The New Murrey and Blue blog

HENRY VIII LOSES HIS HEAD

, ,
, , , , , ,

Only 500 years or so too late,  Karma finally takes its toll of England’s Nero…

 

HENRY

Strangely,  I found this amusing image on the very day I found out my oldest known relative was (according to Wikitree) related to old Henry ‘in the 29th degree’ via Henry’s sister Margaret “Tudor”. I admit I was inconsolable for a bit…but then had to think of the good ne…ie that also means a distant connection  with the House of York! And it could have been worse–could always have been Buckingham!

Subscribe to my newsletter

  1. Kathy H D Kingsbury Avatar
    Kathy H D Kingsbury

    It could be worse. You could be related to Rhys ap Thomas like I am supposed to be.

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply
  2. viscountessw Avatar
    viscountessw

    Henry VIII with his head lopped? And about time too!!!

    Like

    Reply
  3. The Stanley who could have been King. – murreyandblue

    […] was the “right heir” by the usual standards of inheritance, but he had been excluded by Henry VIII‘s will. As Elizabeth was only Queen herself by the terms of that will (the succession being […]

    Like

    Reply
  4. A property sale in Suffolk – murreyandblue

    […] build houses in the 1480s would Charles Somerset, later Earl of Worcester and Lord Chamberlain to Henry VIII, who was the illegitimate son of the 3rd Duke of […]

    Like

    Reply
  5. Inventions – murreyandblue

    […] is a selection of useful inventions. I was surprised to find out how old the stair lift was but Henry VIII and his maternal grandfather could both have availed themselves of it and 1536 was just in time for […]

    Like

    Reply
  6. The “royal” village of King’s Langley…. – murreyandblue

    […] Langley is “jam-packed with royal history”. Indeed it is, although the connection to Henry VIII (the article has a LARGE picture of him!) isn’t the point for those of us who think the […]

    Like

    Reply
  7. Borman on Thomas Cromwell – murreyandblue

    […] Essex just over three months before his attainder and dramatic truncation at Tower Hill, for which Henry VIII later expressed his […]

    Like

    Reply
  8. Henry VIII’s mistresses…. – murreyandblue

    […] accustomed to reading about Henry VIII’s six wives, but his mistresses aren’t quite as well known. This article (by Amy Licence) is […]

    Like

    Reply
  9. A review of Westminster Abbey: Behind Closed Doors…. – murreyandblue

    […] Matthew Payne, Keeper of the Muniments, searches an early burial list from  the 16th century because a few years ago a coffin was discovered on the south side of the Lady Chapel. It was a very rare, very high status anthropoid coffin (i.e. in the shape of a human) so whosever it was had been extremely rich and important. This mysterious coffin is now housed in the abbey’s attic storeroom while more delving is done into its occupant. There are two candidates, one of whom had only been buried there for three years before the old Lady Chapel was pulled down by Henry VII in 1516. Um, no. This is an error because if it was 1516 it wasn’t odious Henry VII but his even more odious son, Henry VIII. […]

    Like

    Reply
  10. Sir William Vaux and his wife, Katherine. – murreyandblue

    […] (3) She was, at this date, granted an annuity of 20 marks by Henry VIII. […]

    Like

    Reply

Leave a comment