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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · Sep 11

During the early 1540s, England was under serious threat of invasion from its Catholic neighbours. In response, Henry VIII expanded his fleet of warships and constructed a lengthy chain of coastal forts.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · Sep 10

In Issue 10, Dr Elizabeth Norton looks at this magnificent lost Tudor palace and where we can still find glimpses of it today.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · Sep 10

It was ultimately one of the many churches lost as a result of the Reformation and nothing now remains.

Greenwich palace, the birthplace of Henry VIII and his two daughters, Mary I and Elizabeth I, was a favoured residence of all the Tudor monarchs.

Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · Sep 10

Built in close proximity to Greenwich Palace, on land given to the Observant Friars by Edward IV in 1485, the church hosted royal baptisms and weddings, including the baptisms of future queens Mary I and Elizabeth I.

Issue 19 - Tudor Places Magazine - Exploring Tudor Places and their Stories

Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · Sep 10

#OTD, 10 September 1533, three days after her birth, Elizabeth I was baptised at the Church of the Observant Franciscans at Greenwich.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · Sep 8

In Issue 19, Alexandra Stevenson, Curator of Archaeology and Historic Buildings at Historic Royal Palaces, guides us through the glittering, dazzling, fantastical buildings that were created for Henry VIII’s gardens at Hampton Court.

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We explore Henry VIII's lost riverside garden buildings at Hampton Court, the death of the northern monasteries, the device forts on the Solent, Penshurst Place

Issue 19 - Tudor Places Magazine - Exploring Tudor Places and their Stories

Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · Sep 8

Henry VIII’s gardens at Hampton Court have long since disappeared, but they were considered one of the most magnificent gardens of the sixteenth century in England and rivalled some of the best of Europe.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · Sep 3

In Issue 19, Dr Emma J Wells looks at the fall of the mighty northern monasteries, of Furness, Rievaulx, Fountains and others, providing a glimpse of the scale of the destruction wrought on these buildings and communities.

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We explore Henry VIII's lost riverside garden buildings at Hampton Court, the death of the northern monasteries, the device forts on the Solent, Penshurst Place

Issue 19 - Tudor Places Magazine - Exploring Tudor Places and their Stories

Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · Sep 3

The monasteries in the north of England strenuously resisted state efforts to close them but ultimately it was to no avail. In a brutally brief four years, all the monasteries across England were dissolved.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · Sep 2

In Issue 19, Sarah Morris, The Tudor Travel Guide, takes us on a journey through Gloucester’s medieval and Tudor past where we wander the cloisters, linger at forgotten priory walls, and trace the echoes of a city that once stood shoulder to shoulder with England’s greatest.

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We explore Henry VIII's lost riverside garden buildings at Hampton Court, the death of the northern monasteries, the device forts on the Solent, Penshurst Place

Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · Sep 2

In Issue 12, Sally Annesley looks at the tomb of William Parker, the last Abbot of Gloucester, its prominent position at Gloucester Cathedral opposite kings, and what it tells us about this interesting man.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · Sep 2

In Issue 10, Gloucester Cathedral’s Archivist, Rebecca Phillips, traces the history of the library, following the re-founding of the new Cathedral of Gloucester, and highlights some of the wonderful Tudor books and manuscripts it holds.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · Sep 2

St Peter’s Abbey in Gloucester, amongst England’s wealthiest religious houses, had a substantial library of books and manuscripts in the medieval and early Tudor period. Sadly, these were destroyed or dispersed following the Abbey’s dissolution in 1540.

Issue 19 - Tudor Places Magazine - Exploring Tudor Places and their Stories

Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · Sep 2

#OTD, 3 September 1541, Henry VIII created the new Diocese of Gloucester and St Peter’s Abbey became Gloucester Cathedral.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · Sep 1

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We explore Henry VIII's lost riverside garden buildings at Hampton Court, the death of the northern monasteries, the device forts on the Solent, Penshurst Place

Issue 19 - Tudor Places Magazine - Exploring Tudor Places and their Stories

Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · Sep 1

The medieval origins of Penshurst Place in Kent, and its long-standing connection to the Sidney family, are well-known. However, its royal associations are less so. In Issue 19, Dr Elizabeth Norton examines the Tudor history and royal ownership of one of England’s finest medieval great houses.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · Aug 31

Issue 19 is here!

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We explore Henry VIII's lost riverside garden buildings at Hampton Court, the death of the northern monasteries, the device forts on the Solent, Penshurst Place

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · Aug 28

In the sixteenth century, the cathedral became the burial place of two queens, each of whom the reigning monarch wished to forget. In Issue 11, Dr Emma J. Wells looks at its turbulent history and splendid architecture.

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Issue 11 - Tudor Places Magazine - Exploring Tudor Places and their Stories

We visit Peterborough Cathedral, explore the fortifications of Border reiver country, learn about Brooke House, discover the Copperplate Map of London in colour

Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · Aug 28

Latymer wrote Anne’s biography, the Chronickille of Anne Bulleyne, for her daughter, Elizabeth I.

Rebuilt twice before its current twelfth-century incarnation, Peterborough Cathedral is a glorious mix of Norman and Gothic architecture.

Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · Aug 28

Latymer is perhaps most known for being a chaplain to Anne Boleyn during her reign and in the early days of the Reformation. He obtained prohibited evangelical books for her from France, for which he was arrested on his return to England.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · Aug 28

#OTD, 28 August 1583, William Latymer, Dean of Peterborough, was buried at Peterborough Cathedral. Born in 1499 in Suffolk, Latymer studied at Corpus Christi College at Cambridge, where he read canon law and arts and went on to become an evangelical clergyman.

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · Aug 27

In Issue 18, Brigitte Webster continues to share her ambitious plan to re-create a Tudor garden at Old Hall, a wonderful Tudor manor house in north Norfolk that is remarkably unchanged by the passage of subsequent centuries.

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We explore the impact of the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Lady Margaret's connections with Stamford, the Battle of Stoke site, the long-lost Elsyng Palace

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · Aug 27

This kind of earthworks requires a considerable amount of soil and it comes as no surprise, that most were therefore built from by-products like the spoil from excavating fishponds, cellars or moats.”

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Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social · Aug 27

A ‘mound’ generally describes an artificially made pile of earth in a round formation. In Tudor England it was spelt with a ‘t’ and served to create an impressive viewing platform to admire the entirety of the garden, but mostly the orchard.