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Royal Library: Lord Morley’s Tribute to His Daughter Lady Rochford

March 12, 2015

Henry Parker, Lord Morley must have spent most of his career under King Henry VIII with his loyalties torn between his religion, his family and his obedience to his monarch. Having spent his boyhood in the serv... Read More...

Royal Library: Catherine Howard’s Books

Olga Hughes

October 31, 2014

Books, Royal Library

There is some debate over whether Queen Catherine Howard was literate. However, we do have some examples of Catherine owning books which indicate that she was. It is very doubtful indeed, considering Catherine'... Read More...

Royal Library: The Rose and Pomegranate – Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon

Olga Hughes

October 25, 2014

Books, Royal Library

The alliance between England and Spain was supposed to be the great triumph of the new Tudor dynasty. For Katherine of Aragon it ended in tragedy, twice. Yet the first decade of her marriage to King Henry VIII ... Read More...

Royal Library: Cecily Neville’s Legenda Aurea – The Golden Legend

Olga Hughes

October 17, 2014

Books, Royal Library

Bridget of York is the elusive youngest daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Wydeville. Born in 1480 at Eltham, Bridget was likely named after St. Bridget of Sweden. St Bridget is mentioned in Cecily Neville's h... Read More...

Royal Library: Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d’Angleterre – Edward IV or Edward V?

Olga Hughes

October 10, 2014

Books, Royal Library

The British Library houses the surviving manuscripts acquired by King Edward IV that formed the basis for the Royal Library. Part of Edward's collection includes Jean de Wavrin's Anciennes et nouvelles chroniqu... Read More...

Royal Library: Richard III’s Historia Destructionis Troiae and Historia Regum Britanniae

Olga Hughes

October 2, 2014

Books, Royal Library

Two of Richard III's book have travelled rather a long way from his personal collection to the Russian Public Library where they are housed today. Richard purchased the Historia Destructionis Troiae (History of... Read More...