Dec 02, 2020
December 2 - Elizabeth I relents and agrees to execute Mary, Queen of Scots
Dec 01, 2020
December 1 - A Catholic priest is tortured then executed
Nov 30, 2020
November 30 - Elizabeth I's Golden Speech brings men to tears
Nov 29, 2020
November 29 - A courtier who served in four monarchs' reign and died a natural death!
Nov 28, 2020
November 28 - A drowned agent carrying gold for Mary, Queen of Scots
Nov 27, 2020
November 27 - Former monk burnt at stake for importing books
Nov 26, 2020
November 26 - The first men executed under Elizabeth I's new law
Nov 25, 2020
November 25 - A vicious man who saved an archbishop
Nov 25, 2020
November 24 - John Knox, famous Scottish reformer and royal chaplain
Nov 23, 2020
November 23 - A plot to poison Elizabeth i's saddle and Essex's chair
Nov 22, 2020
November 22 - Explorer Sir Martin Frobisher dies of gangrene
Nov 21, 2020
November 21 - John Bale, a churchman and playwright who courted controversy
Nov 20, 2020
November 20 - Elizabeth I's godson and his flush toilet
Nov 19, 2020
November 19 - Lord John Grey and how he escaped the axeman
Nov 18, 2020
November 18 - A bishop ends his days in confinement
Nov 17, 2020
November 17 - Elizabeth I's accession
Nov 16, 2020
November 16 - An Elizabethan earl and rebel who never learnt his lesson
Nov 15, 2020
November 15 - A Princess of York
Nov 14, 2020
November 14 - Bad Signs for Culpeper and Lady Rochford
Nov 13, 2020
November 13 - Murder by handgun in London
Nov 12, 2020
November 12 - Wily Winchester
Nov 11, 2020
November 11 - A stressed George Boleyn, Lord Rochford
Nov 10, 2020
November 10 - Explorer drowns saving ambassador
Nov 09, 2020
November 9 - The Northern Rebellion against Elizabeth I
Nov 08, 2020
November 8 - A true friend of scholars who had to give Catherine of Aragon bad news
Nov 07, 2020
November 7 - Richard III and supporters are attainted
Nov 06, 2020
November 6 - Catherine of Aragon meets Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales
Nov 05, 2020
November 5 - Remember, Remember the 5th of November
Nov 04, 2020
November 4 - A cardinal's actions lead to his family's undoing
Nov 03, 2020
November 3 - King Henry VIII is Supreme Head of the Church
Nov 02, 2020
November 2 - Edward V, one of the Princes in the Tower
Nov 01, 2020
November 1 - A baron with useful friends
Oct 31, 2020
October 31 - Falling in love with the wrong woman was a dangerous thing!
Oct 30, 2020
October 30 - Elizabeth I's favourite is driven to desperation
Oct 29, 2020
October 29 - Henry VIII bids farewell to his "loving brother"
Oct 28, 2020
October 28 - Ivan the Terrible writes a rude letter to Elizabeth I
Oct 27, 2020
October 27 - She shot pistols, flirted and took tobacco!
Oct 26, 2020
October 26 - Rain stops rebels going to battle
Oct 25, 2020
October 25 - Twin saints and a local legend
Oct 24, 2020
October 24 - Roanoke, the lost colony
Oct 23, 2020
October 23 - The Dissolution of the Monasteries and its sad impact
Oct 22, 2020
October 22 - Treason or a malicious woman making things up
Oct 21, 2020
October 21 - A herald, armed peasants and a rebel leader
Oct 20, 2020
October 20 - A countess twice over
Oct 19, 2020
October 19 - An important European marriage
Oct 18, 2020
October 18 - Freedom for Elizabeth at last!
Oct 17, 2020
October 17 - An English spy who suffered torture and execution in Rome
Oct 16, 2020
October 16 - A meeting between two kings is arranged
Oct 15, 2020
October 15 - A Welsh teacher and poet is executed
Oct 14, 2020
October 14 - Sir Thomas Chaloner and his very strong teeth!
