Kentwell, Suffolk; Your Tudor Time Machine
Would you like to come with me back to 1539? King Henry VIII is in negotiation to marry his fourth…
Anne Boleyn | Norfolk | PLACES
Planning a Perfect Autumn Getaway at Blickling Hall in Norfolk
Cover image: The Parterre by Martin Pettitt via Wikimedia Commons – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic Autumn is about to burst…
Rye House: Childhood Home of Katherine Parr
This stop on the journey of Henry VIII’s six wives takes us to rural Hertfordshire. As we learn more about…
ACCOMMODATION | PLACES | Suffolk | Suffolk
The Swan at Lavenham, Suffolk
I know that finding a great place to stay, one packed full of history and character, will be top of…
Tattershall Castle and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk
Cover image via Wikimedia Commons courtesy of Tanya Dedyukhina via Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Tattershall Castle and its history…
St Edmundsbury Abbey: The Life and Death of Mary Tudor
How much do you know about the life and death of Mary Tudor, Queen of France? Maybe quite a bit,…
Framlingham Castle, Suffolk: A Tudor Stronghold
To stand in the centre of Framlingham Castle, surrounded by its nearly 900-year-old walls, is to stand in the place…
West Stow Hall, Suffolk
Is your idea of the perfect weekend get-away staying in a charming Tudor manor house, full of original features, nestled…
Hampton Court Palace | Henry VIII | London | London | PLACES
Hampton Court Palace – Henry VIII’s Lost Apartments
This post contains some affiliate links Have you ever visited Hampton Court Palace, the Mecca for any Tudor time traveller?…
Henry VIII | London | London | PLACES
A Day in the Life of…Henry VIII’s Laundress
Welcome to 1538! We so often read about the lives of the Tudor nobility, but what goes on below stairs?…