The Times of the Tudors

Considering Henry VIII's "difficulties" in finding happiness in marriage it is worth to take a look at that of his parents. Th...

Not only was Epping Forest one of the many hunting forests for the royal Tudors it also had a special and tragic connection to Henry VIII. W...

On 23 February 1554 Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk was executed by an axeman on the order of Mary I. In 1851 (almost 300 years after his death)...

It may seem odd but there actually are a few connections between the Tudors and different trees. Let's take a look at how they are conne...

Princess Mary - daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon - was reputedly completely ignorant of any foul words or phrases. It has been...

Well, we all know that the hygiene was lacking (to say the least) at the court of the Tudors. But it appears from recently discovered docume...

Henry VIII had chosen the nickname "Sir Loyal Heart" for himself and when he participated in tournaments and jousts, he would go u...

Mary I is remembered as a very strict and religious woman whom only the court fool could make laugh. But Mary had inherited some of her fath...

Anne Boleyn had a special fondness for dogs and especially for her little dog whom she named Purkoy, after the French word pourquoi (which m...

Henry VIII was extremely paranoid on many different areas and one of them was medicine. He distrusted his doctors and during his reign, he b...

My first titillating titbit is about Anne Boleyn: Anne Boleyn gave more money to the poor of England in her three years as Queen than her ...