Oct 13, 2020
October 13 - Mary I's secret meetings with ambassadors in disguise
Oct 12, 2020
October 12 - A revenge assassination by bandits in Wales
Oct 11, 2020
October 11 - Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn set sail for Calais
Oct 11, 2020
October 10 - The funeral of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, Elizabeth I's favourite
Oct 09, 2020
October 9 - Miguel de Cervantes and Don Quixote
Oct 08, 2020
October 8 - Henry VIII forces Princess Mary to write letters
Oct 07, 2020
October 7 - Catherine of Aragon wins this round
Oct 06, 2020
October 6 - John Caius, royal physician and sweating sickness
Oct 05, 2020
October 5 - Edward Seymour gathers troops to defend Edward VI
Oct 04, 2020
October 4 - Sir Francis Bigod and his rebellion
Oct 03, 2020
October 3 - Jane Seymour's coronation is postponed
Oct 02, 2020
October 2 - Mary Tudor, Henry VIII's sister, sets sail for France
Oct 01, 2020
October 1 - John Alcock, bishop and tutor to one of the Princes in the Tower
Sep 30, 2020
September 30 - A victorious Henry VIII returns to England
Sep 29, 2020
September 29 - A papal legate arrives for Henry VIII's annulment case
Sep 28, 2020
September 28 - Essex sees Elizabeth I without her mask of youth
Sep 27, 2020
September 27 - John de la Pole and his link to the Tudors
Sep 26, 2020
September 26 - The man Elizabeth I wanted to murder Mary, Queen of Scots
Sep 25, 2020
September 25 - Explorer Stephen Borough
Sep 24, 2020
September 24 - The executions of a Roman priest and the man who sheltered him
Sep 23, 2020
September 23 - William Averel and his Romeo and Juliet, AKA Charles and Julia
Sep 22, 2020
September 22 - The burial of Amy Dudley (Robsart)
Sep 21, 2020
September 21 - Pendleton the Proud, a fickle man
Sep 20, 2020
September 20 - Anthony Babington and the Babington Plot
Sep 19, 2020
September 19 - Explorer Thomas Cavendish and his circumnavigation
Sep 18, 2020
September 18 - Edward Courtenay, a prospective king consort
Sep 17, 2020
September 17 - Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford
Sep 16, 2020
September 16 - John Colet dies after three attacks of sweating sickness
Sep 15, 2020
September 15 - Elizabeth I saves the day!
Sep 14, 2020
September 14 - Sir William Kingston, Constable of the Tower of London
Sep 13, 2020
September 13 - Tudor poet John Leland
Sep 12, 2020
September 12 - The newly married Earl of Argyll dies suddenly
Sep 11, 2020
September 11 - Barnaby Fitzpatrick, friend of Edward VI
Sep 10, 2020
September 10 - The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh
Sep 09, 2020
September 9 - The coronation of Mary, Queen of Scots
Sep 08, 2020
September 8 - John Shakespeare, father of William Shakespeare
Sep 07, 2020
September 7 - Charles Brandon marries Catherine Willoughby
Sep 06, 2020
September 6 - Martin Luther writes to the Pope
Sep 05, 2020
September 5 - The death of Bloody Bonner
Sep 04, 2020
September 4 - A marriage is agreed between Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves
Sep 03, 2020
September 3 - The death of a clown
Sep 02, 2020
September 2 - A very wealthy Irish earl dies in the Tower
Sep 01, 2020
September 1 - Elizabethan actor Edward Alleyn
Aug 31, 2020
August 31 - The Bloody Flux
Aug 30, 2020
August 30 - The Treaty of the More
Aug 29, 2020
August 29 - The Feast of the beheading of St John the Baptist
Aug 28, 2020
August 28 - Robert Dudley's last letter to Elizabeth I
Aug 27, 2020
August 27 - The Battle of St Quentin
Aug 26, 2020
August 26 - A devastated Mary I prepares to be abandoned
Aug 25, 2020
