Posted in Mary Queen of Scots Tudor events

20 June 1567 – The Casket Letters Discovered

On the 20th June 1567, a few days after Scottish rebels apprehended Mary Queen of Scots, servants of James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, allegedly found a silver

Posted in Mary I

The Myth of Bloody Mary

Apologies for the rather inflammatory headline but I do like to be controversial! I’ve purposely used the misleading nickname that history has given Mary I, daughter of Henry

Posted in Elizabeth I Information Loves and Suitors News The Reign of Elizabeth I Tudor events

The Execution of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex

…more. Wise counsel fell on death ears and Elizabeth’s attempts to tame wild-child Essex failed.

Young Man Among Roses by Nicholas Hilliard, possible Devereux

Pride Comes Before a…

Posted in Appearance of Elizabeth I Anne Boleyn Elizabeth I Early Life Elizabeth I Information Elizabeth I Personality Elizabeth I's Childhood Henry VIII and Elizabeth News

The Legacy of Anne Boleyn

As you know, if you have read my posts over the last week, Tracy Borman has just written a book on Elizabeth I called “Elizabeth’s Women: The Hidden

Posted in Elizabeth I Early Life Imprisonment

Elizabeth Returns to Hatfield

…at Woodstock:-

“Much suspected by me, Nothing proved can be. Quod Elizabeth the Prisoner”

Notes and Sources Elizabeth, David Starkey, p131 Ibid., p140 Ibid., p141 Ibid., p145 Ibid., p147…

Posted in Edward VI People Tudor events

Happy Birthday Edward VI – Venus and Saturn in Conjunction

…at “Happy Birthday Edward VI, but read on for a special guest post by Robert Parry, author of “Virgin and the Crab”:-

Venus and Saturn in Conjunction

Good Wishes…

Posted in Elizabeth I Places News Shakespeare The Reign of Elizabeth I Tudor events Tudor Times

The Rose Theatre

…at www.rosetheatre.org.uk.

You can see a model of the Rose Theatre at theMuseum of London website and a picture of a Shakespearian shoes found at the site at http://www.museumoflondonarchaeology.org.uk/English/News/Current/Shakesperianshoes.htm

Posted in Portraits

New Evidence Regarding the Phoenix and Pelican Portraits

…the symbolism in the paintings in the following articles:-

Elizabeth I Pelican Portrait Elizabeth I Phoenix Portrait Source New Clues Point to Portrait Painter’s Identity – BBC News, 12th September…

Tudor Family Tree

Here is the family tree of the House of Tudor:- Download your Tudor Family Tree Here

Posted in Elizabeth I Early Life Elizabeth I's Childhood Elizabeth I's Household Lady Elizabeth Parents People

The Household of Elizabeth Tudor

…1 Ibid., Notes on Chapter 1 Lady Troy and Blanche Parry: New Evidence about their Lives at the Tudor Court, Ruth.E. Richardson, 2009 Ibid Ibid Elizabeth, David Starkey, p73 Ibid.,…

Posted in People Tudor events

Robert Catesby

…of the gunpowder. How odd!

Notes and Sources Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot, Antonia Fraser Wikipedia page on Robert Catesby The Gunpowder Plot, Elizabeth Files article…

Posted in Robert Dudley People

Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley

This page has been written exclusively for The Elizabeth Files by novelist Jeane Westin, writer of “The Virgin’s Daughters: In the Court of Elizabeth I”. Thank

Posted in Loves and Suitors People

Christopher Hatton

On this day in history, 20th November 1591, Sir Christopher Hatton, Elizabeth I’s Lord Chancellor and favourite, died aged 51.

Sir Christopher Hatton, the man Elizabeth I

Posted in Anne Boleyn Edward VI Elizabeth I Early Life Elizabeth I's Childhood Henry VIII and Elizabeth Mary I

Elizabeth I’s Early Life – Family Background

…following articles:-

7th September 1533 – The Birth of Elizabeth I The Fall of Anne Boleyn Elizabeth I: Her Father’s Daughter and the Lion’s Cub The Shaping of a Monarch

Posted in Elizabeth I Information Elizabeth I Personality Mary Queen of Scots Monarchy People The Reign of Elizabeth I Tudor events

Mary Queen of Scots – Part One

and of imagining and compassing the Queen’s death.

Continued in “Mary Queen of Scots – Part Two”

Sources “Elizabeth, the Queen” by Alison Weir “Elizabeth’s Women” by Tracy Borman…

1583 Speech on Religion

…place and of more comfort than we find here. I know no creature that breatheth whose life standeth hourly in more peril for it than mine own; who entered not…

Posted in Appearance of Elizabeth I Elizabeth I Myths Elizabeth I's Achievements Spanish Armada The Reign of Elizabeth I Tudor events

The Spanish Armada 8 – Elizabeth’s Tilbury Speech

…unified political power she did not actually command.

and she also goes on to say that this image and mythology of Elizabeth as the Virgin Queen,…

I was wondering if the current Queen Elizabeth II ever metioned Elizabeth I in any of her speeches,or if she is a “fan” of her famous ancestor? She has access to so much Tudor history, I wonder if she was interested in it.

…being very interested in history, particularly when it comes to the monarchy, and http://www.royal.gov.uk/, the moarchy’s website, has a page on Elizabeth I – see http://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMonarchy/KingsandQueensofEngland/TheTudors/ElizabethI.aspx

CLICK HERE FOR MORE…

Posted in Elizabeth I Personality

Elizabeth I and her temper

…Guy uncovers the monarch behind the myth, by John Guy, Daily Mail, April 2016. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-3547576/Elizabeth-Historian-John-Guy-uncovers-monarch-myth.html “Letter from Mary, Queen of Scots, to Elizabeth, Queen of England, From the House of…

Posted in Anne Boleyn Elizabeth I Books News Parents

New Book – The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown

…Kindle or paperback.

Here are the Amazon US and UK links:-

The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown – The Kindle version from Amazon.com The Fall of Anne