This show notes page accompanies my on-location visit to two sites in Leicestershire: Groby Old Hall and Bradgate Park. With links to the Grey family, Bradgate Park was the childhood home of Lady Jane Grey, granddaughter of Mary Tudor (sister of Henry VIII) and Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk.
Name and Title: Sir Ralph Sadler.
Born: 1507 in Hackney, London.
Died: 30 March 1587 at Standon, Hertfordshire.
Buried: St Mary’s Church, Standon, Hertfordshire.
Read more and see images of the tomb here…
In this episode, I head to the city of Leicester as we travel back to August 1485 and the Battle of Bosworth. Joined by our guide, Steve Bruce, we visit some of the main sites associated with Richard III’s time in the city.
In this episode, I head to the county of Leicestershire in the East Midlands.
I’m joined by Peter Liddle, Archaeologist and expert on Launde Abbey. We tour this incredible building and discover its connections to the Cromwell family.
Thomas Wolsey was a lucky man. Accused of treason, he narrowly avoided Henry VIII’s ‘justice’ on the scaffold and instead…
Perhaps there was never such a sad and desolate figure in Tudor history as the diminutive Lady Jane Grey, the…