August 25 - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk and uncle of two queens
Aug 24, 2020
August 24 - Cecily of York, daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville
Aug 23, 2020
August 23 - The Siege of Haddington
Aug 22, 2020
August 22 - The end of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland
Aug 21, 2020
August 21 - A sad end to a bishop whose career spanned the reigns of three kings
Aug 20, 2020
August 20 - A proxy wedding for King James VI in Denmark
Aug 19, 2020
August 19 - A defiant but polite Mary I
Aug 18, 2020
August 18 - The trial of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland
Aug 17, 2020
August 17 - Henry VIII's Latin secretary dies of sweating sickness
Aug 16, 2020
August 16 - The Norrises lose another two sons in the Queen's service
Aug 15, 2020
August 15 - The Oaten Hill Martyrs
Aug 14, 2020
August 14 - William Parr, brother of Queen Catherine Parr
Aug 13, 2020
August 13 - The sad ends of Friar Conn O'Rourke and Partick O'Healey, Bishop of Mayo
Aug 12, 2020
August 12 - Ursula Pole, Baroness Stafford, daughter of Margaret Pole
Aug 11, 2020
August 11 - Sir Maurice Berkeley and his royal career
Aug 10, 2020
August 10 - Drownings at London Bridge
Aug 09, 2020
August 9 - Elizabeth I's words cause horror among her clergy
Aug 08, 2020
August 8 - Edward VI's Burial
Aug 07, 2020
August 7 - Mary, Queen of Scotland sets off for a new life in France
Aug 06, 2020
August 6 - Margaret Tudor's secret marriage
Aug 05, 2020
August 5 - Two brothers killed in suspicious circumstances
Aug 04, 2020
August 4 - Rebels fight most valiantly
Aug 03, 2020
August 3 - A notorious Tudor rake!
Aug 02, 2020
August 2 - Spaniards land in Cornwall and cause trouble
Aug 01, 2020
August 1 - A young blind woman is burnt for heresy
Jul 31, 2020
July 31 - Henry Grey, father of Lady Jane Grey, is released from the Tower
Jul 30, 2020
July 30 - Elizabeth leaves Somerset House to meet Mary
Jul 29, 2020
July 29 - England's clever tactics against the Spanish Armada
Jul 28, 2020
July 28 - A botched execution for Thomas Cromwell
Jul 27, 2020
July 27 - A Welshman comes to a sticky end on Anglesey
Jul 26, 2020
July 26 - Anne Boleyn and St Anne
Jul 25, 2020
July 25 - A fool gets into big trouble
Jul 24, 2020
July 24 - Richard Hesketh and his plot to depose Elizabeth I
Jul 23, 2020
July 23 - Baby Mary, Queen of Scots escapes with her mother
Jul 22, 2020
July 22 - Playwright Edward Sharpham and his Cupid's Whirligig
Jul 21, 2020
July 21 - The arrest of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland
Jul 20, 2020
July 20 - Queen Claude of France
Jul 19, 2020
July 19 - The sinking of the Mary Rose
Jul 18, 2020
July 18 - Queen Jane is betrayed and Queen Mary wins
Jul 17, 2020
July 17 - Richard Carew, a multi-talented man
Jul 16, 2020
July 16 - The death of Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of Henry VIII
Jul 15, 2020
July 15 - The Newbury Martyrs
Jul 14, 2020
July 14 - Richard Taverner and his Bible
Jul 13, 2020
July 13 - Unease among Queen Jane's councillors
Jul 12, 2020
July 12 - Men flock to Mary's cause and Jane makes a mistake
Jul 11, 2020
July 11 - Men change sides from Queen Jane to Mary
Jul 10, 2020
July 10 - The Throckmorton Plot against Elizabeth I
Jul 09, 2020
July 9 - Mary wants to avoid bloodshed and vengeance
Jul 08, 2020
July 8 - Thomas Boleyn's important duty
Jul 07, 2020
July 7 - William Turner, Father of English botany
Jul 06, 2020
July 6 - The execution of Sir Thomas More
Jul 05, 2020
July 5 - Sir Thomas More's last letter
Jul 04, 2020
July 4 - Gregory Cromwell - who was he?
