The Times of the Tudors

Chidiock Tichborne was one of the men chosen to assassinate Elizabeth I in the doomed Babington plot. On the eve of his execution, 19th Sept...

It is widely believed - and has been so for centuries - that the song "Greensleeves" was written by Henry VIII about Anne Boleyn b...

The loss of Calais to the French was one of the greatest errors made during Mary I's reign - a fact the Queen herself was well aware of....

One of the best known - and only known - quotes from Catherine of Aragon is regarding her jewellery. When Henry VIII asked her to surrender ...

After Margaret Pole, the Countess of Salisbury had been executed, a short piece of text was found carved into the wall. The Countess denied ...

The poem has been attributed to Thomas Wyatt - who was not only a personal friend of the Boleyn family but was also arrested along with the ...

This poem is written by Henry Howard, the Earl of Surrey who was the last to be executed during the reign of Henry VIII. Laid in my quiet...

"The Lady Katherine is a proud, stubborn woman of very high courage. If she took it into her head to take her daughter's part, she...

This poem is thought to be written by Anne Boleyn the days before her execution and supports the theory that she welcomed death in the last ...

The Virgin Queen left her mark and personality for us to see through the quotes that survived her