As part of the Lost Prince exhibition there will be live music at the National Portrait Gallery on Friday 2nd November at 6.30pm.
‘Tenor Matthew Long and lutenist Elizabeth Kenny perform works written for Prince Henry both before and after his death.’ (NPG)
Lara’s ‘The Tudor History Blog’ has news about books and exhibitions.
The Telegraph has an obituary for Lady Kinloss who has died aged 90. Lady Kinloss was the Tudor claimant to the English throne, as she was ‘the surviving descendant of Lady Jane Grey’s sister Lady Catherine.’
28th October – Catherine Howard: The Adultress Wife of Henry VIII by David Loades
‘Henry’s fifth Queen is best known to history as the stupid adolescent who got herself fatally entangled with lovers, and ended up on the block. However there was more to her than that. She was a symptom of the power struggle which was going on in the court in 1539-40 between Thomas Cromwell and his conservative rivals, among whom the Howard family figured prominently. The Howards were an ambitious clan, and Catherine’s marriage to Henry appeared to signify their triumph. However her weakness ruined them in the short term, and undermined Thomas Howard, the 3rd Duke of Norfolk’s power permanently. Catherine’s advent has to be seen against the background of the failed Cleves marriage and the policy which that represented. Her downfall similarly should be seen in terms of the reformers fighting back against the Howards, and bringing down Jane Rochford with her. Politics and sexuality were inextricably mixed, especially when the King’s potency was called in question. It is time to have another look at her brief but important reign.’
Historical Royal Palaces Learning Blog has posted a podcast by Lisa Hilton. ‘Queens Consort: England’s Medieval Queens’ looks at the 20 queens between 1066 and 1503.
You can listen at : HRP – Queens Consort: England’s Medieval Queens
