Admiral Thomas Seymour
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THE MYSTERY OF HENRY GREY, DUKE OF SUFFOLK’S HEAD
“Princes”, Admiral Thomas Seymour, Anne Boleyn, Anne Mowbray, coronations, Edward VI, executions, Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk, Jane, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, Lady Elizabeth Grey, Lady Elizabeth Talbot, Lady Frances Brandon, Lady Katherine Grey, Lady Mary Grey, lords protector, Minories, mouat, National Portrait Gallery, Poor Clare’s convent, rebellions, Richard of Shrewsbury, severed heads, Sir George Scharf, Sir Thomas Wyatt, st botolph aldgateHenry Grey was the father of the ill-fated Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Days’ Queen. A great grandson of Elizabeth Woodville, through her son , Thomas, from her first marriage to Sir John Grey, he married Frances Brandon, daughter Henry VIII’s sister, Mary, so their children, three girls named Jane, Katherine and Mary, had a…
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“Becoming Elizabeth”
Admiral Thomas Seymour, Alicia von Rittburg, Amy Robsart, Anglo-Scottish Wars, beards, Catherine Parr, Channel Four, David Starkey, Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, executions, Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk, Henry VIII, heresy, Jane, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, Kett Rebellion, Lord Guildford Dudley, Lord Protector of the Realm, Mary I, Mary Stuart, Norwich, Oliver Zetterstrom, Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, ScotlandThis drama series, from Starz but now broadcast on Channel Four, follows the momentous but unheralded reign of Edward VI through the eyes of the future Elizabeth I. It features the literally fratricidal feud between the Seymour brothers as the elder, the Duke of Somerset, becomes Lord Protector but also the King’s governor, powers that…
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Lady Mary Howard married the bastard son of Henry VIII….
“Tudors”, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Admiral Thomas Seymour, Anne Boleyn, Arthur “Tudor”, Bess Holland, Countess of Nottingham, Devonshire Manuscript, Duchess of Richmond, Duchess of Somerset, Edward VI, Eric Ives, Exhumation, Henry Fitzroy, Howards, illegitimate children, John Foxe, Kenninghall, Lady Mary Howard, Lissa Bryan, Mary I, non-consummation, Reigate Castle, royal marriages, St. Michael’s Church Framlingham, Thomas Earl of Surrey, VictoriansI found the article below at this site where the numerous posts are Tudor-oriented (Henry VIII), but very interesting and informative. The article is given in full to tempt you into visiting the site to read all the others:- “….On November 25th or 26th, 1533, Henry FitzRoy married Lady Mary Howard. “….Mary Howard…
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Was Thomas Seymour guilty of any hanky-panky with his young stepdaughter Princess Elizabeth (to become Elizabeth I)? Well, yes, I don’t think there’s any doubt of that, but there has to be doubt about the extent of the hanky-panky. She was very young, around thirteen, and he was thirty-eight, so it certainly wasn’t runaway youthful…
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A constitutionally important “Tudor” servant
Admiral Thomas Seymour, Anne Askew, Battle of Preston, Catherine of Aragon, Civil War, Colchester, Court of Augmentations, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Earls of Warwick, Edmund Bonner, Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset, Essex, executions, Felsted, Henry VIII, Hugh Trevor-Roper, John Fisher, John Hurt, Kimbolton Castle, Leez Priory, Marian persecution, Mary I, Parliament, Paul Scofield, Robert Bolt, siege of Colchester, Sir Richard Rich, Speakers of the Commons, St. Neots, Stephen Gardiner, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas More, Thomas Wolsey, torture, Tower of London, WalesWe tend to have rather a negative view of Sir Richard Rich, or Baron Rich of Leez as he became in February 1547, nowadays. In this, we are somewhat influenced by Robert Bolt’s portrayal of him, as a “betrayer” of More, together with the history of Trevor-Roper. One Bolt line, memorably delivered by Paul Scofield…
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Some more Despenser connections
Admiral Thomas Seymour, Anne Neville, Danny Dyer, Edward II, Edward of Middleham, Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset, Edward VI, executions, Frank Gardner, George V, Gregory Cromwell, Hexham, Hugh Earl of Winchester, Hugh le Despenser, Ireland, Jane Seymour, Kathryn Warner, Laura Culme-Seymour, lynchings, Miranda HartLast year, we showed how Anne Neville (and thus Edward of Middleham) were descended from Hugh Despenser the Elder, Earl of Winchester. Having followed up Kathryn Warner’s suggestion, this file allows us to add another Queen Consort, a King, a Lord Protector and a Lord High Admiral to the list of that Earl’s descendants. This can…
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Yet another target for the Cairo dwellers
Admiral Thomas Seymour, Antoine de Noaillles, Chris Skidmore, Christine Hartweg, denialists, Edward II, Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset, Edward VI, executions, flowers, French embassy, Henri II, Hester Chapman, Isabella de Valois, Jacqueline Reiter, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, John Earl of Chatham, Kathryn Warner, Lord High Admiral, Lord Protector of the Realm, National Archives, Paul Doherty, plants, Richard III, VictoriaLast autumn, we reblogged posts to illustrate that the denialists of the history world, quite apart from their antics with respect to Richard III, quoted an obviously non-existent part of a document about Edward II and cited a book on botany, with reference to John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, that he couldn’t have owned…
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The Howards, Talbots and Seymours – England’s auxilliary royal families?
Admiral Charles Rodney, Admiral Thomas Seymour, Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard, Charles II, Dukes of Somerset, Edward IV, George IV, George V, Henry VIII, Howards, James of Monmouth, Jane Seymour, John Ashdown-Hill, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Laura Culme-Seymour, Lucy Walter, Maria Smythe, Miranda Hart, naval families, Royal Marriage Secrets, Seymours, TalbotsThis document shows the descent of the known “wives”, secret wives, mistresses, illegal wives and alleged partners of five English and British kings, taken from Ashdown-Hill’s Royal Marriage Secrets: thosehowardsagain As a bonus, Laura Culme-Seymour, from a naval family, including Admiral Thomas Lord Seymour; Admiral Rodney and the first three Culme-Seymour baronets, has a famous…
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More Lord Protectors and Defenders of the Realm
“Tudor” policy, Admiral Thomas Seymour, Annette Carson, codicil, Edward IV, Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset, Edward V, Edward VI, Frank Gardner, Henry VI, Henry VIII, Humphrey of Gloucester, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, John of Bedford, Lord High Constable, Lord Protector of the Realm, Richard III, Sir Michael Stanhope, willMany readers of Carson’s “Richard Duke of Gloucester as Lord Protector and High Constable of England” will be curious, given “Tudor” criticism of the Duke’s twin roles in 1483, of their practice in the next century, by comparison. The occasion in question was, of course, the accession of Edward VI as the only surviving son…
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