Category Archives: Places

Bradgate Park to celebrate their Queen this summer

Posted on 7th March 2017 by Tamise

Loughborough Echo reports that Bradgate Park will be hosting a series of events to mark the anniversary of Queen Jane’s reign this summer. Bradgate Park to celebrate its ‘Nine Day Queen

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Katherine Grey at Hever Castle

Posted on 30th October 2016 by Tamise

A wonderful bonus to our stay at Hever Castle was to see this portrait of Katherine Grey outside the breakfast room in the Astor Wing.

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401st Anniversary of Arbella Stuart’s Death

Posted on 25th September 2016 by Tamise

Today marks the 401st anniversary of the death of Arbella Stuart in the Tower of London. Last year I visited the Arbella exhibition at Hardwick Hall, which was to commemorate the 400th anniversary. Arbella Stuart and the Greys

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Events by Place – Sudeley Castle – 7th September 1548

Posted on 7th September 2016 by Tamise

The funeral of Queen Katherine Parr On 7th September 1548, Lady Jane Grey was chief mourner at the funeral of Queen Katherine Parr. The former queen had died two days earlier, probably from puerperal fever, after the birth of her … Continue reading →

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