Incredible Details Of The Past: Bringing The Cowdray Murals Back To Life – With Dominic Fontana
The header image is a watercolour painting which shows detail of one of the Cowdray murals, recording the sinking of…
Berkshire | Henry VIII | Jane Seymour | PEOPLE | PLACES
St George’s Chapel, The Burial of Elizabeth II, Plus More Tales from Inside the Royal Vaults
On Monday 19 September 2022, the body of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II was interred in St George’s Chapel, part…
On the Road to The Field of Cloth of Gold – A Spectacle of Majesty at Canterbury
Last week, I published the first part of a glorious account of the meeting between Henry VIII and Charles V,…
Cardinal Wolsey | Henry VIII | Katherine of Aragon | Kent | Mary Tudor, Queen of France | PEOPLE | Thomas Wolsey
Canterbury Cathedral: Power, Pomp and One Amazing Tudor Party!
In late May 1520, the English royal household began to make its way from Greenwich toward the Pale of Calais…
Henry VIII | London | PEOPLE | Thomas Wolsey
‘Gold and Glory’ at Hampton Court Palace
The Field of Cloth of Gold was one of the most spectacular events of its age. Feted for the ostentatious…
Rievaulx Abbey & the Brutal Dissolution of the Monasteries
This blog is adapted from an ‘on-location’ interview recorded for an episode of The Tudor History & Travel Show. Our…
Hampton Court: The Emergence of a Tudor Palace
The 30 November (2020) sees the 490th anniversary of the sad demise and death of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey at Leicester…
Esher Place: House of Mourning
The tragic and untimely death of Jane Seymour 483 years ago today devastated Henry VIII. Although Jane died at Hampton…
Anne Boleyn | Edward VI | Elizabeth I | Henry VIII | Kent | Kent | PEOPLE | PLACES
Eltham Palace: London’s Royal Nursery
?Eltham was a once-great medieval palace. During the Tudor period, it was home to the likes of Prince Henry (the…
Acton Court: An Authentic Tudor Courtier’s House
Acton Court is an exquisite example of a courtier’s house from the early Tudor period. I will say more about…