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My Last Words in These My Last Lines by Sir Walter Raleigh

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Sir Walter Raleigh A secret marriage with one of Queen Elizabeth's ladies, caused the disfavor of his queen. Their marriage appears from the outside as an amazing love story - Sir Walter Raleigh and Elizabeth "Bess" Throckmorton. Unchanged: A secret marriage with one of Queen Elizabeth's ladies, caused the disfavor of his queen. Their marriage appears from the outside as an amazing love story - Sir Walter Raleigh and Elizabeth "Bess" Throckmorton. A love child, a secret [More]

The Disappearance of Lady Mary Seymour

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Born At Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire on 30 August 1548, Lady Mary Seymour was the long-awaited child of dowager queen Kateryn Parr, and her fourth husband Sir Thomas, Baron Seymour of Sudeley. The unexpected pregnancy left both parents overjoyed. In a letter from 9 June 1548, Thomas Seymour writes to his wife: I do desyer your hignes to kepe the letell knaue so leanne and gantte with your good dyett and walkynge that he may be so small that he may krepe owt of a mowse [More]

Portraits of a Man: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

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Portraits of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey and son of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. On 19 January 1547, Surrey was executed at the Tower of London. The Works of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey and Sir Thomas Wyatt The Life of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey Oxford Reference In Their Final Words: Most Recognizable Executions in Tudor England             --

Hugh Latimer’s Slander of a Dead Man

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This post was originally made on my Thomas Seymour Society blog. I recently picked up The Reign of Edward VI by James Anthony Froude and started looking for information on Thomas Seymour. It was while searching that I came across some new information. On page 77, in the section of the book about the Protectorate, I found this line: the admiral had seduced and deserted at least one innocent woman, who fell into crime and was executed. The source for this statement is [More]

Execution of a Queen

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Shared from our sister site - Stuarts Weekly (8 February 2016) On 8 February 1587, Marie Stuart (Queen of Scots) was executed at Fotheringhay Castle for her supposed treasonous acts against Elizabeth I, Queen of England. From the moment Mary was informed of her impending execution (the following morning) she felt the world lifted from her shoulders. This prison that she had been kept in for nearly two decades would soon close and she would be free at last. In [More]

Katheryn Howard (Guest Post)

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Katheryn Howard Guest post by Lissa Bryan Of all of King Henry VIII’s queens, Katheryn Howard is viewed with the least sympathy. If not technically guilty of adultery, she’s at least seen as having “deserved” her fate because of her immoral lifestyle. One recent historian referred to her as an “empty-headed slut.” Others have described her as a “good-time girl” or a frivolous young woman only interested in pretty dresses and boys. Down through the centuries, [More]

Similar Fates: Anne Boleyn and Thomas Seymour

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This will not be the first time I mention this idea and it won't be the last - Anne Boleyn and Thomas Seymour had very similar fates. The thought came to me one day when I was reading one of my many primary sources about Thomas Seymour. If you did not know already I've been researching and writing a book about Thomas Seymour since 2016 - a book to show a side of Thomas Seymour that no other author has dared to write about. I've even started a separate website and Facebook [More]

Book Review: “Before the Reign Falls” by David Black

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The life and story of the Lady Jane Grey is one that I have not often read about. I've posted a couple of articles about Jane including her wardship to Thomas Seymour and her letter to Queen Mary I. When I was approached by Austin Macauley to read and review this book I was very excited to learn more about Jane. The book is called, "Before the Reign Falls - The Lost Words of Lady Jane Grey" by David Black. During the renovation of a decrepit old barn by several friends [More]

Victims of Henry VIII: Elizabeth Barton

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Elizabeth Barton is best known as the "The Nun of Kent" and then later "The Mad Maid of Kent." Her prophecies were ultimately her downfall. In 1525, at nineteen years old, she became ill and fell into trances having visions “of marvellous holiness  in rebuke of sin and vice." A local priest by the name of  Richard Master believed in Barton's visions and reported them to the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Warham. From there the story of the prophetic girl gr [More]

Elizabeth Throckmorton: The Queen’s Permission

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Elizabeth Throckmorton Elizabeth "Bess" Throckmorton was born the 16th of April 1565, to  Sir Nicholas Throckmorton and Anne Carew. Nicholas Throckmorton was a diplomat and politician during the reign of Queen Elizabeth and was instrumental in the relationship between Elizabeth and her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots. He had befriended both queens, which must have put him in several awkward situations. One of those situations happened in 1565, when Queen Elizabeth sen [More]