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#Christmas2024 Immerse yourself in a wonderfully festive Tudor court this December at the @MaryRoseMuseum Young #HenryVIII is celebrating with his Queen #KatherineofAragon, but tensions run high as sisters Mary & #AnneBoleyn join the festivities Tickets: maryrose.org/events/henry-v…

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Also #OTD 17 Nov 1558 Elizabeth, daughter of #HenryVIII & #AnneBoleyn, having been finally named heir by her ill half-sister #MaryI, became Queen of England & so began The Golden Age A reign of 44yrs #ElizabethI The Virgin Queen was one of our most successful monarchs in History

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#OTD 17 Nov 1558 #MaryI died peacefully aged 42 @StJamesPalace She'd long suffered ill health, abdominal pain & headaches & at least 2 phantom pregnancies It is thought she died of cancer She is interred in the Lady Chapel @wabbey where later her sister was interred with her

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#ShakespeareSunday “ And for Marke Antony, thinke not of him: For he can do no more then Caesar's Arme, When Caesar's head is off.” (JC)


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Coriolanus [I, 3] Volumnia. 🌽 "Forth he goes like to a harvest-man that's task'd to mow or all or lose his hire." #ShakespeareSunday


#OTD 15 Nov 1527 #CatherineofYork last surviving child of #EdwardIV & #ElizabethWoodville died @TivertonCastle buried at nearby St Peter's Married to William Courtenay in 1495 arranged by #HenryVII, they had 3 children L-R Elizabeth, Cecily, Anne, Catherine & Mary @CburyCathedral

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#OTD 14 Nov 1501 @StPaulsLondon two 15yr olds wed having met only days earlier #KatherineofAragon & Arthur #PrinceofWales After their nuptials they went to @LudlowCastle1 the duty of a Prince of Wales By April 1502 #TheSpanishPrincess was a widow! But, did they or didn't they?

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#OTD 13 Nov 1553 Jane Dudley wife of Guildford better known as #LadyJaneGrey was tried for treason with her husband, 2 brothers-in-law & #ThomasCranmer Unsurprisingly all were found guilty & sentenced to death Jane had sealed fate by signing docs as "Jane the Quene" #ninedayqueen

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#OTD 13 Nov 1537 #HenryVIII’s 3rd wife #JaneSeymour was laid to rest at Windsor Castle She had provided the #TudorDynasty male heir & was the only one of the #Six to receive a Royal Funeral The one he chose to lie with when he died 10yrs later youtube.com/playlist?list=… @SnarkyJane

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#OTD 12 Nov 1547 Claude was born to #CatherinedeMedici & Henri II at @CFontainebleau Raised with future sister in law #MaryQueenofScots At 11 married Charles III Duke of Lorraine at Notre Dame though not a ‘real’ marriage until she was c.14 A happy union producing 9 children

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#OTD 11 Nov 1541 #KatherineHoward’s ordeal continues Taken to Syon House for interrogation on her relationship with #ThomasCulpepper Sent with 4 of her gentlewomen & stripped of her royal jewels Despite her confession can we ever be 100% sure of her guilt? youtube.com/playlist?list=…

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Romeo and Juliet [V, 3] Juliet. 🍄 "What's here a cup, closed in my true love's hand, poison, I see, hath been his timeless end." #ShakespeareSunday


#ShakespeareSunday @HollowCrownFans She pined in thought,  And with a green and yellow melancholy  She sat like patience on a monument,  Smiling at grief TN @band_Jayne @St4fford_deWolf @SoultonHall @FloralRainbowAW @CheniesManor @OwenElaineowen1 @shakescenery @shakespeareina1


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“Once a day I’ll visit the chapel where they lie, and tears shed there shall be my recreation.” #TheWintersTale #ShakespeareSunday Heanor cemetery.

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#OTD 10 Nov 1565 #LetticeKnollys gave birth to #RobertDevereux who, in the 1580s, would become a favourite of #ElizabethI as had his stepfather #RobertDudley Devereux became Earl of Essex aged 11 & was raised by his guardian, #SirWilliamCecil Elizabeth’s most trusted minister

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#OTD 8 Nov 1543 #LetticeKnollys, granddaughter of #MaryBoleyn was born at Rotherfield Greys Serving cousin #ElizabethI she'd marry 3 times 1st Walter Devereux 2nd Elizabeth’s favourite #RobertDudley incurring her wrath resulting in her banishment! Finally Sir Christopher Blount

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#OTD 8 Nov 1541 Cranmer returned to interrogate Katherine harshly, but seeing her in such a state he took a more gentle approach She broke down confessing she'd known Dereham carnally calling him husband & mentioned Culpepper before writing her confession youtu.be/HEiLgAgFTXQ

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#OTD 6 Nov 1541 #HenryVIII left HCP abandoning his young wife #KatherineHoward Informed investigations into claims of impropriety during her time in Dowager Duchess of Norfolk’s household were true! Poor girl, 500yrs later I think we know the real story! youtube.com/playlist?list=…

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#OTD 5 Nov 1514 #MaryTudor's Coronation took place at St Denis She'd wed the French King Louis XII (34yrs her senior) in Oct Within 2 months she was a widow Her brother #HenryVIII had promised, once free she'd be free to chose, she didn't trust him so wed #CharlesBrandon quickly!

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Henry VIII [I, 4] 👑Henry VIII. 'The fairest HAND I ever touched, O beauty, till now I never knew thee!' #ShakespeareSunday


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