I read Little Bean and Little Egg’s Historical Day Out: The Collection by Gary Pitty and Heather Rowe to my niece, and we both absolutely loved it! It’s the perfect mix of education and imagination! Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Just finished @TudorPlaces Magazine, Issue 19 - a journey through Henry VIII’s gardens at Hampton Court, a focus on Rievaulx Abbey, & the beauty of Penshurst Place. @tudorfoodrecipe Tudor frieze mural is pure artistry - now I want one myself! Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 8 November 1528, at Bridewell Palace, King Henry VIII first publicly declared the troubled state of his conscience regarding his marriage to Queen Catherine of Aragon. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

In the waning years of the Wars of the Roses, a quiet yet significant union took place - Jasper Tudor married Katherine Woodville. Their marriage, traditionally dated 7 November 1485, was a symbol of reconciliation and royal consolidation. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Catherine of Aragon first met Arthur, Prince of Wales, on 6 November 1501. This was her first encounter with the husband she would outlive - and whose death would alter the course of English history. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 5 November 1520, Sir Robert Poyntz of Iron Acton died at about seventy years old - a veteran of Bosworth and a steadfast servant of the Tudor crown. He was laid to rest in the Poyntz Chapel of St. Mark’s Church, Bristol. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Nearly 5 centuries after Henry VIII’s break from Rome, this moment carried profound historical & spiritual significance. Can moments like this heal centuries of division?👇🏼 Read more on IG! @allthingstudors 📸: © AP/Andrew Medichini. Used here for comm. & ed. purposes only.

Sir John Perrot, died on 3 November 1592. He was found guilty of treason & condemned to die. Returned to the Tower to await execution, Perrot succumbed to illness. But was he the illegitimate son of King Henry VIII? Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 2 November 1470, within the walls of Westminster Abbey, Queen Elizabeth Woodville gave birth to a son - Edward. He would be known as King Edward V - the boy who was born in sanctuary, destined to become one of the Princes in the Tower. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

🕯️ Haunted Tudor London: A Virtual Candlelit Walk Through the City of Shadows 👻 Last night, on Halloween, London seemed to hold its breath. I lit a candle & followed Heather Teysko through streets older than memory. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 31 October 1460, the quiet village of Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire became the scene of a violent skirmish between two of the North’s most powerful families - the Nevilles and the Percys. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Amid Westminster Abbey, Henry Tudor was crowned King Henry VII of England on 30 October 1485. Just two months earlier, he had defeated Richard III at Bosworth, ending decades of dynastic conflict. 📸: ©️All Things Tudors Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 29 October 1586, Parliament assembled under grave and unprecedented circumstances. They formally ratified the sentence of death, declaring that Mary, Queen of Scots had forfeited her life. It was presented to Elizabeth I in November. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 28 October 1570, Ivan IV of Russia, better known as Ivan the Terrible, wrote a scathing letter to Queen Elizabeth I. Unruffled, Elizabeth answered with her trademark composure. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On the night of 27 October 1532, England and France came together in Calais. It was a triumph - a declaration to the French court that Anne Boleyn was no mere mistress. She was the woman for whom a king would defy the world. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 26 October 1529, Sir Thomas More took his oath as Lord Chancellor of England in the Great Hall at Westminster. Yet, in time, even his virtue and esteemed reputation could not shield him from King Henry VIII’s wrath. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 25 October 1532, two of England’s most powerful noblemen - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk - were invested as Knights of the Order of San Michel. 📸: Via Wikipedia Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Thomas Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre of Gilsland, died on 24 October 1525. While patrolling the unruly Anglo-Scottish borders, Dacre suffered a fatal fall from his horse. He was buried at Lanercost Priory. 📸: Arms of Thomas Dacre via Wikipedia Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On October 23, 1642, the first battle of the English Civil War was fought on the fields of Edgehill. The clash at Edgehill had settled nothing but it had made one thing clear: England was at war with itself. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Henry Parker, 11th Baron Morley, died on 22 October 1577. Despite Elizabeth I’s command for his return from exile, Henry refused and his estates were confiscated by the Crown. He spent his remaining years in exile, dying in Paris in 1577. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick, died on 21 October 1554. In October, he was released from the Tower under house arrest and sent to Penshurst. His freedom was brief - within days, John Dudley died suddenly of natural causes. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

James Blount, 6th Baron Mountjoy, died at Hooke in Dorset on 20 October 1581, surrounded not by the glitter of courtly triumphs but by the quiet remains of his alchemy experiments. His life was a curious blend of loyalty, intellect, & longing. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

🍂 Cozy fall Sunday? Dive into history! Read the All Things Tudors blog for stories from the Plantagenets to the Stuarts, and tune in to History with Heather for tales of the Tower of London, Hever, and Pembroke Castle. ☕ Settle in and step back in time! 🔗 Links in bio!

