Anne of Cleves
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Anne of Cleves’ House
Anne of Cleves, Anne of Cleves’ House, annulments, Archbishop Cranmer, car homes, Chelsea Old Manor, Greenwich Palace, Hans Holbein, Haverhill, Henry VIII, Jedburgh, John Ashdown-Hill, london overspill towns, Mary Queen of Scots’ House, non-consummation, physiotherapists, Rochester Abbey, Royal Marriage Secrets, Suffolk, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas HardyHere it is, the house in Haverhill that the “sister” of Henry VIII lived in for a few years, as part of their non-consummation annulment settlement, only six months after the “marriage” in Greenwich to follow a betrothal at Rochester. She outlived Henry, Holbein who painted her, Cromwell who arranged the wedding, Cranmer who presided…
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This two part series was originally shown on 5Select during December 2021, presented by Tracy Borman from the Tower of London. It went beyond the cliched story of: the brewery in Putney, service to Wolsey, surviving him, the Dissolution, outmanoeuvring Anne Boleyn, setting up the Cleves “marriage” and being sent to the block to encounter…
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Long live the new king? Ye gods. Henry VII may have been an unpleasant, money-grubbing, paranoid gargoyle, but his son was a true MONSTER. Forget about falls on the head changing his character, the fact is that he’s remembered for his marriages and the way he executed two of his unfortunate queens, Anne Boleyn…
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THOMAS CROMWELL’S HOUSE IN AUSTIN FRIARS
“Perkin”, Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, Augustinian Friars, Austin Friars, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Edmund Bellard, executions, Great Fire of London, Hans Holbein, Henry VIII, John Stow, London, Museum of London, Pilgrimage of Grace, Royal Marriage Secrets, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Wolsey, Throgmorton Street, William CalleyReblogged from A Medieval potpourri sparkypus.com Thomas Cromwell c.1532. Minature attibuted to Hans Holbein the Younger. Oil on panel. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Following on from my earlier post on Perkin Warbeck and his burial at Austin Friars where I touched upon Thomas Cromwell’s house in the Austin Friars precinct I was happy to come across this…
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MISIDENTIFIED HISTORICAL PORTRAITS INCLUDING TUDOR QUEENS…
“Tudors”, Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, beards, Bere Regis, breeches, Catherine Howard, Charles Brandon, Cromwells, David Starkey, Elizabeth of York, executions, fashion, Hans Holbein, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Jane, Jane Seymour, John Morton, Katherine Parr, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Mary “Tudor”, Mary I, Master John, National Portrait Gallery, Nicolas Sanders, Queen’s Collection, queens, Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Rous Roll, royal portraits, Sir John Cheke, St. Mary’s Fairford, St. Mary’s Warwick, Thomas Wolsey, Toledo Museum of Art, tomb effigies, Wars of the RosesReblogged from MISIDENTIFIED HISTORICAL PORTRAITS INCLUDING TUDOR QUEENS… Does anyone else like me get irritated by misidentified portraits of historical characters? Is it that difficult to get correct? It’s quite sloppy to be honest as just a quick glance at them tells you something ain’t quite right here! It’s particularly common around 16th century portraiture when…
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The prospect of becoming Henry VIII’s seventh wife cannot have been cheering, but it seems possible it was the fate of Katherine Willoughby, who was the widow of Henry’s great friend, Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. It seems she’d been ‘in the wings’ so to speak since marrying Brandon, who was well over…
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Bishop Stillington’s Testimony: Was it Enough under Church Law?
Angelo Cato, Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Charles V, denialists, Domenico Mancini, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, Eustace Chapuys, evidence, executions, fidedignus, Gregory IX, Henry VIII, illegitimacy, Jacquette, Keeper of the Privy Seal, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Louis XI, parish registers, Phillippe de Commynes, pre-contract, probatio plena, qualified witnesses, R.H. Helmholz, Ricardian Bulletin, Richard of Warwick, Robert Stillington, secret marriage, sorcery, Susan Troxell, Thomas Cromwell, Titulus Regius, two-witness rule
Originally posted on RICARDIAN LOONS: Richard III remains one of the most controversial kings of England because of the manner in which he came to the throne:? not by battle or conquest, but by a legal claim that Edward IV’s marriage to Elizabeth Woodville was invalid, rendering their children ineligible to stand in the line…
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Please Melton, don’t invite Henry VII….
2022, Anne of Cleves, Bank Holidays, celebrities, Elizabeth of Austria, Food, George IV, Great North Road, Henry VII, hunting, Leicestershire, Lord Cardigan, Maharani of Jaipur, Melton Mowbray, Platinum Jubilee, pork pie, Priories, Reformation, Richard I, roads, Stilton, Thomas Cromwell, William the LionOh dear, the whole idea was excellent until I read the dreaded name Henry VII. Will someone please advise them not to bother with that piece of Tudor crud? He’s a party-pooper and will rain on their parade for sure. Go to site this site to read about the event at Melton.
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Completing the Set (2006) – Henry VIII’s other “wives”
“wives”, Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, Blanche of Lancaster, Catherine de Valois, Catherine Howard, Catherine of Aragon, Catherine Parr, Edward I, Elizabeth I, Henry VIII, Jane Seymour, John Ashdown-Hill, John of Gaunt, Ricardian, Ricardian Bulletin, Richard of Salisbury, Royal Marriage Secrets, Wendy Moorhen{as adapted from the Ricardian Bulletin: December 2006} Introduction The Ricardian article The Lancastrian claim to the throne (John Ashdown-Hill, 2003) showed Henry’s relationship to Catherine of Aragon, both descended from Blanche of Lancaster, the first wife of John of Gaunt. Genealogical conundrums (Wendy Moorhen, 2006) illustrated the descent of Anne Boleyn, her first cousin…
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