Jul 03, 2020
July 3 - Pretender Perkin Warbeck lands
Jul 02, 2020
July 2 - Thomas Boleyn's loss is Cromwell's gain
Jul 01, 2020
July 1 - Sir Thomas More is found guilty
Jun 30, 2020
June 30 - A mortal head wound for a jousting King of France
Jun 29, 2020
June 29 - Henry Percy, sweetheart of Anne Boleyn
Jun 28, 2020
June 28 - A Catholic earl and poisoned roasted teal
Jun 27, 2020
June 27 - Two Cornishmen gain fame permanent and immortal
Jun 26, 2020
June 26 - Farther than Wingfield, no man dares to go
Jun 25, 2020
June 25 - Prince Henry (Henry VIII) gets betrothed
Jun 24, 2020
June 24 - Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, Elizabeth I's favourite
Jun 23, 2020
June 23 - Levina Teerlinc and her miniatures
Jun 22, 2020
June 22 - Thomas Boleyn becomes a Knight of the Bath
Jun 21, 2020
June 21 - Lady Jane Grey is Edward's heir
Jun 20, 2020
June 20 - Anne of Cleves is cross about Catherine Howard
Jun 19, 2020
June 19 - A bad end for a priest threatening William Cecil with hell
Jun 18, 2020
June 18 - Robert Recorde, his urinal and the equals sign
Jun 17, 2020
June 17 - Mary, Queen of Scots is imprisoned in Scotland
Jun 16, 2020
June 16 - Sir John Cheke, scholar and statesman
Jun 15, 2020
June 15 - Tudor Court Fools
Jun 14, 2020
June 14 - Two courtiers in trouble for supporting Mary
Jun 13, 2020
June 13 - Pregnant Catherine Parr goes to Sudeley
Jun 12, 2020
June 12 - Thomas Cromwell's quaking hand and most sorrowful heart
Jun 11, 2020
June 11 - St Barnabas Day and garlands
Jun 10, 2020
June 10 - Elizabeth I's Frog
Jun 09, 2020
June 9 - William Paget, a man who served 4 monarchs
Jun 08, 2020
June 8 - Elizabeth Woodville
Jun 07, 2020
June 7 - A water pageant for Jane Seymour
Jun 06, 2020
June 6 - Trouble brews in Bodmin
Jun 05, 2020
June 5 - Maria de Salinas, Catherine of Aragon's friend
Jun 04, 2020
June 4 - Lightning strikes St Paul's
Jun 03, 2020
June 3 - The Royal Supremacy
Jun 02, 2020
June 2 - Queen Jane Seymour
Jun 01, 2020
June 1 - Christopher Marlowe's death and inquest
May 31, 2020
May 31 - Henry VIII's annulment and a special Blackfriars court
May 30, 2020
May 30 - Knights of the Bath for Anne Boleyn's coronation
May 29, 2020
May 29 - John Penry and his scandalous writings
May 28, 2020
May 28 - The Spanish Armada sets sail
May 27, 2020
May 27 - Margaret Pole's botched execution
May 26, 2020
May 26 - Henry VIII and Charles V meet
May 25, 2020
May 25 - A great shaking of the ground - a Tudor earthquake
May 24, 2020
May 24 - The Life of Anne Askew
May 23, 2020
May 23 - Elizabeth the prisoner, "Much suspected by me, Nothing proved can be"
May 22, 2020
May 22 - New Garter Knights
May 21, 2020
May 21 - 81-year-old Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk
May 20, 2020
May 20 - A cardinal’s hat for a headless man
May 19, 2020
May 19 - A dispensation for Henry VIII to marry wife number three
May 18, 2020
May 18 - Rebel William Thomas comes to a bad end
May 17, 2020
May 17 - Anthony Bacon, a Tudor spy
May 16, 2020
May 16 - The real "John Blackthorne" of Shōgun
May 15, 2020
May 15 - Two noblemen tried for treason
May 14, 2020
May 14 - Henry VIII's leg problems
May 13, 2020
May 13 - A battle between Mary, Queen of Scots, and her half-brother
May 12, 2020
May 12 - A very obstinate friar
May 11, 2020
May 11 - The doctor who saved a queen
May 10, 2020
May 10 - A search for the Northeast Passage finds Ivan the Terrible instead
May 10, 2020
May 9 - Colonist William Bradford
May 08, 2020
May 8 - Charles Wriothesley and his chronicle
May 07, 2020
May 7 - The wife Bothwell divorced to marry Mary, Queen of Scots
May 06, 2020
May 6 - Sir James Tyrell, alleged killer of the Princes in the Tower
May 05, 2020
May 5 - Can’t kill him for heresy, let’s try treason...
