The use of the term “parliament” first occurred in 1236 in England. Previously, this group of the king’s closest advisors had been called the “council”. After agreeing to the principle of “common consent” in the Magna Carta, King John had to increase the size of this group of advisors and include more commoners. He then had to submit his requests for increased taxation to this newly expanded group. Two distinct groups emerged among the commoners: the landed gentry, and the rich merchants and lawyers. Image: King Henry VIII’s Speech in Parliament, towards the latter end of his Reign
Pop-upView Separately

The use of the term “parliament” first occurred in 1236 in England. Previously, this group of the king’s closest advisors had been called the “council”. After agreeing to the principle of “common consent” in the Magna Carta, King John had to increase the size of this group of advisors and include more commoners. He then had to submit his requests for increased taxation to this newly expanded group. Two distinct groups emerged among the commoners: the landed gentry, and the rich merchants and lawyers.

Image: King Henry VIII’s Speech in Parliament,

towards the latter end of his Reign

Source: Wikipedia

King Henry the 8th is infamous for how many wives he had…and disposed of. Most famously, Anne Boleyn - but he, in fact, had 6 wives in total. Perfect for any history buff, this charm bracelet is just over 8” long and features all six wives, each in their own 3/4” glass charm. They’re hung in the order in which Henry married them. (1) Catherine of Aragon 1509-1533 Divorced(2) Anne Boleyn 1533-1536 Beheaded(3) Jane Seymour 1536-1537 Died(4) Anne of Cleves 1540 Divorced(5) Catherine Howard 1540-1542 Beheaded(6) Catherine Parr 1543-1547 Survived On Etsy by Sov
Pop-upView Separately

King Henry the 8th is infamous for how many wives he had…and disposed of. Most famously, Anne Boleyn - but he, in fact, had 6 wives in total. Perfect for any history buff, this charm bracelet is just over 8” long and features all six wives, each in their own 3/4” glass charm. They’re hung in the order in which Henry married them.

(1) Catherine of Aragon 1509-1533 Divorced
(2) Anne Boleyn 1533-1536 Beheaded
(3) Jane Seymour 1536-1537 Died
(4) Anne of Cleves 1540 Divorced
(5) Catherine Howard 1540-1542 Beheaded
(6) Catherine Parr 1543-1547 Survived

On Etsy by Sov

Source: etsy.com

This is where King Henry VIII was throned in 1509. Since 1308, when it was commissioned by King Edward I, all but two monarchs have been crowned in the chair. This image was taken in 1987 when the Stone of Scone was still there.
Pop-upView Separately

This is where King Henry VIII was throned in 1509. Since 1308, when it was commissioned by King Edward I, all but two monarchs have been crowned in the chair.

This image was taken in 1987 when the Stone of Scone was still there.

Source: photomas.net

Vaulted Ceiling in the Henry VIII Chapel, 1937
View Separately

Vaulted Ceiling in the Henry VIII Chapel, 1937

Source: LIFE

by HIROSHI SUGIMOTO The seven photographs in “Portraits” include images that were taken at Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in London of wax models of Henry VIII and his six wives. Sugimoto painstakingly “remade” them to look like the original paintings from which they were modeled by isolating them from their surroundings in the wax gallery and employing lighting techniques similar to those that the painters might have used.
Pop-upView Separately

by HIROSHI SUGIMOTO

The seven photographs in “Portraits” include images that were taken at Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in London of wax models of Henry VIII and his six wives.

Sugimoto painstakingly “remade” them to look like the original paintings from which they were modeled by isolating them from their surroundings in the wax gallery and employing lighting techniques similar to those that the painters might have used.


