Catherine of Valois second husband was Owen Tudor to whom I have traced my ancestry. They had a number of children the two prominent ones be...

Is there a record of the Royal Chaplains appointed by QE I?

I am doing research for our local History group in Renwick, Cumbria, on the Pilgrimage of Grace in Cumbria. I am thinking about why the POG ...

In the above ground tombs, are the coffins above ground inside the tomb or is the actual coffin under the ground?

In the course of research for my novel I have come across a question that I thought someone here might be able to help with... When a nobl...

I was curious about the excommunication that the Pope carried out against Henry VIII. It is said that when a Prince is excommunicated from t...

Mary I is recorded as having been made godmother to her cousin Frances Brandon; however, Mary was one year old when her cousin was baptized....

I have become seriously interested in King Henry VIII and his relationships with his wives in the last year or so being confined to bedrest ...

Hi, I am writing a novel set around 1495 to 1500. If anyone can tell me what the most likely wealth for a baron or earl would be in this p...

Please could you advise what the earliest age is a person could make a Will in Tudor England?

At school I have this question about Earl of Essex Rebellion is a interpretation and i must to write how convincing is ... So the interpret...

When were Mary and Elizabeth declared legitimate? Is this the same as the time they were put back in the line of succession?

So I just found this site and wondered if I could find out more about my ancestry through others. So I was born Charles Tudor and my fathe...

George contacted me about posting this again since it seems to still be a bit of a mystery! Below is an illustration from a lecture I Goog...

Hi, I have a question about feasts in the early tudor period.I just watched the TV A Tudor Feast and I have a few questions I wondered if so...

I attended a lecture on Tudor-era women in England, and the lecturer mentioned--briefly--that there was one lady-in-waiting who served all 6...

I'm the 15th great granddaughter of Margaret Tudor Queen of Scotland and located in Tennessee, USA. I'm curious about information in...

What happened to Lady Catherine Huntley after Perkin Warbeck's execution?

Last year I visited a small museum in Italy in an Abbey near the town of Preci. In Tudor times that region had a reputation for skilled eye ...

Hi, I been reading up the stuff on this site on courtesy tiles of nobility in the Tudor period...there a couple of things I would like to as...

Eric Ives, as well as several other historians, reference Anne Boleyn as having a "difficult pregnancy" in 1533, as well as refere...

I am thinking about writing a play about Anne Boleyn's last few days in the Tower. How much freedom would she have had, could she move a...

Hi! I'm 22, from Brazil and I'm studying Anne Boleyn for a theatre project. At first I wanted to find a diary or something she wr...

Is it true that Henry VII planned for his son Henry to become archbishop of Canterbury? Are there any sources for this rumour? Thank you. ...

Some follow up questions to my previous ones. Who was rich in the 1520s? Was it only royalty? Furthermore, if it wasn't how could one ...