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Tudor Times @thetudortimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What influence did the Parr family have at the Tudor court and how did becoming Henry VIII’s family by marriage affect them? bit.ly/4wOdTnn Find out more from expert @drlindaporter.bsky.social in her presentation at the Tudor Times Summit Henry VIII and his In-laws. @enortonhistory.bsky.social

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Tudor Times @thetudortimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#OTD 1599 b. Frances Devereux d. of the earl of Essex, later executed bit.ly/1dC6DmS Frances m. William Seymour, Duke of Somerset, grandson of Lady Katherine Grey (once m. to Lady Arbella Stuart) Frances lived through the Civil War & l into the reign of Charles II. Her descendants inc. HM The King.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ruins of the bakehouse and horse mill in the south range of Middleham Castle, North Yorkshire. Additional domestic and service facilities were added to the castle in the 16th century, including a bakehouse in the south range and a pastry kitchen in the west range. The circular horse mill

The image shows the stone ruins of Middleham Castle in North Yorkshire. featuring the circular track of an old horse mill in the courtyard.

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David Gould @drdavidgould.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My book on historic rabbit warrens in England is published on 13th Nov by Liverpool Uni Press and I'm pleased to have received my advance copies. The perfect Xmas gift for any rabbit warren-obsessed nerd, of which there are no doubt many such people. #landscapearchaeology #rabbits #medievalsky

Me in a dapper shirt pointing at the cover of my soon to be published book.

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Coming soon: The Boar and the Peacock: The Rise and Fall of Sir James Tyrell, by Richard Anderton www.amazon.co.uk/Boar-Peacock... #History

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you like hillforts AND Brochs, here's a fantastic combo for #HillfortsWednesday Edin's Hall: a Late Iron Age broch inside a rectangular enclosure inside an earlier Iron Age bivallate 0.9ha hillfort Scottish Borders / Crìochan na h-Alba Kite photo © Hamish Fenton 2011 🤩 #HillfortsWednesday

Aerial photo looking down at the grass covered ramparts of an Iron Age hillfort with circular stone broch on the left and trees beyond

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Rosemary Griggs @ragriggsauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The late medieval tie-beam roof at the Church of St Mary, Fawsley, Northamptonshire . #woodensday #medieval

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Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This beautiful ring is carved from a single piece of amber. It’s Egyptian and dated to the New Kingdom, so 16th-11th centuries BC. The inscription shows hieroglyphics but I can’t find any information that has a translation. Grateful if anyone knows. 🏛️📷 BM

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The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is one of 26 leaves of fragments of a 10th century Gregorian sacramentary, removed between 1773-1790 from the original binding of another manuscript, the Winton Domesday, where they formed the packing of the boards.

Fragment of a 10th century sacramentary, removed between 1773-90 from the original binding of MSS/0154 (where they formed the packing of the boards).

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HillfortsWednesday Maiden Castle in England is one of the largest hillforts in Europe. Photograph taken in 1935 by Major George Allen (1891–1940). #Archaeology

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Dr Melita Thomas @melitat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My latest review for @thetudortimes.bsky.social is of @enortonhistory.bsky.social 's new biography of Jane Seymour which contains some fascinating new research. Read it here. bit.ly/4hklPbF

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Chivalry. Betrayal. Forbidden love: Meet the man who rode beside Henry VIII — and changed history. Brandon: Tudor Knight ⚔️ mybook.to/Brandon-Tudo... #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #audiobook #CharlesBrandon

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Step into the world of the Tudors and discover the courage of Princess Mary, youngest sister of King Henry VIII: mybook.to/MaryTudor #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Audiobook

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Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This beautiful Roman glass bowl was found around Vesuvius. Its bold colours and lines make for a striking piece. 🕰️C1stBC-1st AD 🏛️📷 MANN 🇮🇹

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Dr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m really looking forward to speaking about the relationship between Henry VIII and his Seymour in-laws. Tickets available at the web address in the second picture. @thetudortimes.bsky.social #henryviii #tudor #tudors #janeseymour

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Tudor Times @thetudortimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#OTD 1564 Lord Robert Dudley bit.ly/2BXpmGn was granted the title of earl of Leicester and a great swathe of lands in the Midlands of England. The new earl was a close friend of Queen Elizabeth I who had appointed him as her Master of Horse within a few days of her accession.

