🎉 Three years of All Things Tudors 🎉 Thank you for every like, comment, share, message, discussion, correction, recommendation, and moment of enthusiasm. This account has become one of my favorite places because of all of you!  Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 3 July 1495, Perkin Warbeck made his first direct attempt to seize the English throne when he tried to land at Deal, Kent. It was a bold gamble that would end in disaster before Warbeck himself even set foot on English soil. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 2 July 1603, 9 year old Prince Henry Stuart was installed as a Knight of the Order of the Garter at Windsor Castle. The ceremony symbolized the beginning of a new dynasty & the continuation of England’s most prestigious chivalric tradition. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 1 July 1536, Henry VIII exchanged the royal manor of Coldharbour for Durham House, the London residence of Cuthbert Tunstall. Although a simple property transaction, it reflected the shift in power during Henry’s reign. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 30 June 1468, Lady Eleanor Talbot died. According to the later testimony of Robert Stillington, Eleanor and the future Edward IV had entered into a pre-contract of marriage before Edward married Elizabeth Woodville in 1464. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 29 June 1613, London’s famous Globe Theatre was destroyed by fire during a performance of Henry VIII - one of William Shakespeare’s final plays. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 28 June 1491, a son was born at Placentia in Greenwich to King Henry VII & Elizabeth of York. The infant Henry VIII - never expected to inherit the throne - would become one of the most famous & controversial monarchs in history. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 27 June 1505, the future Henry VIII took a dramatic step that would temporarily unravel one of England’s most important dynastic marriages. Henry formally renounced his betrothal to Catherine of Aragon, the widow of his brother, Arthur. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

I absolutely loved “Cecily” by Annie Garthwaite. I couldn’t put it down! She brings Cecily Neville vividly to life as an intelligent, resilient political force during the Wars of the Roses. Highly recommended! Read the full review on IG! @ allthingstudors

Empress Matilda lost control of Westminster and was forced to flee London on 24 June 1141. The loss of Westminster was more than a temporary setback - it was the moment Matilda’s dream of ruling England slipped from her grasp. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 23 June 1314, one of the most famous battles in British history began at Bannockburn. Over the next two days, the forces of Robert the Bruce would confront the army of Edward II of England. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 22 June 1470 in the cathedral city of Angers, two bitter enemies came face to face to form an unlikely alliance. Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, met Margaret of Anjou, the fiercely determined wife of the deposed Lancastrian king Henry VI.  Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 21 June 1377, King Edward III died, around the age of sixty-four, at Sheen Palace - bringing to a close one of the most remarkable reigns in English history, that lasted just over fifty years. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 20 June 1565, Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, was committed to the Tower of London after Queen Elizabeth I learned that her son, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, was betrothed to Mary, Queen of Scots. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 19 June 1502, Henry VII concluded the Treaty of Antwerp, an agreement between England and the Low Countries, which also advanced one of the king’s most important political goals: the suppression of Yorkist threats to the Tudor dynasty. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 18 June 1429, the English army suffered one of its most devastating defeats of the Hundred Years’ War at the Battle of Patay. Patay shattered English military prestige & marked a dramatic turning point in the campaign for the French crown. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 17 June 1128, Empress Matilda married Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, in Le Mans. What began as a politically expedient marriage ultimately reshaped the future of England, creating one of the most influential royal dynasties in medieval Europe.  Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 16 June 1483, Dowager Queen Elizabeth Woodville reluctantly surrendered her youngest son, Richard, Duke of York, to the care of Richard, Duke of Gloucester. It was the last confirmed occasion on which the prince was seen by his mother. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 15 June 1381 at Smithfield, just outside the walls of London, the fourteen-year-old Richard II rode out to confront the leader of the Peasants’ Revolt, Wat Tyler, in a tense meeting that would determine the fate of the rebellion. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 14 June 1381, the 14 year old Richard II rode out from the Tower of London to meet thousands of rebels gathered at Mile End during what became known as the Peasants’ Revolt. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 13 June 1548, Katherine Parr & Thomas Seymour began the journey to Sudeley Castle. For the newly married couple, it marked the start of what they hoped would be a happy life together away from the tensions & rivalries of the Tudor court. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 12 June 1540, Thomas Cromwell wrote the first of two desperate letters to Henry VIII from the Tower of London, where he had been imprisoned two days earlier after his dramatic arrest at a meeting of the Privy Council. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 10 June 1312, Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall and the closest companion of King Edward II, was seized by Guy de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and taken prisoner at Warwick Castle. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 9 June 1549, the Book of Common Prayer was first used across England. Compiled chiefly by Thomas Cranmer and introduced under Edward VI, it marked a major step in the English Reformation. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 8 June 1536, Parliament passed the Second Act of Succession. The act formally declared both of Henry’s surviving daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, illegitimate and removed them from the line of succession to the English throne. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 7 June 1394, Queen Anne of Bohemia, beloved wife of King Richard II of England, died at the royal manor of Sheen, near Richmond, at just twenty-eight years of age. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