May 05, 2020
May 4 - A pitiful and strange spectacle
May 03, 2020
May 3 - A man who served 3 monarchs and kept his head
May 02, 2020
May 2 - Celestial flesh leads to a burning
May 01, 2020
May 1 - A hot-tempered Tudor courtier
Apr 30, 2020
April 30 - Thomas Audley, Lord Chancellor
Apr 29, 2020
April 29 - Bothwell prepares to marry Mary, Queen of Scots
Apr 28, 2020
April 28 - A man involved in the falls of two queens
Apr 27, 2020
April 27 - A Tudor and Stuart adventurer
Apr 26, 2020
April 26 - Shakespeare and the plague
Apr 25, 2020
April 25 - Catherine Parr publishes a book
Apr 24, 2020
April 24 - Divining your future love
Apr 23, 2020
April 23 - George Boleyn loses out
Apr 22, 2020
April 22 - Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland
Apr 21, 2020
April 21 - The Philosopher's Stone offered to Elizabeth I
Apr 20, 2020
April 20 - Lady Mary Grey, sister of Lady Jane Grey
Apr 19, 2020
April 19 - Mary, Queen of Scots gets betrothed
Apr 18, 2020
April 18 - Eustace Chapuys bumps into Anne Boleyn
Apr 17, 2020
April 17 - St Henry Walpole
Apr 16, 2020
April 16 - A fortune from drinkable gold
Apr 15, 2020
April 15 - Champion to kings and servant to queens
Apr 14, 2020
April 14 - A Tudor magician who helped a countess get out of her marriage
Apr 13, 2020
April 13 - Too lenient a gaoler
Apr 12, 2020
April 12 - The Earl of Oxford, Elizabeth I's love child?
Apr 11, 2020
April 11 - Victory for Anne Boleyn, finally!
Apr 10, 2020
April 10 - The Gregorian Calendar versus the Julian Calendar
Apr 09, 2020
April 9 - Catherine Willoughby's second husband
Apr 08, 2020
April 8 - The Second Martin
Apr 07, 2020
April 7 - Robert Aske, the rebel leader
Apr 06, 2020
April 6 - The serial secret husband
Apr 05, 2020
April 5 - The Pope was wrong...
Apr 04, 2020
April 4 - William Strachey and Shakespeare's The Tempest
Apr 03, 2020
April 3 - Peace between Elizabeth I, France and the Empire
Apr 02, 2020
April 2 - The death of Prince Arthur
Apr 01, 2020
April 1 - William Harvey, his experiments and blood circulation
Mar 31, 2020
March 31 - John Donne, the bell tolls for thee
Mar 30, 2020
March 30 - Thomas Cranmer and his protestation
Mar 29, 2020
March 29 - Children encourage John Laurence at his sad end
Mar 28, 2020
March 28 - The amazing Raphael
Mar 27, 2020
March 27 - Arrangements are made for Prince Arthur to marry Catherine of Aragon
Mar 26, 2020
March 26 - Robert Carey and his eventful ride to King James
Mar 25, 2020
March 25 - Margaret Clitherow, the Pearl of York, and her awful end
Mar 24, 2020
March 24 - Robert Rich and Penelope Devereux, an unhappy marriage
Mar 23, 2020
March 23 - The last abbey is dissolved
Mar 22, 2020
March 22 - William Bourne, his life and his submarine
Mar 21, 2020
March 21 - Elizabeth I takes to her bed
Mar 20, 2020
March 20 - St Cuthbert Mayne, an Elizabethan priest and martyr
Mar 19, 2020
March 19 - Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell
Mar 18, 2020
March 18 - Elizabeth I is arrested
Mar 17, 2020
March 17 - Alexander Alesius and his terrifying vision of Anne Boleyn
Mar 16, 2020
March 16 - Richard Burbage, actor and friend of Shakespeare
Mar 15, 2020
March 15 - Henry VIII uses foul language!