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Tudor Times @thetudortimes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sharing his extensive knowledge about the Boleyn family & their kin in the Tudor Times Summit Henry VIII & his in-laws bit.ly/4wOdTnn we have Gareth Russell author of The Palace, a biography of Hampton Court, where so many Tudor dramas took place. @catherinefletcher.info @enortonhistory.bsky.social

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Tudor Times @thetudortimes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#OTD 1582 d. George Buchanan, humanist scholar. Initially a supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots, reading Latin with her, he turned against her, believing she had murdered her husband, Darnley. He was an academically brilliant but emotionally and physically harsh tutor to James VI bit.ly/1rtwOCT

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Rosemary Griggs @ragriggsauthor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Exeter Cathedral’s west window has been re-glazed several times, most recently in the 1950s. #stainedglasssunday

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Becky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Lively #MosaicMonday from posh C4 #Roman villa at Horkstow Lincs once featured wheel w Orpheus in centre enchanting animals including this bear, elephant (yes really) + 6 others in panels around him. Now over Humber in Hull Museum of Archaeology 🏺 For painting of mosaics after 1797 discovery see 2/.

A partial survival of an interesting mosaic of Orpheus (who would have been in now missing centre of wheel like device) and 8 animals, 2 of which remain. In left remaining section is a part of a bear pouncing forward from hind legs. On right is an elephant, missing its trunk, with long legs. Below the wheel to the left a figure can be seen in the corner of the mosaic.
Two wide bands that would have bounded the mosaic are seen - one guilloche and one floral vault variation - with rows of triangles pointing up and down on a white line between them. Colours throughout the mosaic are shades of red/brown plus black, white and grey.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🧵Recovered from the infirmary hall at the Cistercian Abbey at Rievaulx Abbey, the probably late 13th-century carved stone piece vividly depicts a miller leading a packhorse/donkey laden with corn toward a four-sailed post windmill. Windmills were only

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Rosemary Griggs @ragriggsauthor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Memorial to, Sir Peter Carew, in Exeter Cathedral and a panel on display at Dartmouth Castle. Kate Champernowne/Astley’s cousin was quite a character! #MonumentsMonday #devonhistory

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🧵History tells that St Peter’s Howden began as an Anglo-Saxon foundation, later granted by William the Conqueror to Durham Priory. In 1267 it became a collegiate church, supported by six local parishes, and over the next century grew into one of Yorkshire’s finest buildings. (It has

The ruined east end of St Peter's church, looking through the great east window towards the central tower. The roof and upper walls of the choir collapsed in 1696 and were never rebuilt. Image: Howden Minster by Michael Garlick CC BY-SA 2.0

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#MosaicMonday Mosaic of the capture of Europa, found in a #Roman villa at Torre tre Teste, on a road from Rome to Paestum (Palestrina), Italy - 1st/2nd century AD - Ny Carlsberg, Copenhagen. #ancient #artwork #art #History

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“Power, ambition, and dynastic struggle collide as Henry’s story unfolds—where every decision shapes a kingdom and every alliance comes at a cost.” mybook.to/HENRY-Book-T... #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #audiobook

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Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A Roman mosaic of snails escaping a basket. 🏛️ Basilica Patricale, Aquileia 🇮🇹 🕰️ 4th century AD #MosaicMonday

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Chris Dale @chrisdaleoxford.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

In Iona Abbey OTD in 2023

Carved stone head with a drinking cup on a column in an old abbey.

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#MosaicMonday The #Roman mosaics of Villa del Tellaro near Noto, Syracuse, #Sicily. The villa, dates from the 4th C AD. The floors of the three rooms are taped with mosaics depicting mythological, hunting and dancing scenes. #Archaeology #History #Art

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Irish chronicles are a window into Scottish church & politics. e.g. Annals of Ulster 865: ‘Cellach son of Ailill, abbot of Kildare & Iona died in Pictland...Tuathal son of Artgus, chief bishop of Foirtriu and abbot of Dunkeld died‘. Latter record favours location of Fortriu in Perthshire #medieval

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#OnThisDay 1066 William the Conqueror landed at Pevensey. I recently discovered this picture, which looks contemporary. Anyone know the source?

