September 19 – Two of the Coventry Martyrs are burnt
On this day in Tudor history, 19th September 1555, in the reign of Queen Mary I, Robert Glover and Cornelius Bungey were burnt at the stake in Little Park Street, Coventry. They were Protestants burnt...
View ArticleSeptember 28 – Elizabeth accompanies Mary I to the Tower of London
On this day in Tudor history, 28th September 1553, in the reign of Queen Mary I, Elizabeth, the nineteen-year-old daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, accompanied her thirty-seven-year-old...
View ArticleSeptember 30 – Mary I’s coronation procession in London
On this day in Tudor history, Saturday 30th September 1553, Queen Mary I’s coronation procession took place in London. Mary, the daughter of Henry VIII by his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, processed...
View ArticleOctober 5 – The future Mary I gets betrothed as part of a treaty between...
On this day in Tudor history, 5th October 1518, at Greenwich Palace, Princess Mary (the future Mary I), daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, became betrothed. The two-year-old princess was...
View ArticleOctober 8 – Henry VIII puts pressure on his daughter Mary
On this day in Tudor history, 8th October 1536, in the reign of King Henry VIII, the king put pressure on his daughter Mary to write some letters. At this time in 1536, the Pilgrimage of Grace...
View ArticleMary I: Bloody Mary or a sad and tragic queen?
Thank you to everyone who left comments on my “What do you think about Queen Mary I?” video. Today, I’m sharing the results, the words you used to describe Queen Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII and...
View Article16 Things you might not know about Mary I
Queen Mary I, who ruled from 1553 to 1558, has gone down in history as Bloody Mary due to the heresy burnings of her reign, but there’s far more to her than that, and she really is a fascinating Tudor...
View ArticleMary I – Bloody Mary, a failure queen? – Zoom Debate
New Bonus zoom debate – Mary I – Bloody Mary, a failure queen? Transcript: Hello! It’s not long now until my Discovering Mary I event starts on 16th January 2023 and I thought it would be fun, in the...
View ArticleHurry! Register before the end of 31 December!
Just a reminder that you need to register for my online Discovering Mary I event before end of 31st December 2022 to join the live zoom video debate with me and Dr Johanna Strong. Johanna’s PhD thesis...
View Article18 February 1516 – The birth of Queen Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII and...
On this day in Tudor history, Queen Catherine of Aragon, first wife of King Henry VIII, gave birth to a healthy baby girl, a little girl who would grow up to be Queen Mary I, England’s first official...
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