On 18 October 1529, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey’s long reign at the heart of power came to its bitter end by giving up his Great Seal. Wolsey could only surrender it into the hands of the Dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk- awaiting a new master. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Frances Brooke, Lady Cobham, died at Cobham Hall on 17 October 1592. Once a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I, Frances had moved with quiet grace through the splendor and unease of Elizabeth I’s reign. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

The Battle of Twt Hill took place on 16 October 1461. It marked the beginning of Yorkist dominance in Wales and the temporary eclipse of the Tudor cause that, in time, would rise again. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

The Rise of a Queen: Anne Boleyn 1526–1533 An outstanding event! Natalie Grueninger & Dr. Owen Emmerson brought Anne’s rise to life with passion, wit, & insight. The chat buzzed with Tudor excitement—pure gold for history lovers. 📷: Emmerson & Grueninger

On 12 October 1459, Richard, Duke of York, fled with his son Edmund, Earl of Rutland, to Ireland. Meanwhile, his eldest son Edward, Earl of March, and allies Warwick and Salisbury escaped to Calais, the Yorkists’ last stronghold abroad. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Sir Thomas Wyatt died on 11 October 1542. Wyatt had suffered from severe headaches since 1539 and died three years later at Sherborne in Dorset, aged thirty-nine. He was laid to rest in Sherborne Abbey. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

It was 10 October 1460, & Richard, Duke of York, entered the great hall of Westminster. He strode forward & placed his hand firmly on the throne. He was claiming it. He waited for the murmur of assent. But none came. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 8 October 1536, Lady Mary Tudor was compelled to write two letters: one to Pope Paul III and another to Mary of Hungary, sister of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. The hand behind this coercion? Her father, King Henry VIII. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Helen Castor’s She Wolves is a gripping, masterful history. From Edward VI’s death to Mary I’s rise, it brilliantly traces the fierce fight for female power in England. Flows like a novel & utterly unputdownable! Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

🌹Tudorcon 2025 was magical! From tours of Agecroft Hall in Richmond, VA, to a great talk by Danielle Teigan, a roundtable with Janet Wertman and @shakeuphistory.bsky.social ,plus music by Ron McFarlane & Andrew McEvoy- it was Tudor history come alive! Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 5 October 1518, Princess Mary Tudor was formally betrothed to François, Dauphin of France. The ceremony took place at Greenwich Palace when Mary was just two years old. Her intended, François, was only a few months old. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

The Lincolnshire Rising erupted on 4 October 1536. That morning, the fury of the commons spilled into violence when Dr. Raynes, chancellor to the Bishop of Lincoln, was dragged from his bed at Bolingbroke and brutally executed. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

✨New on the Blog ✨ Sometimes failure lays the foundation for greatness. ⚔️👑 “A Broken Soldier, A Lasting Legacy: The Life of John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset” Read here 👉 allthingstudors.blogspot.com

Elizabeth de Valois, queen and beloved wife of King Philip II of Spain, died at the Palace of Aranjuez. On 3 October 1568 she bore a daughter, but the child was stillborn- and the young queen succumbed to complications soon after. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Dorothy Stafford was born on 1 October 1526, the daughter of Henry Stafford and Ursula Pole, granddaughter of Margaret Pole- the last great heiress of the Plantagenet line. She married William Stafford, widower of Mary Boleyn. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 30 Sept 1473, John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, seized St. Michael’s Mount, determined to revive the Lancastrian cause. Edward IV answered with a 22-week siege. Oxford surrendered in Feb 1474, only to escape & lead Tudor’s vanguard at Bosworth. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Claire Ridgway’s Mary and Anne Boleyn: Two Sisters, One King is outstanding! The daily Q&As were invaluable and the pre-course sessions made it feel like a real community. Her knowledge and warmth make this class both fascinating and personal! Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

George Buchanan, the renowned Scottish humanist, historian, and scholar, died on 28 September 1582. Buchanan died in his flat at Kennedy’s Close in Edinburgh. He was laid to rest at Greyfriar’s Kirkyard on 29 September 1582. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Catherine of Aragon left Spain, bound for England, on 27 September 1501. At 5 o’clock in the evening, her fleet put to sea. She landed safely at Plymouth on 2 October, ready to meet her betrothed-Arthur, Prince of Wales. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

✨ New Blog Post ✨ Everyone knows Robert Devereux, the favorite of Queen Elizabeth I. But have you heard of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex? His story is filled with ambition, controversy, and mystery. 👉 Read the full story here: allthingstudors.blogspot.com

On 26 September 1580, Francis Drake sailed triumphantly back into the port of Plymouth, completing his daring circumnavigation of the globe. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Mary, Queen of Scots, was taken to Fotheringhay Castle on 25 September 1586, the final stage in her long captivity. For nearly two decades, Mary was moved from one guarded residence to another, always under suspicion, always a prisoner. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Edward Seymour, Viscount Beauchamp, was born on 24 September 1561 within the forbidding walls of the Tower of London. He was the firstborn son of Lady Katherine Grey and Edward Seymour, a marriage that defied the will of Elizabeth I. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Henry Pendleton, theologian and royal chaplain, was laid to rest on 21 September 1557, at St. Stephen’s Walbrook. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 20 or 21 September 1435, the signing of the Treaty of Arras reshaped the course of the Hundred Years’ War. It brought peace between King Charles VII of France and Philip, Duke of Burgundy. For England, however, the treaty was disastrous. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

✨ New on the Blog ✨ The Making of a Cardinal: The Rise of Thomas Wolsey Explore the dramatic moment when Wolsey is crowned Cardinal! Discover the story behind the scarlet robes: allthingstudors.blogspot.com

Thomas Cavendish, the daring Elizabethan explorer later hailed as “The Navigator,” was christened on 19 September 1560 at St. Martin’s Church in Trimley St. Martin, Suffolk. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors