In Issue 20 of Tudor Places, in the third article in our series on the Dissolution of the Monasteries, we consider the impact on the southern monastic houses, many of whose abbey buildings and valuable agricultural lands were gifted or bought by court favourites, lawyers and merchants from London, creating a new Tudor landowning elite. 

We foray north over the border into Scotland to look at Linlithgow Palace, a marvellous Renaissance palace that became Margaret Tudor’s favourite residence following her marriage to James IV. We explore the suite of apartments created at Hampton Court Palace for Henry VIII’s long-awaited male heir, Prince Edward, and we learn about the spectacle of pageantry created by both the Queen and the University during Elizabeth I’s five-day visit to Cambridge in August 1564.

We examine the splendid tomb in St James’ Church in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, that is dedicated to Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk, and her second husband, Richard Bertie.

We speak to Hannah Leueen Matthews, a freelance historian, osteoarcheologist and project manager with a passion for the Tudor period, and learning more about the new research and public engagement project, Building Tudor Portsmouth, with which she is involved.

Sarah, The Tudor Travel Guide, leads us through the Tudor highlights of the border county of Herefordshire, Brigitte Webster shares the joys of gardening during autumn at Old Hall, and in Last Place, Dr Sean Cunningham tells us about his favourite Tudor locations.

Articles include:

From Sanctuary to Spoil: The Dissolution of the Southern Monasteries

A Queen's Favourite Residence: Margaret Tudor and Linlithgow Palace

The Prince's Lodgings at Hampton Court Palace

In Conversation with Hannah Leueen Matthews

A Royal Visit: Queen Elizabeth I and Cambridge University

Tracing the Tudors through Herefordshire

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