History

The Other Yorkist Pretender

Lambert Simnel, Perkin Warbeck and...who?

7 hrs ago •

The Birth of Henry Tudor

and the traumatic ordeal of the child mother who bore him

Jan 28 •

Fancy Owning a Castle?

Well, now you can! (for, um, £21m!)

Jan 21 •

A Perfect Flower of Modesty

The Death of a (Tudor?) Queen and her Dispiriting Treatment in Death

Jan 3 •

Jasper Tudor, 'the Good Duke'

On 21 December 1495, the great survivor of the Wars of the Roses died.

Dec 21, 2024 •

A Very Tudor Christmas

Delving into the Christmas Celebrations of 1487

Dec 19, 2024 •

The Coronation of Elizabeth of York

On 25 November 1487, Elizabeth of York was crowned queen of England in a glittering ceremony within Westminster Abbey.

Nov 25, 2024 •

The King Who Dared to Dream

and Bath Abbey's extraordinary West Front

Nov 13, 2024 •

Edmund Tudor's War, and Murder (?), in Wales

On 1st November 1456, Edmund Tudor died in Carmarthen. Was it plague or was it murder?

Nov 1, 2024 •

Perkin Warbeck's Last Stand

The Pretender's Failed Gambit and his Feeble Heart

Oct 17, 2024 •

The Welsh Martyr of Llandovery

The brutal execution of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan, watched by the future Henry V of England.

Oct 9, 2024 •

Owain Glyn Dŵr and the Day the Welsh Rose.

On 16 September 1400, a remarkable event took place in Glyndyfrdwy in Flintshire, North-East Wales.

Sep 16, 2024 •

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