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The Battle of Bosworth Field and the beginning of the Tudor Dynasty
On this day in history, 22nd August 1485, the last Plantagenet king, Richard III, was killed when his Yorkist forces met those of Lancastrian Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth Field.
Henry claimed the throne as Henry VII and went on to marry Richard’s niece, Elizabeth of York, daughter of King Edward IV, thus uniting the royal houses of York and Lancaster. It was the start of a new dynasty of the throne of England: the Tudors.
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The princess who lived in the shadow of kings – Katherine of York
On this day in history, 14th August 1479, Katherine of York was born.
She was the daughter of King Edward IV and Queen Elizabeth Woodville, the sister of Queen Elizabeth of York and the Princes in the Tower, and the aunt of Henry VIII. She was at the very heart of Plantagenet and Tudor dynasties — living through regime change, rebellion, and royal funerals, yet she chose to live out her final days on her estates in Devon.
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The Tudor Lord with 9 Lives – John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton
On this day in history, 22nd July 1437 (or 1438), John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton, was born at Bolton Castle in Yorkshire. He was a man who’d back the losing side multiple times, but with his head intact.
He fought at Towton with Edward IV, rebelled against him, supported Richard III, then Henry VII, then backed a royal pretender… yet he survived! He reall was like a cat with nine lives.
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Innovation and Panic at the Siege of Antwerp 1584-5 by Loretta Goldberg
Thank you to Loretta Goldberg, author of The Reversible Mask: An Elizabethan Spy Novel for joining us today and sharing this excellent guest article on the Siege of Antwerp.
During World War II, Sir Winston Churchill said, “In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.” Illusion was a tactic used in 1944 to deceive the Nazis about where the allies would land; many historians believe that the Normandy beachhead held because of the deception. 336 years earlier, in 1588, England faced invasion by Spain with its Armada of 120 ships and 20,000 troops that were meant to be supplemented by comparable forces from Spain’s soldiers and barges in the Netherlands (known as the Army of Flanders.) Illusion then also saved England.
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The Tragic Tale of Lady Katherine Grey
On this day in Tudor history, 21st February 1568, Lady Katherine Grey, Countess of Hertford, was laid to rest at Yoxford. But her story doesn’t end there. Years later, her grandson reinterred her remains in the Seymour family tomb at Salisbury Cathedral.
Katherine Grey’s life may have been short—she was only around twenty-seven when she died—but it was filled with political intrigue, imprisonment, and heartbreak. She was a granddaughter of Mary Tudor, Queen of France, and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, making her a first cousin once removed to Queen Elizabeth I. More significantly, she was the younger sister of Lady Jane Grey, the so-called ‘Nine Days’ Queen.’ And like Jane, Katherine’s royal blood made her both a pawn and a threat in Tudor politics.
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Anne Herbert (née Parr), Countess of Pembroke and a Queen’s sister
She served five of Henry VIII’s queens, witnessed scandal, betrayal, and power shifts, and became the closest confidante of the last Tudor queen consort—yet history has largely forgotten her.
She was Anne Herbert (née Parr), Countess of Pembroke, the younger sister of Catherine Parr.
Anne played a key role in Tudor court life, navigating its dangers with intelligence and grace. She stood beside queens who lost their heads, carried out high-stakes royal duties, and even found herself entrusted with the doomed Catherine Howard’s jewels.
But who was Anne Herbert beyond her royal connections? What was her true role at court? And how did she manage to stay in favour through so many royal changes?
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#OTD in Tudor history – 30 December
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#OTD in Tudor history – 22 December
On this day in Tudor history, 22nd December, an imprisoned Bishop Fisher wrote to Thomas Cromwell begging him for a shirt and sheet (1534), and Protestant martyrs John Rough and Margaret Mearing, were burnt at Smithfield for heresy (1557)…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 20 December
On this day in Tudor history, 20th December, Catherine Howard’s step-grandmother begged Henry VIII for forgiveness (1541), and Edward Arden was hanged, drawn and quartered for allegedly plotting with his son-in-law to kill the queen (1583)…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 9 December
On this day in Tudor history, 9th December, Sir Edward Neville was executed for treason for allegedly conspiring against King Henry VIII (1538), and Queen Catherine Howard’s step-grandmother, the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, was questioned (1541)…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 5 December
On this day in Tudor history, 5th December, Anne de Vere (née Cecil), wife of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, and daughter of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, was born (1556), and King Francis II of France, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, died of an ear infection (1560)…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 2 December
On this in Tudor history, 2nd December, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, was arrested after being accused of improper heraldry (1546), and Elizabeth I finally agreed to a public proclamation of sentence against Mary, Queen of Scots: death (1586)…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 1 December
On this day in Tudor history, 1st December, Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham were found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death (1541), and Catholic priests Alexander Briant, Ralph Sherwin and Edmund Campion were hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn (1581)…
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