Margaret Pole in the Tower of London This character is loosely based on a woman of the same name; Margaret Pole, the 8th Countess of Salisbury, was appointed Governess of the Princess Mary Tudor and her Household. Her eldest son, Henry Pole, Baron Montagu, another son and other relatives ...
Utilizing new evidence and reinterpreting known facts, Retha M. Warnicke argues that Elizabeth of York and Margaret Tudor, Lady Richmond, were dynastic allies. Scholars have cited diplomatic evidence out of context that claimed Henry VII’s mother kept h
From The Red Queen Richard, from the castle at Nottingham, sends a commission to all the shires of England to remind them of their duty to him, and proclaiming the threat of Henry Tudor. He orders them to put aside all local disputes and be ready to muster in his cause. He orders Eli...
She never stopped plotting for her son, and when he finally invaded and rode onto Bosworth Field it was Margaret who provided the ally, the husband she had married for this very moment. Henry Tudor won the battle saved by his stepfather’s cavalry; he received his crown on the battlefield...
On this day in history, 8th August 1503, the formal wedding of Princess Margaret Tudor and King James IV of Scotland took place in the chapel of Holyroodhouse. John Leland writes of how thirteen-year-old Margaret, who was the eldest daughter of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, was ...
The Lost Tudor Princess: The Life of Lady Margaret DouglasHISTORYNONFICTIONGREAT BritainTUDORS, 1485-1603Clutterbuck, HannaLibrary Journal
David Cressy, Birth, Marriage, and Death: Ritual, Religion, and the Life-cycle in Tudor and Stuart England (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2002), 440. See also, Lou Taylor, Mourning Dress: A Costume and Social History (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1983), 104. Google ...
Today, it is a pleasure to welcome Aimee Fleming toHistory…the Interesting Bits. Aimee’s first book,The Female Tudor Scholar and Writer: The Life and Times of Margaret More Ropercame out earlier this year. Now, Margaret Roper, the daughter of Sir Thomas More, did appear in my ownHeroine...
In November 1538, various members of the Pole family were arrested for treason and taken to the Tower of London. In January 1539, many of them were executed. Even though the Countess was elderly (for Tudor times), being 65 years of age in 1538, she was questioned and taken to Cowdray ...
From royal decrees banning all but a few pampered spaniels at Hampton Court to velvet-clad hunting hounds and Anne Boleyn's heart-wrenching loss of her lapdog Pourquoi, they uncover the surprising roles dogs played in Tudor society. Whether guarding, hunting or simply being adored, they reveal...