“Thomas More” by Dr. Joanne Paul is exceptionally well researched, beautifully written, and often reads like a novel. A thoughtful, nuanced biography that I highly recommend. Read the full review on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 5 June 1483, Margaret Beaufort attended a meeting with Richard, Duke of Gloucester. The convo may have marked the moment when her efforts shifted from securing her son’s return as a loyal subject to imagining a far more ambitious future. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 4 June 1487, the pretender Lambert Simnel landed at Furness, at the head of an invasion force determined to overthrow Henry VII. Simnel had been proclaimed in Ireland as King Edward, presented as the Yorkist heir and an alternative. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 3 June 1482, an indenture was drawn up in the presence of Edward IV that outlined the conditions under which the exiled Henry Tudor might be permitted to return to England. It was the culmination of years of careful negotiation. Read more on IG! @ allthingtudors

On 2 June 1420, King Henry V and Catherine de Valois, were married at Troyes. The marriage followed the Treaty of Troyes, an agreement that sought to bring an end to decades of conflict between England & France by uniting the two royal houses.  Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 1 June 1581, James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, was found guilty of participating in the murder of Lord Darnley, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. The verdict brought renewed attention to a crime that had shocked the kingdom 14 yrs earlier. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 31 May 1495, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, died at Berkhamsted Castle at approx 80 yo. Few women of the 15c witnessed as much triumph, tragedy, & political upheaval as Cecily, whose life spanned the reigns of 6 kings. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 30 May 1445, Margaret of Anjou was crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey, marking the beginning of one of the most influential and controversial queenships of the fifteenth century. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 27 May 1602, Prince Robert Bruce Stuart, the youngest son of King James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark, died at Dunfermline Palace at just four months old. The young prince was buried at Holyrood Abbey. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 26 May 1465, Elizabeth Woodville was crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey, marking the formal elevation of a woman whose marriage had already transformed the political landscape of the kingdom. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 25 May 1455, Richard, Duke of York, publicly returned King Henry VI’s crown to him during a ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, in one of the most striking symbolic moments of the early Wars of the Roses. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 24 May 1615, Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset, stood trial at Westminster Hall in one of the most infamous murder cases of the Stuart period. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 23 May 1430, Joan of Arc, one of the most remarkable figures of the Hundred Years’ War, was captured. While defending the town of Compiègne and surrounded by Burgundian soldiers allied with England, Joan was taken prisoner. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 22 May 1537, Edward Seymour, the elder brother of Queen Jane Seymour, was sworn in as a member of King Henry VIII’s Privy Council. This started a journey from courtier to the most powerful man in the kingdom after the king himself. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

21 May 1524 marked the death of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk. By the time of his death, Thomas Howard had witnessed the fall of the Plantagenets, survived the rise of the Tudors, and helped shape the early reign of Henry VIII. His Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 20 May 1935, Pope Pius XI canonized Cardinal John Fisher and Sir Thomas More, formally recognizing the two as saints. Both men were executed in 1535 after refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII as Supreme Head of the Church of England. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

19 May 1477 saw one of the most disturbing episodes of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence’s downfall when two of his trusted servants, John Stacey and Thomas Burdet, were executed on charges of sorcery. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Following a trial before his peers in Westminster Hall, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, was found guilty of high treason. On 17 May 1521, he was led to Tower Hill, where he was beheaded before a large crowd. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 16 May 1617, James VI and I made a triumphant entry into Edinburgh, returning to his native kingdom of Scotland for the first - and ultimately only - time since inheriting the English throne in 1603. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 15 May 1464, Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, was captured and executed in Hexham, alongside several other prominent Lancastrian nobles. His death extinguished one of the most powerful and determined champions of the House of Lancaster. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 14 May 1219, William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke died in Caversham around the age of seventy-two. Revered as “the greatest knight in the world,” William’s remarkable life spanned one of the most turbulent periods in English history. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 13 May 1568, the fate of Mary, Queen of Scots was decided at the Battle of Langside. The battle was Mary’s final attempt to recover her crown & the moment that transformed a reigning queen into one of history’s most famous royal prisoners. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 12 May 1536, in Westminster Hall, four men stood accused of adultery with Queen Anne Boleyn and of conspiring with her to bring about Henry VIII’s death: Mark Smeaton, Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, and William Brereton. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Sarah Gristwood’s Blood Sisters is a brilliant account of the women of the Wars of the Roses. Utterly engrossing, it is essential reading for anyone fascinated by the extraordinary women who shaped this turbulent era! Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors