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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Issue 23 is out now! You won't want to miss this one. Take a look at what's inside our latest magnificent issue: bit.ly/4vd9t9r

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

#OTD 30 April 1595, Thomas Bedwell, mathematician, military engineer and Keeper of the Ordnance Store at the Tower of London, died. He was a scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge, from which he received a BA and MA.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

“After moving house, I found myself living close to Little Moreton Hall, I visited frequently, and inevitably I fell under its spell. History has always been a love of mine. It was Little Moreton, and joining the team here, that sparked my love of the Tudor era.”

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

OTD, 23 April, is the date universally accepted as the anniversary of both the birth and the death of playwright William Shakespeare.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

#OTD 21 April 1509 Henry VII died at Richmond Palace, likely from tuberculosis. He outlived his wife, Elizabeth of York, who died in 1503, and his eldest son and heir, Arthur, Prince of Wales, in 1502.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

In Issue 22, Sarah, The Tudor Travel Guide, takes us on a journey tracing the long, difficult years Mary, Queen of Scots spent in England — from Workington Hall in Cumbria, where she first set foot on English soil, to Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire, the site of her execution. x

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Pitchford Hall in Shropshire is one of England’s finest surviving Tudor half- timbered houses.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Whilst Anne Boleyn’s face is iconic yet strangely elusive, with the paucity of portraits from her lifetime fuelling the debate about what she looked like, much more survives of her cultural material.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Join Dr Nicola Tallis, Dr Owen Emmerson and Kate McCaffrey (aka the Tudor Trio) as they explore some of the remarkable women of the Tudor period, each one connected in some way to Hatfield Park or the Cecil family. bit.ly/3MJA769

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Durham House was one of the thirteen great houses built for bishops and courtiers during the medieval and Tudor period on the Strand, the main route from the city of London to royal Westminster.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

#OTD, 10 April 1512, Margaret Tudor gave birth to James V, King of Scots at Linlithgow Palace. Over the period 1506 – 1512, Margaret had at least four pregnancies but James was her only child with James IV to survive infancy.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

#OTD, 9 April 1582, Richard Bertie died in Bourne, Lincolnshire. The second husband of Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk, the widow of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, Bertie had been a member of Katherine’s household, a gentleman usher and Master of Horse.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

#OTD, 9 April 1626, Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Baron Verulam and Viscount St Albans died at Arundel House, in Highgate, the home of his friend Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Margaret Clitherow grew up in a York marked by the religious upheavals of the English Reformation, eventually becoming one of the city’s most venerated martyrs.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

#OTD, 2 April 1441, Henry VI laid the foundation stone for King’s College, Cambridge. The nineteen-year-old king turned initially modest plans into something more ambitious.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

#OTD, 2 April 1502, Arthur, Prince of Wales, died at Ludlow Castle. An imposing Norman fortress on the Anglo-Welsh border, Ludlow was a Yorkist stronghold that came into royal ownership through Edward IV.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

#OTD 24 March 1603 Elizabeth I, the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty, died at Richmond Palace, aged 69 years.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

#OTD, 21 March 1556, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer was burned at the stake in Oxford for heresy. In December the previous year, he had been stripped of his titles by a papal sentence, passed in Rome following his trial for heresy by a commission representing the Pope.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

OTD 20 March 1549 Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, was executed at Tower Hill. He was arrested on 17 January 1549, charged with 33 counts of treason, many of which related to his conduct with Lady Elizabeth.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

#OTD, 19 March 1496, Thomas Burgh, Baron Burgh died. He was buried in the chantry chapel which he commissioned in Gainsborough Parish Church, Lincolnshire.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The much-loved Hampton Court Palace Tulip Festival returns this spring with tens of thousands of tulips and vibrant spring flowers in bloom. This year you can enjoy the festival from 11 April. Check out our What's On for more events like this: whatson.tudorplaces.com

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

If you’re looking for inspiration for Tudor trips this Spring you’ll love our travel itineraries.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

#OTD, 12 March 1539, Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire and of Ormond, died at Hever Castle in Kent.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Surprise your mum with a gift that brings history to life - the Tudor Places Taster Bundle. Featuring the latest three beautifully crafted issues, this special collection is filled with captivating stories, rich history and stunning photography.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Step back into the golden age of Cambridge University in our second special issue of Tudor Places — Cambridge: A Treasure House of Tudor History!