Source: sanfranciscosentinel.com

One of the most popular fashion accessories of the Middle Ages was the codpiece – a flap or pouch that attached to the front of the crotch of men’s trousers and accentuated it in such a way as to emphasize or exaggerate the genitals. They were stuffed with sawdust or cloth and held closed by string ties, buttons, or other methods. The crotch was often extremely large or gave the idea of an erect penis. The word, codpiece, comes from the Middle English word, cod, which means scrotum. Another symbol of virility in fashion was a style of shoe called the poulaine. These were long, pointy-toed shoes, that were also meant to suggest the size of the wearer’s penis – the longer point, the more virile the man. Codpieces and poulaines are frequently seen in the paintings of the Dutch artist, Pieter Breugel. There is a portrait of Henry VIII, one of the great “fashion horses” of the later Middle Ages, wearing both. Understandably, the Church did not appreciate these articles of clothing, calling them “fashions of the devil.” 
View Separately

One of the most popular fashion accessories of the Middle Ages was the codpiece – a flap or pouch that attached to the front of the crotch of men’s trousers and accentuated it in such a way as to emphasize or exaggerate the genitals. They were stuffed with sawdust or cloth and held closed by string ties, buttons, or other methods. The crotch was often extremely large or gave the idea of an erect penis. The word, codpiece, comes from the Middle English word, cod, which means scrotum. 

Another symbol of virility in fashion was a style of shoe called the poulaine. These were long, pointy-toed shoes, that were also meant to suggest the size of the wearer’s penis – the longer point, the more virile the man. 

Codpieces and poulaines are frequently seen in the paintings of the Dutch artist, Pieter Breugel. There is a portrait of Henry VIII, one of the great “fashion horses” of the later Middle Ages, wearing both. 

Understandably, the Church did not appreciate these articles of clothing, calling them “fashions of the devil.” 

Source: oddee.com

Once owned by King Henry VIII, a bizarre horned helmet and its grotesquely grinning mask topped by a pair of strange spectacles is one of the most intriguing and mystifying artefacts to have survived from Tudor England. more
Pop-upView Separately

Once owned by King Henry VIII, a bizarre horned helmet and its grotesquely grinning mask topped by a pair of strange spectacles is one of the most intriguing and mystifying artefacts to have survived from Tudor England.

more

Whitby Abbey is a ruined Benedictine abbey overlooking the North Sea on the East Cliff above Whitby in North Yorkshire, England. It was disestablished during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under the auspices of Henry VIII. It is a Grade I Listed building in the care of English Heritage. high-res !!!
Pop-upView Separately

Whitby Abbey is a ruined Benedictine abbey overlooking the North Sea on the East Cliff above Whitby in North Yorkshire, England. It was disestablished during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under the auspices of Henry VIII. It is a Grade I Listed building in the care of English Heritage.

high-res !!!

This armor is the earliest dated example from the Royal Workshops at Greenwich, which were established in 1514 by Henry VIII (r. 1509–47) to produce armors for himself and his court. It is also the earliest surviving Greenwich garniture, an armor made with a series of exchange and reinforcing pieces by which it could be adapted for use in battle and in different forms of the tournament. Furthermore, the overall etching and gilding distinguish it as the most richly decorated of all Greenwich armors. The design of the decoration is attributed to the Swiss artist Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98–1543), who worked at the English court from 1526 to 1528. The surviving exchange elements of this armor are the reinforcing breastplate with lance rest for use in the field or in jousts (mounted tournaments with lances); a reinforcing gauntlet for the left hand, or manifer, also used in the tournament with lances; and a right-hand locking gauntlet for the mounted tournament with swords. A highly unusual and innovative feature is the ventral plate, which was worn strapped to the chest beneath the breastplate in order to lessen the weight supported from the shoulders. A ventral plate is found on only one other armor, made in Greenwich in 1540 for Henry VIII. This armor is believed to have been made by order of Henry VIII, either for his own use or for presentation to the French ambassador François de La Tour d’Auvergne, viscount of Turenne, who led a diplomatic mission to London in 1527. After the viscount’s death in 1532, the armor presumably passed to his friend Galiot de Genouilhac, grand master of artillery and grandecuyer (master of the horse) of France, from whose descendants it came to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Source:Royal Workshops: Armor for Field and Tournament [English (Greenwich)] (19.131.1,2) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
View Separately

