The History of England Magazine

Handsome and immensely ambitious, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester was a favourite – and possible lover – of Queen Elizabeth I…

The father of Alfred the Great, King Aethelwulf (‘Noble Wolf’) was King of Wessex from 839-858. Aethelwulf allied with Mercia against the many Viking invasions…

On 19th March 1649 the House of Lords was abolished by an Act of Parliament, which declared that “…the House of Lords is useless and dangerous to the people of England.”

Jane Boleyn was lady-in-waiting to four queens, two of whom were executed on the orders of their husband, King Henry VIII. Jane was married to Anne Boleyn’s brother George who, like Anne and Jane, was also executed on Tower Green…

Born on 22nd January 1561, Francis Bacon was an influential figure: philosopher, parliamentarian and pioneer in scientific methodology. It has also been suggested that he may have written some of Shakespeare’s plays…

The 18th century version of the Dot Com Boom – and Bust!

The Lancastrian Phase of the Hundred Years War was the third and final phase, from 1415 when King Henry V of England invaded Normandy, to the Battle of Castillon in1453 where the commander John Talbot, the Earl of Shrewsbury fatally led his men into…

The twelve days of Christmas would have been a most welcome break for the workers on the land, which in Tudor times would have been the majority of the people. All work, except for looking after the animals, would stop, restarting again on…