The History of England Magazine
Every month we present new feature articles relating to the history of this green and pleasant land. From ancient battlefields to famous people, hangings to national celebrations, we’ve got something to interest everyone.
You may also be interested in our History of Britain section covering the period from the Act of Union during Queen Anne‘s reign to the modern day.
The Levellers
A political movement during the English Civil War, the Levellers campaigned for equality, religious tolerance, suffrage and sovereignty. Since 1975, on the Saturday nearest to 17th May the Cotswolds town of Burford has commemorated Levellers’ Day in memory of the mutineers executed there…
Pandemics and The British Monarchy
Pandemics transcend international borders and everyone, regardless of wealth, power or status, is at risk, and that includes the British monarchy. From the Black Death to Smallpox to Influenza, pandemics have a way of steering history…
Aelfthryth, England’s First Queen
England’s first crowned and anointed queen, Ælfthryth (Elfrida) is perhaps better known for her alleged complicity in the murder of her stepson, Edward the Martyr…
The Field of the Cloth of Gold
In June 1520, just outside Calais, a huge festival of 18 days of jousting, wrestling, archery and other grand entertainments was held to cement friendly and peaceful relations between France and England…
Warwick the Kingmaker
Warwick ‘the Kingmaker’ was a nobleman, a military commander in the Wars of the Roses and an influential politician who would by stealth, cunning and daring be in virtual control of the country for many years until his death at the Battle of Barnet…
Sir Thomas More
Sir Thomas More: lawyer, philosopher, writer and statesman, Lord High Chancellor of England and advisor to King Henry VIII. Sadly for More, his life ended in a dramatic and characteristically Tudor fashion when he refused to acknowledge King Henry VIII’s divorce as well as the drastic…
Sir Francis Walsingham, Spymaster General
Sir Francis Walsingham is perhaps best known as Queen Elizabeth I’s spymaster: through his network of spies and the information he gathered from them, he was able to protect Elizabeth from assassination plots and conspiracies. He is perhaps most well-known for his role in securing the grim fate of Mary Queen of Scots…
Siege of Sidney Street
Read about the Houndsditch murders of 1910 and the subsequent Siege of Sidney Street of 1911 which left three police officers dead and three more seriously injured. How different our history would have been had Churchill been shot and killed during the fire fight.
