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Tudor Day Trips From London: Canterbury
Venturing out of the city of London, we travel to Canterbury, Kent. An important medieval city, The Tudor Travel Guide explores the city’s sixteenth century history, providing inspiration for your next Tudor road trip to Canterbury.
Let’s go…!
The 1535 Progress: The Old Palace of Langley, Oxfordshire
After the court had made the twelve-mile journey from Abingdon Abbey, they arrived at the Old Palace of Langley on 16 July , staying for five days. Today, perched on high ground to the south of the village of Shipton-Under-Wychwood, is the small hamlet of Langley, locally famous for being home to a site where itโs traditionally said once stood King Johnโs Palace. Although the Old Palace of Langley was extensively remodelled in 1858, the converted building includes Tudor walls and Itโs still possible to see the initials H E, for Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, on a stone panel at the front of the farmhouse.
The History of Otley Hall: Intriguing Tales of Spectre & Adventure
In this episode, I head to the county of Suffolk to visit Otley Hall. A house of enormous historical significance, the part-timber, part-brick building is a traditional Tudor design and retains many original features.
I’m joined by Louisa Flavell, who moved to Otley Hall in 2020 and is committed to bringing this stunning Tudor building back to its former glory.
KATHERINE PARR, QUEEN OF ENGLAND
Name and Title: Katherine Parr (she signed her letters Kateryn Parr), Queen of England.
Born: Blackfriars, London, c.1512.
Died: 5 September 1548.
Buried: Sudeley Castle Chapel, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire.
In this blog we explore the life, death and burial of Queen Katherine Parr…
Sir William ap Thomas of Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire
Medieval Tomb:
Name and Title: Sir William ap Thomas
Born: Sometime in the 1380s.
Died: 3 May 1445, London.
Buried: St Mary’s Priory, Abergavenny, Wales.
Read more and see images of the tomb here…
A Tudor Weekend Away in York
In this guide, we travel to York, the capital city and crowning jewel of North Yorkshire. It is one of the โmust visitโ destinations in the North of England, with its history stretching back to the Roman conquest It is among a select handful of English cities to have most of its medieval walls still intact, and within those walls, wonky medieval buildings and higgledy-piggledy streets abound.