Archive - Love British History & Sketcherjoey

A Peek into a Tudor Duchess' Jewellery Box

While researching the life of Anne Stanhope (married name Seymour), Duchess of Somerset recently, I came across a carefully itemised inventory of her…

Mar 2 •

February 2024

Joan Martyn and Forgotten Womens' Histories

In early June 1452, Joan Martyn put forward a petition to Henry VI, appealing for compensation. She alleged that, during the king’s visit to her…

Feb 17 •

Come to my book launch!, The Tudor Origins of the 'united kingdom' and a Salad of Lemons

And just like that, it’s February! I hope you’ve had a good start to the year. I’m busy writing the last few chapters of my second history book with Pen…

Feb 3 •

December 2023

Tudor New Year Gifts, Marchpane, New Books and Lost Castles

Hello fellow history lovers and Happy New Year! I ended up having a nosey around the gifts that Elizabeth I received for new year 1588-89 and there were…

Dec 31, 2023 •

October 2023

Halloween Edition! Ghosts, Murders and Mysterious Disappearances 👻...

Mince pies and tinsel might be in the shops at the moment but we’ve got Halloween to go first! And, because history has so many mysteries (he he that…

Oct 28, 2023 •

September 2023

Women of Reading Abbey, Richard III and Wall Murals...

We’re just coming out of the end of a heatwave here in the UK and I’m finally getting round to finishing some art and writing! It’s been a busy few…

Sep 12, 2023 •

June 2023

Chelsea Buns, Bedlam and Who Was to Blame for the Wars of the Roses?

How are you doing, history friends? We’re almost half way through the year, and the weeks and months are going by so quickly. Here’s what’s been going…

Jun 6, 2023 •

April 2023

Medieval Women, An Elizabethan Murder and Where the Coolest in the Eighteenth Century Went to Drink Coffee...

Hope you had a lovely Easter holiday weekend! We spent some time in the sunshine in the garden and ate a lot of chocolate! So much has been happening…

Apr 11, 2023 •

March 2023

Giants of Aldworth, The Mighty Vulcana and The Queen of Beauty...

Gosh, it's been a while. I'm happy to say though that after months of squinting at lots of Ye Olde Medieval sources and writing all about the things I…

Mar 1, 2023 •

October 2022

Boo: The Halloween Edition

Coming to you a bit later than usual because this month’s newsletter is all about mysteries, spells and lovely little spiced cakes, just in time for…

Oct 14, 2022 •

September 2022

How our Medieval ancestors got freaked out by natural events, Englefield and Great Malvern Priory...

Thanks for reading History, Sketching, Life! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Hello fellow history lovers! How are you…

Sep 1, 2022 •

July 2022

Sea Dragons, Lost Royal Tombs and A Royal Stuart Wet Nurse...

Welcome to another newsletter full of history. This month it’s all about Sea Dragons, lost royal tombs and an influential wet nurse at the Stuart court…

Jul 6, 2022 •

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