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

OTD, 9 March 1504, William Warham became Archbishop of Canterbury, succeeding Henry Deane. Warham was educated at Winchester School and New College, Oxford, and subsequently trained in civil and canon law.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

St James’s Palace, situated in the middle of modern central London, is a wonderful anomaly and a reminder of the area’s Tudor past.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

#OTD, 6 March 1565, Elizabeth I was a guest of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester at Gray’s Inn in London.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Say Happy Mother’s Day with a gift of Tudor magic that will last all year! The Tudor Places magazine annual subscription is perfect for history lovers: it’s packed with captivating stories, stunning photography, expert insights, and the latest Tudor discoveries. bit.ly/3NEsNfd

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Join Julian Humphrys to discover the Tudor colleges of the historic Cambridge University, in this special issue, ‘Cambridge - A Treasure House of Tudor History’.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

In Issue 21, Dr Owen Emmerson guides us through the surviving works of Lambert Barnard, who is arguably the most remarkable painter of regional art in Tudor England. images © Alfred R. J. Hawkins

Lambert Barnard’s painted choir vaults in The Church of St Mary and to St Blaise at Boxgrove Priory © Alfred R. J. Hawkins

The Tomb of Bishop Sherbourne in Chichester Cathedral © Alfred R. J. Hawkins

Detail of Bishop Sherbourne petitioning King Henry VIII from Lambert Barnard’s Charter Paintings © Alfred R. J. Hawkins.

Detail of the initials “H” and “K” painted by Lambert Barnard on the oak ceiling of the Sherborne Room at The Bishop’s Palace, Chichester, by kind permission of the Bishop of Chichester © Alfred R. J. Hawkins

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

#OTD, 2 March 1545, English diplomat and scholar Thomas Bodley was born. He is most known today for founding the Bodleian Library in Oxford.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

During the early 1540s, England was under serious threat of invasion from its Catholic neighbours. In response, Henry VIII expanded his fleet of warships and constructed a lengthy chain of coastal forts.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

#OTD, 10 September 1533, three days after her birth, Elizabeth I was baptised at the Church of the Observant Franciscans at Greenwich.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Henry VIII’s gardens at Hampton Court have long since disappeared, but they were considered one of the most magnificent gardens of the sixteenth century in England and rivalled some of the best of Europe.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

The monasteries in the north of England strenuously resisted state efforts to close them but ultimately it was to no avail. In a brutally brief four years, all the monasteries across England were dissolved.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

#OTD, 3 September 1541, Henry VIII created the new Diocese of Gloucester and St Peter’s Abbey became Gloucester Cathedral.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

The medieval origins of Penshurst Place in Kent, and its long-standing connection to the Sidney family, are well-known. However, its royal associations are less so. In Issue 19, Dr Elizabeth Norton examines the Tudor history and royal ownership of one of England’s finest medieval great houses.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

#OTD, 28 August 1583, William Latymer, Dean of Peterborough, was buried at Peterborough Cathedral. Born in 1499 in Suffolk, Latymer studied at Corpus Christi College at Cambridge, where he read canon law and arts and went on to become an evangelical clergyman.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

“It gives me great pleasure and pride to share with you the completion of my latest ‘must have’ garden feature in the world of Tudor gardens: the obligatory ‘Mount’. It has taken more than three years of research and planning to facilitate this ambitious garden project.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

#OTD 21 August 1535, Henry VIII came to stay at Acton Court with his second wife, Anne Boleyn, while on his summer progress around the West Country.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

From abbot’s house to headquarters for the Council of the North, temporary palace to School for the Blind and, most recently, university campus, the King’s Manor in York has had many, varied uses over the centuries.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

#OTD, 8 August 1553, the funeral of Edward VI, who had died the previous month on 6 July, was held at Westminster Abbey. The burial service from the English Prayer Book was used for the first time for a monarch during his funeral, and then Edward VI was laid to rest in the Abbey’s Lady Chapel.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

#OTD, 6 August 1623, Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, died in Stratford-upon-Avon. Little is known about Anne, who became Shakespeare’s wife in November 1582, when she was around twenty-six years old, and William was just eighteen.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Lady Margaret Beaufort had a network of connections with prominent figures and places in Stamford, the market town close to her palace at Collyweston and near the Lincolnshire properties she inherited from her mother, Margaret Beauchamp.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Henry VII overcame one of the strongest threats to his newly-won crown on 16 June 1487 when his forces defeated the rebel army led by John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln and Francis, Viscount Lovell on behalf of the pretender, Lambert Simnel, at the Battle of Stoke.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Originally granted Durham Place in Henry VIII’s will, Elizabeth was persuaded by the Duke of Northumberland to exchange it for Somerset Place, which came into her possession in 1553.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

The Dissolution of the Monasteries was the most significant land redistribution in English history, a four-year period of extraordinary upheaval that redefined the spiritual and economic fabric of the realm.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

#OTD, 28 July 1540, Henry VIII married his fifth wife, the young Catherine Howard, away from the gaze of the court at Oatlands Palace, in Surrey. Shockingly, on the very same day, Thomas Cromwell was executed at Tower Hill, reportedly with “three ragged blows of an axe”, for heresy and treason.

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