Gregory XIII
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You might wonder what the above 1855 painting (from Gunby Hall, Lincolnshire) has to do with the summer solstice, but it’s taken from this National Trust article, which emphasises the magical aspect of this particular time of the year. It also illustrates the sort of books I read as a child. Today’s adults underestimate…
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This year is a leap year, when tradition has it that on 29 February we women are permitted to propose to the men of our choice. Well, I doubt that much of that goes on these days, not least because marriage itself seems to be on the decline. Oh, and if you were born on…
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Does this later case explain Henry Pole the Younger’s fate?
Antonio of Portugal, Archbishop of Canterbury, Battle of Alcacer Quibir, Catherine of Aragon, clerical celibacy, Elizabeth of York, Eustace Chapuys, Gregory XIII, Henry Courtenay Marquis of Exeter, Henry Lord Montagu, Henry of Portugal, Henry Pole the Younger, House of Aviz, Joanna, Manuel, Mary I, Phillip II, Portugal, Reginald Cardinal Pole, Richard III, Sebastian, Sir Geoffrey Pole, Spain, Thomas Courtenay Earl of DevonIn the years from 1518, before he left England again in 1536, Reginald Pole occupied a number of ecclesiastical ranks, including that of Dean of Exeter. During the early 1530s, just as Henry VIII sought his first annulment, Eustace Chapuys was pressing Reginald to marry Princess Mary, the cousin he eventually served from Lambeth Palace.…
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