This armor is the earliest dated example from the Royal Workshops at Greenwich, which were established in 1514 by Henry VIII (r. 1509–47) to produce armors for himself and his court. It is also the earliest surviving Greenwich garniture, an armor made with a series of exchange and reinforcing pieces by which it could be adapted for use in battle and in different forms of the tournament. Furthermore, the overall etching and gilding distinguish it as the most richly decorated of all Greenwich armors. The design of the decoration is attributed to the Swiss artist Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98–1543), who worked at the English court from 1526 to 1528.

The surviving exchange elements of this armor are the reinforcing breastplate with lance rest for use in the field or in jousts (mounted tournaments with lances); a reinforcing gauntlet for the left hand, or manifer, also used in the tournament with lances; and a right-hand locking gauntlet for the mounted tournament with swords.

A highly unusual and innovative feature is the ventral plate, which was worn strapped to the chest beneath the breastplate in order to lessen the weight supported from the shoulders. A ventral plate is found on only one other armor, made in Greenwich in 1540 for Henry VIII.

This armor is believed to have been made by order of Henry VIII, either for his own use or for presentation to the French ambassador François de La Tour d’Auvergne, viscount of Turenne, who led a diplomatic mission to London in 1527. After the viscount’s death in 1532, the armor presumably passed to his friend Galiot de Genouilhac, grand master of artillery and grandecuyer (master of the horse) of France, from whose descendants it came to The Metropolitan Museum of Art.



Source:Royal Workshops: Armor for Field and Tournament [English (Greenwich)] (19.131.1,2) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pop-upView Separately
HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger ‎(1497-1543) Henry VIII and the Barber Surgeons high-res
Pop-upView Separately

HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger ‎(1497-1543)

Henry VIII and the Barber Surgeons

high-res

The Groom of the Stool (formally styled: “Groom of the King’s Close Stool to King (name)”) was the most intimate of a monarch’s courtiers, whose physical intimacy naturally led to him becoming a man in whom much confidence was placed by his royal master, and with whom many royal secrets were shared as a matter of course. This secret information he was privy to, whilst it would never have been revealed, to the discredit of his honour, in turn led to him becoming feared and respected and therefore powerful within the royal court in his own right. Clearly a monarch would choose such servants with great care, selecting only those possessing great and instinctive natural discretion and tact and in whose company he felt perfectly at ease. The office developed gradually over decades and centuries into one of administration of the royal finances, and under Henry VII the Groom of the Stool became a powerful official involved in setting national fiscal policy, under the “Chamber System”.
Pop-upView Separately

The Groom of the Stool (formally styled: “Groom of the King’s Close Stool to King (name)”) was the most intimate of a monarch’s courtiers, whose physical intimacy naturally led to him becoming a man in whom much confidence was placed by his royal master, and with whom many royal secrets were shared as a matter of course. This secret information he was privy to, whilst it would never have been revealed, to the discredit of his honour, in turn led to him becoming feared and respected and therefore powerful within the royal court in his own right.

Clearly a monarch would choose such servants with great care, selecting only those possessing great and instinctive natural discretion and tact and in whose company he felt perfectly at ease. The office developed gradually over decades and centuries into one of administration of the royal finances, and under Henry VII the Groom of the Stool became a powerful official involved in setting national fiscal policy, under the “Chamber System”.

News - A couple doing DIY have uncovered a 20ft (6m) high medieval mural of King Henry VIII on the wall of their home.

23rd January in Medieval History

1. 1368 – In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to the throne of China as the Hongwu: Emperor, initiating Ming Dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries.


2. 1510 – Henry VIII of England, then 18 years old, appears incognito in the lists at Richmond, and is applauded for his jousting before he reveals his identity.