Margaret beaufort

A portrait of Lady Margaret Beaufort from the Master’s Lodge in Saint John’s College, Cambridge Patrick Comerford I spent two working days in Woking this week, taking part in the annual residential meeting of the the trustees of the Anglican mission agency USPG (United Society Partners in the Gospel). Despite my plans, I never managed to get to see the ruins of Woking Palace, the residence of many royal favourites until it fell into ruins in the mid-17th century. But perhaps its most…

The former Catelyn Stark dishes on the "sort of S&M" aspects of her ambitious royal schemer.

I got a sneak peek of the Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley this week, just before its grand re-opening to the public this weekend....

As I have been working my way through the Tudor era I have been doing further research on the puzzling white band that appears in many early Tudor portraits. The result is this rather long post. I …

Without her assistance, devotion and loyalty to her son, Henry VII may have never become the first Tudor monarch.

Lady Margaret Beaufort (Amanda Hale) 'The White Queen' 2013. Costume designed by Nic Ede.

Elizabeth of York, eldest child and daughter of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville. Sister of Edward V and Richard, Duke of York. Legitimate heir of House York and throne of England. Consort of Henry VII