The 1535 Progress, Anne Boleyn and Me: An Adventure in Time!
A little later than scheduled, on 8 or 9 July 1535, Henry VIII set out from Windsor Castle in Berkshire…
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…
Leicester Abbey: The Mystery of the Lost Tomb of Cardinal Wolsey
Thomas Wolsey was a lucky man. Accused of treason, he narrowly avoided Henry VIII’s ‘justice’ on the scaffold and instead…
Cawood: A Cardinal’s Lamentable Treason
As the deepening chill of late autumn crept icily across the Yorkshire countryside, a cavalcade of men on horseback, headed…