Mar 14, 2020
March 14 - A man who served 4 monarchs and kept his head
Mar 13, 2020
March 13 - A young horse causes the death of an old earl
Mar 12, 2020
March 12 - The hidden remains of a treacherous monk
Mar 11, 2020
March 11 - William Warner, our English Homer
Mar 10, 2020
March 10 - John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford and his role in the Wars of the Roses
Mar 09, 2020
March 9 - Frances Radcliffe, Countess of Sussex, and her most rare gifts both of mind and body
Mar 08, 2020
March 8 - Henry VIII receives a leopard
Mar 07, 2020
March 7 - The Great Comet
Mar 06, 2020
March 6 - The Dissolution of the Monasteries
Mar 05, 2020
March 5 - Tobacco comes to Europe
Mar 04, 2020
March 4 - William Bullokar and his 40-letter alphabet
Mar 03, 2020
March 3 - Edward IV's son dies of a heart attack in the Tower of London
Mar 02, 2020
March 2 - Sir Thomas Bodley and the Bodleian Library
Mar 01, 2020
March 1 - George Wishart, a man with close friends and bitter enemies
Feb 29, 2020
February 29 - Elizabeth I's "white gift" and "little black husband"
Feb 28, 2020
February 28 - Thomas Forret, a chief heretic and teacher of heresy
Feb 27, 2020
February 27 - The ends of three Catholics at Tyburn
Feb 26, 2020
February 26 - The sad ends of loyal men
Feb 25, 2020
February 25 - Elizabeth I is excommunicated
Feb 24, 2020
February 24 - Katherine Howard, Elizabeth I's good friend
Feb 23, 2020
February 23 - Job Throckmorton, a colourful and lucky character
Feb 22, 2020
February 22 - Marie de Guise, who avoided marrying Henry VIII!
Feb 21, 2020
February 21 - Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick
Feb 20, 2020
February 20 - The hanging of Lady Hungerford
Feb 19, 2020
February 19 - The Rose Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse
Feb 18, 2020
February 18 - The Ridolfi Plot against Elizabeth I
Feb 17, 2020
February 17 - Love at first sight for Mary, Queen of Scots?
Feb 16, 2020
February 16 - Sir William Stanley is executed
Feb 15, 2020
February 15 - Galileo, the Father of Modern Science
Feb 14, 2020
February 14 - Being a royal favourite doesn't save you
Feb 13, 2020
February 13 - Bess of Hardwick
Feb 12, 2020
February 12 - Blanche Parry, a mother figure to Elizabeth I
Feb 11, 2020
February 11 - Success for George Boleyn
Feb 10, 2020
February 10 - Catherine Howard goes to the Tower
Feb 09, 2020
February 9 - An awful end for a bishop
Feb 08, 2020
February 7 - Sir Thomas More
Feb 06, 2020
February 6 - Thomas Cutwode and his dodgy works
Feb 05, 2020
February 5 - Elizabeth under investigation
Feb 04, 2020
February 4 - Mary Boleyn gets married
Feb 03, 2020
February 3 - Silken Thomas
Feb 02, 2020
February 2 - Sir Francis Bryan, the Vicar of Hell
Feb 01, 2020
February 1 - Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots' death warrant
Jan 31, 2020
January 31 - The great devil of all
Jan 30, 2020
January 30 - Four Gunpowder Plotters come to sticky ends
Jan 29, 2020
January 29 - Queen Anne Boleyn miscarries
Jan 28, 2020
January 28 - Elizabeth I, friend of the Ottoman Empire
Jan 27, 2020
January 27 - The fate of the Gun Powder Plotters
Jan 26, 2020
January 26 - Justice Spelman and Anne Boleyn's trial
Jan 25, 2020
January 25 - Bonfires, torches, bells ringing...
