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NEW SEASON: Tracy Borman, Jane Boleyn and Lady Anne Clifford

October 5, 2020 by Rebecca Larson Leave a Comment

It's been awhile since I've shared my podcast with all of you - in case you didn't know, I supplemented my website with a podcast in February 2017. I told a lot of stories about people and events in Tudor England, and then I moved to interviewing authors and historians. THIS season, I step it up with a 3-segment show! Please take a listen to my most recent episode featuring Tracy Borman. Adrienne Dillard answers listener questions about Jane Boelyn, Lady Rochford during 'Ask [More]

Posted in: Podcast Tagged: Adrienne Dillard, Cor Rotto, Frances Gorges, James I, Jane Boleyn, The Fallen Angel, The Raven's Widow, tracy borman, William Cecil, William Parr

Elizabeth, Queen of England (Part Six) – Two Queens, One Island

February 6, 2018 by Tudors Dynasty Leave a Comment

They were both female, both royal by birth and both queens in their own right, but being cousins is what caused the most havoc in the lives of these two women. I am of course speaking of Elizabeth Tudor and Mary Stuart. It wasn’t only the fact that the cousins practiced different religions but that one was declared illegitimate in 1536 after the execution of her mother, Anne Boleyn. Had Henry VIII legitimized both Mary and Elizabeth Tudor when he added them to the line o [More]

Posted in: History, Podcast Tagged: Earl of Bothwell, Henry Stuart, mary queen of scots, Queen Elizabeth, William Cecil

Elizabeth, Queen of England (Part Two)

December 17, 2017 by Rebecca Larson Leave a Comment

Love this website and podcast and want to show your support? Become a Patron! In the last article of this series we ended with the death of Thomas Seymour in 1549, but before we move forward I’d like to step back a bit to get a bigger picture of what was to come in Elizabeth’s future.   Listen to Part One Here: Read Part One Here: Elizabeth Tudor, Queen of England - Part One When King Henry VIII died on the 28th of January 1547, Elizabeth and her brot [More]

Posted in: History, Podcast Tagged: Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Mary I, queens, William Cecil

The Scandalous Life of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford

June 27, 2017 by Rebecca Larson 8 Comments

Raised in the home of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Edward de Vere became a ward of Queen Elizabeth I. Edward was born 12 April 1550, at Hedingham Castle, England to John de Vere, 16th earl of Oxford, and Margery Golding. At the age of twelve, Edward's father died and he inherited the titles of Lord Great Chamberlain and 17th Earl of Oxford. Having grown up in the household of Lord Burghley, Edward de Vere eventually married his daughter Anne Cecil in 1571. Ann [More]

Posted in: Anne Vavasour, Edward de Vere, History Tagged: Anne Cecil, Anne Vavasour, Edward de Vere, Lord Burghley, Queen Elizabeth, William Cecil

Walsingham: Elizabethan Spymaster

March 5, 2016 by Tudors Dynasty 7 Comments

Guest article written by: Alan Freer  Throughout Elizabeth I’s reign England was in constant danger both from external and internal threats. Spain and France looked north and regarded the country as heretic and a potential enemy to their expanding empires. At home, the supporters of Mary Tudor, the late Queen, looked to another Mary, Mary, Queen of Scots, as a Catholic heir to replace the Protestant Elizabeth. In times of crisis a government needs good, accurate a [More]

Posted in: Elizabeth l, History, House of Tudor, Lady Jane Grey, Queens Tagged: Francis Walsingham, mary queen of scots, Mary Tudor, Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Mary I, William Cecil

Great Houses – The Age of Gloriana

August 26, 2015 by Rebecca Larson Leave a Comment

The reign of Elizabeth I (the last Tudor monarch) is often associated with a golden age in English history - The age of Gloriana. Burghley House "Sir William Cecil built his extravagant 'prodigy house' on the Burghley estate, which his father, Richard Cecil, had purchased after it had been seized from Peterborough Abbey on the Dissolution of Monasteries under Henry Vlll. Construction too 32 years, from 1555 to 1587. During this period, Cecil proved an [More]

Posted in: Attractions, Elizabeth l, History, House of Tudor Tagged: Bess of Hardwick, Burghley House, Elizabeth l, Gloriana, Hardwick Hall, Kenilworth Castle, Robert Dudley, William Cecil

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