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Tudor Times @thetudortimes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

@pjwexler.bsky.social Hi, thanks for following @thetudortimes.bsky.social Hope you enjoy our posts and site at tudortimes.co.uk

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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 25/09/2026

Had some fun writing this - lots of thoughts on how the Spanish royal experience set them up to respond particularly badly to Henry's reasons for his divorce from Catherine of Aragon

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Tudor Times @thetudortimes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The 2nd speaker at the Tudor Times Summit bit.ly/4wOdTnn Henry VIII & his in-laws is @catherinefletcher.info She will be discussing the European diplomatic ramifications of Henry VIII's marriage to Katherine of Aragon, aunt of HRE Charles V. @enortonhistory.bsky.social @drlindaporter.bsky.social

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Tudor Times @thetudortimes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#OTD 1561, in the Tower of London, Lady Katherine Grey bit.ly/1gzYe4V bore her first son, Edward Seymour, later Viscount Beauchamp. Katherine had been in the Tower since early August when her secret marriage to Edward, Earl of Hertford, was revealed to Elizabeth I, who was beyond furious.

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Harold II, king of the English, reached Tatecastre (Tadcaster, Yorkshire) with all levies #OTD in 1066. Then he prepared to fight brother Tostig Godwineson and Norwegian king Haraldr Harðráði. Harold may have covered the 200 miles from London in just five days. 📸British Museum

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🪬🌙🐈‍⬛Pythia Uidliua🐦‍⬛⭐️🧿GNOTHI SEAUTON ♐️⚕️🍷 @krymsynreine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Celtic Coin, Suessiones, 1/4 Stater, 60-50 BC The second side is obviously a carnyx and horse but what the hell is on the first side? #druidsky /|\ #pagansky #witchsky #occultsky #heathensky #archaeology #celtic #suessiones

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Rosemary Griggs @ragriggsauthor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

An open door at the remains of Lincoln’s medieval bishops’ palace. In 1541 Bishop Longland hosted Henry VIII and Queen Catherine Howard at the palace. One of her alleged ‘indiscretions’ is said to have occurred here. #AdoorableThursday #tudor

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eyeconic.me @eyeconicme.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wanna see the beauty that humans are capable of creating? Aachen Cathedral in Germany. Built by Emperor Charlemagne in 796 AD. The ceiling is made of mosaic tiles. #Germany #ArtYear #ArtShow #Photography #iPhonePhotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky #Aachen

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

St Cuthbert's Way, walking route Melrose to Lindisfarne, named as one of the world's top experiences. Enjoyed doing it a few years ago. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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St Cuthbert's Way gains global recognition as a travel experience

St Cuthbert's Way - from Melrose to Lindisfarne - rubs shoulders with the world's top travel experiences.

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

An impresslve Maya Postclassic (900–1200 CE) ceramic vessel from Mayapán. The expressive face and turquoise-blue pigment make this piece truly especial. The museum label identifies it as a “Copa” (cup) from Mayapán. #Maya #Archeology

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

An Anglo-Scandinavian leather ankle boot with a flap and toggle fastening, dated to between 866–1066 discovered in York. Footwear from this era utilised a "turnshoe" construction. The pieces of cattle leather were stitched and moulded inside-out over a

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Tudor Times @thetudortimes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@vickybell.bsky.social Hi Vicky, thanks for following @thetudortimes.bsky.social Hope you enjoy our posts and site at tudortimes.co.uk

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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 24/09/2026

We are a very old building. We have lots of keys. We have lots of keys that don’t open anything. Join us for a one off installment of, “Keys of the Merchant Adventurers’ Hall that are pretty but completely useless”. 🔑 🧵

We are looking at two pewter plates with an assortment of large brass and iron keys in various shapes and sizes.

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#RomanFortThursday Y Gaer (Latin: Cicucium) is a, #Roman fort situated near modern-day Brecon in Mid Wales, It was built around AD 75 and sits on a crossroads of Roman roads in the valley of the River Usk at a strategic point in Roman #Wales, linking South & Mid. #History

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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 24/09/2026

tfw you're sitting for the family portrait and trying not to roll your eyes

Woman (Mary of Burgundy, in a portrait c. 1520) rolling her eyes. She has pale skin, dark eyes and delicate features. She is wearing an elaborate jewelled headdress in a dark yellow colour and we can just see her necklace.

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Tudor Times @thetudortimes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Tickets for the Tudor Times summit available here bit.ly/4wOdTnn Find out more about how Henry VIII interacted with the families of his wives. From royal allies to London merchants our line up of Tudor experts explores a different aspect of Henry's matrimonial escapades.

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