Jan 24, 2020
January 24 - Can jousting heal the problems between Englishmen and Spaniards?
Jan 23, 2020
January 23 - Elizabeth I opens the Royal Exchange
Jan 22, 2020
January 22 - Wyatt's Rebellion is planned
Jan 21, 2020
January 21 - Henry Howard's madding time
Jan 20, 2020
January 20 - Miles Coverdale dies after giving his best ever sermon
Jan 19, 2020
January 19 - Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
Jan 18, 2020
January 18 - Henry VII and Elizabeth of York get married
Jan 17, 2020
January 17 - Poet Thomas Wyatt is arrested
Jan 16, 2020
January 16 - Thomas Howard breaks his promise about Mary, Queen of Scots
Jan 15, 2020
January 15 - The death of Catherine Carey (Knollys), daughter of Mary Boleyn
Jan 14, 2020
January 14 - Francis Kett leaps and dances in the fire
Jan 13, 2020
January 13 - The Prince of Poets
Jan 12, 2020
January 12 - Elizabeth I goes to the Tower!
Jan 11, 2020
January 11 - A coulourful Lord of Misrule
Jan 10, 2020
January 10 - There never was so obstinate a heretic
Jan 09, 2020
January 9 - A queen twice over
Jan 08, 2020
January 8 - Mary Shelton, Anne Boleyn's cousin and lady
Jan 07, 2020
January 7 - "You shall find Calais lying in my heart"
Jan 06, 2020
January 6 - Epiphany fun and feasting
Jan 05, 2020
January 5 - Richard Willes - A quirky Tudor man
Jan 04, 2020
January 4 - A rebel keeps his head
Jan 03, 2020
January 3 - Martin Luther is excommunicated
Jan 02, 2020
January 2 - A visit for the dying Catherine of Aragon
Jan 01, 2020
January 1 - Henry VIII's disastrous meeting with Anne of Cleves
Dec 31, 2019
December 31 - The bishop who angered Elizabeth I
Dec 30, 2019
December 30 - Roger Ascham, Elizabeth I's tutor
Dec 29, 2019
December 29 - Japanese Pirates
Dec 28, 2019
December 28 - Childermas or Holy Innocents' Day
Dec 27, 2019
December 27 - Anne of Cleves arrives in England
Dec 26, 2019
December 26 - Boxing Day and Henry VIII's will
Dec 25, 2019
December 25 - Christmas Day and Lettice Knollys
Dec 24, 2019
A Christmas Message from Claire
Dec 24, 2019
December 24 - Henry VIII, mumpsimus and sumpsimus
Dec 23, 2019
December 23 - Nicholas Udall and the White Falcon
Dec 22, 2019
December 22 - Bishop Fisher begs for a shirt
Dec 21, 2019
December 21 - Jasper Tudor
Dec 20, 2019
December 20 - Catherine Howard's stepgrandmother begs forgiveness from the king
Dec 19, 2019
December 19 - A clash with a mob causes the death of an abbess
Dec 18, 2019
December 18 - Heretic John Philpott's sad end
Dec 17, 2019
December 17 - Henry VIII is excommunicated
Dec 16, 2019
December 16 - The birth of Catherine of Aragon
Dec 15, 2019
December 15 - Cardinal Pole is laid to rest
Dec 14, 2019
December 14 - Mary I is buried
Dec 13, 2019