Issue 20

Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the abbey buildings and valuable agricultural lands of many of the southern monastic houses were gifted or bought by court favourites, lawyers and merchants from London, creating a new Tudor landowning elite. Dr Emma J Wells looks at the seismic effect of these changes on Tudor society.

Today, Linlithgow Palace is best known as the birthplace of Mary, Queen of Scots. Yet it was also the favourite residence of Mary's grandmother, Margaret Tudor, for whom it was a site of leisure and relaxation, and the location of several major life events. Dr Rachel Delman guides us through this marvellous Renaissance palace.

A suite of apartments was created at Hampton Court Palace for Henry VIII's long-awaited male heir, Prince Edward, and his household. However, despite their former significance, the history of these rooms is little know today. James Shemmonds explores these lodgings, how their use changed over the centuries and what remains today.

Hannah Leueen Matthews is a freelance historian, osteoarchaeologist and project manager with a passion for the Tudor period. For the past twenty years, she has worked in a variety of roles for Burghley House, Historic Royal Palaces and the Mary Rose Trust.

Queen Elizabeth I's visit to Cambridge University in 1564 was a spectacle of pageantry by both the Queen and the University, offering the latter an opportunity to impress and entertain the monarch. Julian Humphrys delves into the detail of Elizabeth I's only visit to Cambridge.

Sarah Morris, The Tudor Travel Guide, leads us through the Tudor highlights of the border county of Herefordshire, discovering Hereford's tumultuous history and the black and white timber-framed buildings for which the county is renowned.