The news cycle is fast, and it’s hard to keep up with our favorite interests and topics! That’s why I regularly I make up this post with the top stories that have caught my attention. This edition – a castle break in, a village Henry VIII demolished, and a Tudor hall replicated in 3D.
Grab a cuppa, sit back, and enjoy some Tudor news…
News
How much do you know about the Rough Wooing?
“The Rough Wooing is important in that respect as it was the last major invasion of Scotland by England before the Union of the Crowns in 1603 – Scotland was of course invaded and conquered by Oliver Cromwell in 1650, the last major incursion into Scotland by an English army before the Acts of Union.”
Read more: https://www.thenational.scot/news/17906335.rough-wooing-scots—know-much-henry-viii/
Why Royal Guests have always been a pain in the butt
“Every summer, Queen Elizabeth I and her massive court set out on a months’ long progress, with a mile-long train of dozens of carriages, carts and over a thousand horses. For this elaborate summer vacation, no regular inn would suit the Virgin Queen. Instead, Elizabeth stayed at her monied and titled subjects’ country estates—a great honor for them, but also her right as absolute monarch of the British Isle. “Every nobleman’s house is her palace, where she continueth during pleasure and till she return to some of her own,” wrote one contemporary.”
Read more: https://www.history.com/news/elizabeth-i-royal-progress-expense
This is what a long-lost Tudor hall would have looked like in its prime
“The Paston Footprints project is also building in 3D the priory at Bromholm, the hall at Oxnead, and Gresham castle, which are all places that are part of the Paston story.”
Read more: https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/tudor-hall-recreated-as-part-of-paston-footprints-project-1-6278133
An 800-year-old figure of Christ that once adorned St Mary’s Abbey in York will be returned to the city after nearly two centuries.
“The rare object, made in Limoges, France, in the 13th Century, was found in 1826 in the ruins of the abbey. It disappeared for 100 years before it became part of a private German art collection in the 1920s. It was bought by York Museums Trust and will be displayed at the Yorkshire Museum, on the site of the old abbey.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-49756235
Sudeley Castle was robbed
“Thieves broke into the exhibition area of Sudeley Castle in Winchcombe in the early hours of 8 September.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-49725691
The story of Cuddington: Surrey’s lost village demolished by Henry VIII
“The peaceful tiny village thought to have originated in the 8th Century was wiped off the map by the infamous Tudor king.
Read more: https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/nostalgia/story-cuddington-surreys-lost-village-16945618
Entertainment
TV drama A Discovery of Witches filmed at Caerphilly Castle
Filming for the new series of television drama A Discovery of Witches has taken place at Caerphilly Castle.
Read more: https://caerphilly.observer/news/979987/tv-drama-a-discovery-of-witches-filmed-at-caerphilly-castle/
If you’re in San Diego, see this play!
“Canadian actor/playwright Kate Hennig is enthralled by the feminist potential of stories set in patriarchal times. The first play in what has become her Queenmaker Trilogy was “The Last Wife,” which had its world premiere at the 2015 Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada, which bills itself as North America’s largest classical repertory theatre company. The power couple at its center was King Henry VIII and his sixth and final wife, Katherine Parr.
The next part of the trilogy, “The Virgin Trial,” was commissioned by the Stratford Festival, where it debuted in 2017. Part three, “Mother’s Daughter,” also commissioned, had its world premiere at Stratford this summer.”
Read More: https://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2019/09/16/diabolical-palace-intrigue-in-the-u-s-premiere-of-the-virgin-trial-at-cygnet-theatre/
Travel
Ten of the least visited UK cities you should travel to:
“We’ve got ten of the UK’s least visited cities that still have amazing things for you to see and do. With coastal towns, countrysides, and historic castles spanning all over England, Scotland, and Wales, here are the places you can go on your UK trip without having to bump into all those other tourists!”
Read more: https://www.thetravel.com/uk-least-visited-cities-worth-traveling/
Read the latest Tudor Travel Guide blog on Hever Castle:
“Hever Castle is at the top of practically every Tudor lover’s wish-list of places to visit. In this blog, we go in search of the sixteenth-century castle with our tour guide, Owen Emmerson, House Manager at Hever. Join Owen and me as we explore the castle and recreate the rooms as they were during Anne Boleyn’s lifetime.”
Read more: https://thetudortravelguide.com/2019/09/21/hever-castle/
Heather Teysko is the creator, writer, and producer of The Renaissance English History Podcast, the original Tudor history podcast, started in 2009. She's been writing about history online for over 25 years, since her first site on Colonial American history became number one in history on Yahoo in 1998. In 2019 she created Tudorcon, which is now a yearly event, in addition to writing books, and running TudorFair.com - a whimsical Tudor Merch shop.
She has been passionate about Tudor England since she first read Alison Weir's The Six Wives of Henry VIII 30 years ago, and subsequently moved to London after college to spend her time immersed in Tudor history (how exciting when she got to interview Alison for the first time!). In addition to history, she is passionate about travel, and has lived in 3 countries and 4 states (not counting her perpetual state of confusion), and her family (who help her host her YouTube channel occasionally).
