King Henry VIII

Last queen of Henry VIII , KP was one of only eight Englishwomen to publish during the years 1486-1548. She has been recognised as the earliest woman writer to see her original works in print...

She belonged to the London trading class, which was rising rapidly in wealth and influence. Life at this date was hazardous, however. Hers was shaped by her parents' belief in the new reformed religion, and...

She belonged to the closely-defined group of artists and performers dependent first on Henry 's, then Elizabeth 's, court. She and her family were probably Protestant in sympathies.

If she was the recipient of this dedication, however, that implies that her religious views had undergone no serious change since her early days as a Protestant champion in the closing stages of Henry VIII

The dedication, also to Henry VIII , is Elizabeth's only surviving letter to him. This work was written out by the young translator in her own italic hand, and bound and embroidered by herself in...

WH completed her course in the summer of 1921 (the year after women were admitted to degrees at Oxford). On her written exam results she was given a viva (an oral exam) to determine whether...

Despite her personal achievements, Margaret Roper's fame has and to some extent still does rest primarily on her status as the eldest and favourite daughter of Thomas More , Lord Chancellor of England under Henry VIII

His forebears had strong links with the artistic world. While he himself was a friend of the Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti , Mary's great-grandfather, Captain Thomas Butts , had been a patron of William Blake

RH 's father, William Lok or Locke (1480-1550), had been married before and he was twice more married after the death of his second wife, Katherine (Cook)—who bore him nine children—and whose protestant faith he...

Francis Baily was a novelist and one-time editor of Royal Magazine. It was in the context of the magazine that they met, as ME was one of its contributors. Baily was the author from...

The family of Thomas More were merchants and lawyers of London's bourgeois ruling class: Thomas duly became a lawyer and out of personal passion became a scholar of the new humanist learning. He married again...

Elizabeth's father, King Henry VIII , had been an able and charismatic ruler in his youth. In decline he was tyrannical and paranoid. His second daughter, however, succeeded in remaining on good terms with him...

His treason consisted in refusing, for reasons of religious doctrine, to accept the style which Henry VIII had given himself, of supreme head of the Church of England . His courage at the scaffold extended...

Her mother, Margery, née Gwynneth or Guinet (variously spelled), was reported to be witty and housewifely. She worked beyond her immediate family, serving as silkwoman to two of Henry VIII 's queens. She died...

Anne's father, Stephen Vaughan , was a London merchant adventurer with strong ties to the court of Henry VIII . He served as government agent in the Netherlands for Thomas Cromwell . He was a...