Pilgrimage of Grace

THOMAS CROMWELL’S HOUSE IN AUSTIN FRIARS

Jan 25, 2022

anniversaries, buildings, religion

“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 Calley

Reblogged 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…
Walking “Tudor” England

Aug 10, 2021

battles, buildings, genealogy, law, religion, television reviews, travel

“Bloody Mary”, “Tudors”, Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, Arthur “Tudor”, Ashdown Forest, attainder, Austin Friars, bear-baiting, Bishops of London, Bridewell Palace, brothels, Cambridge, cannon, Channel Five, Christopher Hatton, Clifford’s Tower, conspiracies, dancing, de heretico comburendo, Dutch refugees, East Midlands, Edmund Bonner, Edward of Buckingham, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, excommunication, executions, exile, fire, Framlingham Castle, Fulham Palace, Greenwich Palace, Grey-Dudley rebellion, Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes, Hampton Court, Henry Earl of Huntingdon, Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk, Henry VIII, Hever Castle, James VI/I, Jane, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, John Foxe, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Katherine Howard, Kenilworth Castle, Kenninghall, Kett Rebellion, Leicester, London, Lord Chancellor, Lord Guildford Dudley, Margaret Clitherow, Mary Stuart, Mass, Michelham Priory, naval power, Nicholas Ridley, Northern Earls’ Rebellion, Norwich, Penshurst Place, Pilgrimage of Grace, Pontefract, Portsmouth, recusants, Ripon Cathedral, Robert Aske, Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, royal barges, royal hunting estates, Rushton Triangular Lodge, severed heads, Sir Henry Dudley, Sir John Hawkins, Sir Thomas Tresham, Sir Walter Raleigh, Southwark, St. Mary’s Abbey, Stamford, Suzannah Lipscomb, The Globe, Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Stafford, tobacco, torture, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, Will Kemp, William Cecil, William Shakespeare, Wyatt Rebellion, Yorkshire Museum

Suzannah Lipscomb has just completed another series on Channel Five, this time visiting the sites related to the “Tudors”. In the first episode, she concentrated on Henry VIII and the naval power he inherited from John Howard, Duke of Norfolk. The second was principally about the penultimate “Tudor”, Mary I, as well as Edward VI…
What really happened when the monasteries were suppressed….?

Jun 23, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, religion

“Princes”, bias, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Falle of the Religiouse Howses, Haverfordwest, Henry VIII, History Extra, Ixworth, Kenilworth, Langley Abbey, Lewes Priory, Lincolnshire Rising, Michael Sherbrook, Monk Bretton Priory, Netley Abbey, Pilgrimage of Grace, Reading Abbey, religious houses, Rievaulx Abbey, Roche Abbey, spin, Thomas Cromwell, Tower of London, Waltham Abbey

“….Despite being described by many as ‘an eyewitness account’, the Falle [of the Religiouse Howses] is nothing of the sort; in June 1538, when Roche was suppressed, Sherbrook was no more than four years of age. Instead, we must look to the motivation behind Sherbrook’s words, written three decades after the event….” Good heavens, this might almost…
Sir Bevis Bulmer – son of Smithfield

May 25, 2021

anniversaries, genealogy, law, religion

Elizabeth I, executions, Ireland, James VI/I, John Dee, Lady Margaret Bulmer, Lowther Hills, mining engineers, Pilgrimage of Grace, Robert Aske, Scotland, silver, Sir Bevis Bulmer, Sir John Bulmer, Smithfield, Staffords, Wriothesley’s Chronicle

Bevis Bulmer certainly didn’t have a good start in life. He was about one when his parents were executed for high treason on the same day in May 1537, having been caught up in the Pilgrimage of Grace. Sir John, from a prominent Yorkshire family, was hanged and beheaded whilst Margaret, his mother who may…
Leslau, Holbein, More and Clement

Nov 23, 2020

anniversaries, art, buildings, genealogy, heraldry, Science

“Princes”, Dr. John Clement, Duchy of Lancaster, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, Erasmus, esses, Fleet prison, fleuur-de-lys, flowers, Germany, Hans Holbein, Henry Patterson, Henry VIII, infrared photography, Jack Leslau, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, John Fisher, John Harris, jousting, Latin, Louvain, Matt Lewis, Mechelen, peonies, Pilgrimage of Grace, rebus, Richard III, Rowlandas Lockey, royal arms, Seneca, Sir Anthony Wingfield, Sir Edward Guildford, The Family of Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas More, Thomas Wolsey, Tower of London, Utopia, William Cecil

Before I begin, I have two words of warning. The first is that a huge spoiler for my novels Loyalty and the sequel Honour unavoidably follows. Just so that you know! Secondly, the following is my telling of the theory researched and expounded by Jack Leslau, an amateur art enthusiast who believed that he stumbled…
KEY TO THE CASTLE: LUMLEY CASTLE AND ITS OWNERS

Jan 7, 2019

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy

Bamburgh Castle, Edward IV, Epiphany Rising, executions, George Lumley, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VII, hotels, John Earl of Somerset, John Lumley, Lumley Castle, Margaret “Tudor”, Pilgrimage of Grace, Richard III, Scottish campaign 1482, siege of Berwick, sieges, Sir Ralph Lumley, Thomas Lumley, Wars of the Roses

Recently it hit the news that the key to Lumley Castle’s ancient banqueting hall had been returned after it was stolen during an event 40 years ago. Lumley Castle is currently a hotel (so another one to add to the list of interesting castles you can stay in!) and the family who lived there had…
Insurrection: Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell and the Pilgrimage of Grace

Feb 22, 2016

Book Reviews, religion

“Tudor” “sources”, “Tudor” rebellions, “Tudors”, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Anne Neville, Annette Carson, book, Elizabeth I, Erasmus, Galway, Henry VIII, humanism, Insurrection, interviews, Ireland, John Morton, Margaret of Salisbury, Mary I, Pilgrimage of Grace, Reformation, Richard III, Shakespeare, Susan Loughlin, The History Press, Thomas More

An intriguing new book by historian Susan Loughlin is about to be published by The History Press on April 4th of this year (2016) detailing an event in world history that has perhaps gone unnoticed by some historians and those who run with the history blogs and bloggers. I first “met” Susan Loughlin on the…
Quite an unfortunate family

Dec 29, 2014

genealogy

“Popish Plot”, anniversaries, beheadings, Edward of Buckingham, England, executions, France, French Revolution, General Arthur Dillon, Henry of Buckingham, Lady Margaret Bulmer, Pilgrimage of Grace, Place de la Concorde, Salisbury, Smithfield, Staffords, Thomas Stafford, Tower Green, William Howard Viscount Stafford

Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, cannot be called unlucky. The story of his revolt against Richard III, ending in Salisbury at the start of November 1483 is so well known that even Shakespeare has the right end of this particular stick. However, his family suffered fates that they didn’t always deserve so obviously: 1)…