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12 February 1590 – Death of Blanche Parry

…her home village in Herefordshire, which bears an inscription of twenty-eight lines of verse recording Blanche’s service to her beloved Queen. This can be read in full at http://www.blancheparry.com/epitaph.shtml. You…

What is the connection between Leticia Knolleys and Cornwall?

…was Sir Philip Sidney from Penshurst in Kent – see http://www.infobritain.co.uk/Sir_Philip_Sidney_Biography_And_Visits.htm for more details on him. His mother was Mary Sidney who, as you say, was Robert Dudley’s sister and

what sort of accent did she have…I have heard that is was broad Yorkshire is that true?

…hear some recordings at his website – http://www.pronouncingshakespeare.com/op-recordings/. A BBC report on actors’ use of the phonetic scripts said:- “They say their accents are somewhere between Australian, Cornish, Irish and

Who were Elizabeth’s prime Lady’s in Waiting, who did she trust the most and keep closest to her? We know of Bess in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”…how accurate was this character?

…find out more about Kat at https://www.elizabethfiles.com/info/bios/kat-ashley/ and Blanche at https://www.elizabethfiles.com/info/bios/blanche-parry/ I’m trying to remember what Bess was like in the Elizabeth films but I can’t remember so here are…

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Glamour in Austerity

…last post Elizabeth I’s Use of Dress as a Political Tool. You can listen to the programme via BBC iPlayer at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018h188#synopsis and the blurb says:- “Lisa Jardine remembers 2011…

Who were men that courted Elizabeth I after she was queen, specifically, who were her favorites and how intimate, if at all, were their relationships?

…not been queen. I do not believe that they had a sexual relationship though. https://www.elizabethfiles.com/info/bios/robert-dudley/ Robert Devereux – He was a favourite later in Elizabeth’s life. https://www.elizabethfiles.com/robert-devereux-2nd-earl-of-essex/4474/ François, Duke of…

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Elizabeth I’s Use of Dress as a Political Tool

There’s an interesting article on the BBC website entitled A Point of View: Dazzling in an age of austerity in which historian Lisa Jardine talks about how “Elizabeth used ostentation…

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Death of Roger Ascham – 30 December 1568

…placed in the household of Suffolk lawyer and royal commissioner Humphrey Wingfield, a man who modelled his household on that of Sir Thomas More He was taught Latin and Greek…

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Elizabeth I’s Golden Speech

…her love and respect for her realm and for her members of Parliament. In Richard Cavendish’s article on the speech on the History Today website – see http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/elizabeth-golden-speech, he writes…

British History Resources

…the chatroom, weekly video talks, weekly quizzes, resources, Tudor history e-books, and much more. Find out more at www.tudorsociety.com/ Tudor history videos The Anne Boleyn Files YouTube channel has lots…

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17th November 1558 – Elizabeth I Becomes Queen

…by using it for her religious settlement She established the “gender free” authority of the crown She restored and strengthened the administrative structure of the church She maintained the navy…

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July 1575 – Elizabeth I’s Visit to Kenilworth Castle

…can read more about Elizabeth’s 19 day visit to Kenilworth in my article “Elizabeth I’s Visit to Kenilworth Castle” and do check out my photos of the castle at http://www.flickr.com/photos/theanneboleynfiles/sets/72157624536258800/…

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Musician Damon Albarn and Dr John Dee

…as part of the London 2012 Festival for the Cultural Olympiad. See the BBC news report at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13996665 or the Manchester International Festival website for more details. You can find…

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Mary Seymour, Daughter of Catherine Parr and Thomas Seymour

…Anne Boleyn Files – The Mystery of Mary Seymour Solved? – and you can read Linda Porter’s full article on the subject at http://historytoday.com/linda-porter/point-departure-unfit-traveller. Please do read it, it’s fascinating….

Letter to Catherine Parr

…should be, nor else worthy to come in Your Grace’s hands, but rather all unperfect and uncorrect: yet do I trust also that albeit it is like a work which…

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Anonymous: Was Shakespeare a Fraud?

…or Christopher Marlowe, but “yes” argue the Stratfordians. You can read more about the debate and the various theories in the following articles/websites:- The Shakespeare Fellowship – An Oxfordian site…

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Congratulations to Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and his bride Catherine Middleton on their Wedding Day!

…here are some helpful links for those of you who want to celebrate this Royal Wedding:- Full schedule – BBC News website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13097243 Coverage on the BBC News website

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28 April 1603 – Funeral of Elizabeth I

…I’s coffin at the Westminster Abbey Museum and there is a photo of it at www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk. You can also visit the Westminster Abbey page on Elizabeth I’s tomb at http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/royals/burials/elizabeth-i….

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A Video to Celebrate William Shakespeare’s Birthday!

Enjoy this video of bloggers from around the world commemorating and celebrating the work of the Bard, William Shakespeare as part of the http://www.happybirthdayshakespeare.com/ project:- I was lucky enough to…

Monarchs Poem

…James the vain, Charlie, Charlie, James again. Will and Mary, Anna Gloria, Georges four, then Will, Victoria; Edward seven, George and Ted, George the sixth, now Liz instead. (Source: BritanniaHistory.com)…