Archive - Love British History

Peter Richardson, Tudor Royal Jeweller

In 1720, in the parish church of St Mary Savoy in London, lay an inscription in memory of William Vevian.

Jun 27 •

Wolf Hall in 1539, William the Grubber, Cryptic Last Words and Book Launch Party! (you're invited)

In the summer of 1539, a robust man wearing expensive clothing and a velvet cap with a feather dismounted his horse and surveyed the sprawling mansion…

Jun 26 •

May 2025

What Was it Like At a Tudor Wedding?

Tudor marriages were created out of a need to strengthen business interests, improve dynastic security and sometimes, simply because a couple had fallen…

May 24 •

The power of a painting, spooky things and medieval summer events

In 1683, near the close of the reign of Charles II, Henry Keepe stood in front of a fourteenth-century portrait of Richard II at Westminster Abbey.

May 21 •

April 2025

Peter Mundy's Trip to Gloucester in 1639 and the Importance of Historical Tourists

In July 1639 Peter Mundy, a man in his early forties, stepped out of a horse-drawn coach onto the cobbled streets of Gloucester.

Apr 20 •

George III's extravagant birthday party of 1763, power couples of the Tudor age and a trip to Tewkesbury

Have you ever wondered what it would have been like at an eighteenth-century royal birthday party?

Apr 18 •

March 2025

Tudor Power Couples, the 'lost' Henry I and an overlooked Restoration artist

You know how I get when I think about neglected or forgotten histories and people.

Mar 8 •

February 2025

Edmund Harrison, Castles by Train and the Technicolour Medieval World

Driving home from the shops the other week in the pelting rain we noticed cars in front navigating gently around an obstruction in the road.

Feb 4 •

January 2025

The Jewels and Personal Possessions of Anne of Cleves

I often feel as though Anne of Cleves is a neglected queen by many of today’s historians.

Jan 27 •

King John's Christmas Feast at Windsor, A London Highwaywoman and the Women of the Princes in the Tower mystery

Jan 1 •

December 2024

Christmas Dinner in 1574

A Villager's Tudor Christmas Feast in Elizabethan England

Dec 23, 2024 •

November 2024

The Great Hurricane of 1767, Medieval Tombs and a Haunted Pub

Oh, and 25% off Forgotten Women of the Wars of the Roses

Nov 26, 2024 •

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