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The Tudor court would not have been complete without its fools or jesters. While seemingly a lowly position – employed to entertain the court with jokes, stories and juggling acts – they actually held an advantageous position as they were permitted i

An anonymous chronicle claimed that Catherine Howard’s last words were: " I die a queen, but I would rather die the wife of Thomas Culpeper". Culpeper was her accused lover, but historians dispute that she would have said this. In 2018, a Tudor gard

Following the birth of Henry VIII’s illegitimate son, Henry Fitzroy, in 1519, the saying “Bless ’ee Bessie Blount” became popular in parts of England. In her affair with the King, Blount had proven that he was capable of fathering a son. Henry Carey,

Popular history is so well versed in the six wives of Henry VIII that they require little introduction. Seemingly every depiction of his reign, from the colourful bodice-ripper series The Tudors to the flickering candlelight drama Wolf Hall, serves t

1,600 The number of meals served daily by the kitchens at Hampton Court Palace when the King and court were in residence 200,000 DUCATS Catherine of Aragon’s dowry on her marriage to Prince Arthur 11 The number of days between Anne Boleyn’s executi

In a manuscript presented to Henry VII in 1503, Italian astrologer William Parron predicted that Elizabeth of York would live until she was 80 (she died mere months later, aged 37) and that the future Henry VIII would father many male heirs.  A newbo

In the corner of this early 16th-century painting is what is now believed to be one of the earliest-known depictions of the future Henry VIII. The red-headed prince, in green, is thought to be weeping on a bed following the death of his beloved mothe

Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. How King Henry VIII ended each of his marriages is widely known thanks to this handy rhyme, while the stories of his six wives continue to enthrall. The annulment of his marriage to Catherine of

3 The number of books published by Henry VIII’s sixth wife, Katherine Parr, during their marriage 20,000 The number of women who marched on Pretoria in 1956 to protest against Pass Laws 338,226 The number of men saved in a “miracle of deliverance”

Catherine of Aragon (Charlotte Hope) and her husband, Henry VIII (Ruairi O’Connor), are feeling like the rock stars of 16thcentury Europe when the period drama returns for Part 2. But England’s royal couple “are taking too much for granted, riding to

Nathen Amin is a historian and researcher from Carmarthenshire, Wales, whose work focuses on the reign of Henry VII and the 15th century in general. His books include The House Of Beaufort and Henry VII And The Tudor Pretenders: Simnel, Warbeck And W

At the opening of the final part of Hilary Mantel’s magnificent trilogy, our hero Thomas Cromwell is breezily heading off to breakfast scarcely before the blood has dried after the beheading of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife. It’s 1536 and Cro

The penultimate book in Alison Weir’s Six Tudor Queens series focuses on the tragic young Katheryn Howard. A pawn in the hands of her ambitious family, Katheryn is thrust into the arms of Henry VIII, but her past soon comes back to haunt her. Their m

Mary is born in Greenwich. She is the only child of Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon (pictured below), to survive infancy Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine is declared invalid five months after he marries a second wife, Anne Boley

When Sir William Brandon, Henry VII’s standard bearer was killed by Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field in August 1485, the new Tudor king had his only son Charles raised at court as a mark of his gratitude. Brandon became close friends with

Part Two T he death in 1537 of Henry VIII’s third wife Jane Seymour had cast the King into a deep depression and his marital track record – divorcing his first wife Catherine of Aragon and executing his second wife Anne Boleyn – hardly recommended hi