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William Cecil, Lord Burghley
Tudor Tomb:
Name and Title: Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
Born: 24 June 1532
Died: 4 September 1548.
Buried: The Beauchamp Chapel, St Mary’s Church, Warwick.
Read more and see images and a video of the tomb here…
The 1502 Progress: The Vineyard at Over, Gloucestershire
The 1502 Progress fo Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, continued…
Having stayed overnight in Coberley Hall, the royal party was again on the move. As we read in the above quote, their destination was the Abbot of Gloucesterโs fine manor house, which stood on a raised plateau west of Gloucester. The house was known as โThe Vineyardโ because of the ancient vines cultivated on its terraces since at least the thirteenth century…
Jedburgh and the Mysterious Near-Death of Mary, Queen of Scots
For a fleeting period of time, in the autumn of 1566, those standing around the bed of Mary, Queen of…
5 Mouth-Watering Summer Tudor Recipes Not to be Missed!
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Miserden Estate, Gloucestershire
Read about Miserden Estate, a manor house and garden dating back to Tudor times, believed to have been visited by Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
The 1502 Progress: Tudor Northleach, Gloucestershire
Northleach was the second documented stop on the 1502 progress of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York after leaving the Old Manor at Woodstock ….There were six, or perhaps, seven stages that broke up the journey from Woodstock in Oxfordshire to their destination, Raglan Castle in South-East Wales. This suggests a rhythm of one day of travelling followed by one day of rest. This makes sense when Elizabethโs pregnancy and recent illness.
But why did the King choose to rest in Northleach – the answer to that question is explored in this post