Ludlow Castle is renowned for several reasons, not least for being the medieval seat of the Prince of Wales. Edward IV, Edward V, Prince Arthur Tudor and Mary I spent significant time here. Indeed, it was here that Prince Arthur met his untimely end, likely from the sweating sickness, shortly after marrying his young bride,…
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“Master Kingston shall I go to a dungeon?” “No Madam you shall go to the apartments you stayed in prior to your coronation.” They came for Henry Norris at dawn on the 2nd May 1536 arrested him and took him to the Tower of London. Mark Smeaton, a musician from the court, was already “in…
Is Bloody Mary, Mary Queen of Scots? This is a question that I see all over the internet. The answer is simple….NO! They are two different people. And just to make matters a little more complicated for everyone, there is another Mary Tudor that people keep confusing with Bloody Mary. This person is Mary Tudor,…
