by Helen Kain | Oct 8, 2023 | Abbeys, Monasteries and Churches, Beautiful Towns, Castles & Stately Houses, England, Recent
We’ve been back from England for a few weeks now and are now fully recombobulated. I was determined to promptly process all the photos I took on the journey and set myself the task of going through all 1693 photos at the rate of 100 a day. That’s done...
by Helen Kain | Jun 3, 2023 | Cathedral Tapestry, England, Tudors (1485–1603)
Viewing the behaviour of Thomas #4, Cranmer, from a distance of 500+ years, it’s difficult to determine if he was wily or wishy-washy—perhaps both. As part of the double act with Thomas #3 Cromwell, Cranmer played a vital role in ending Henry VIII’s...
by Helen Kain | Jun 3, 2023 | Cathedral Tapestry, England, Tudors (1485–1603)
When Thomas #1, Cardinal Wolsey, fell from grace in 1529 for failure to procure an annulment for King Henry from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, Thomas #3, Thomas Cromwell, succeeded Wolsey as Henry’s chief advisor. Details of Cromwell’s early life...
by Helen Kain | May 27, 2023 | Cathedral Tapestry, England, Tudors (1485–1603)
Thomas #2, Thomas More, acted in both legal and spiritual advisory capacities to King Henry VIII. He was born in London in 1478, the son of a lawyer and later judge, Sir John More. He attended Saint Anthony Grammar School in London while also working as a page to the...
by Helen Kain | May 20, 2023 | Cathedral Tapestry, Entertablement Abroad, Tudors (1485–1603)
Cardinal Wolsey was born c 1475 in Ipswich, Suffolk, to a butcher and his wife. He attended Ipswich School, then Magdalen College School, before studying theology at Magdalen College, Oxford and graduating at age 15. He was Thomas #1 of Henry VIII’s Tetrad of...