Londoners riot at the building of Somerset House
Edward Seymour built the original Tudor palace of Somerset House and caused riots in London by tearing down other people’s houses as Tony McMahon discovers
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When London Bridge was full of houses!
To look at London Bridge now you see….well…..a bridge with traffic on it. But go back three centuries or more and the bridge was full of houses and some illustrious tenants. During the reign of Henry VIII, the court painter Holbein lived there. Two hundred years later, another artist – Hogarth – was a resident….
The axe and block at the Tower of London
The Tower of London still possesses the axe and “heading block” used for executions right up to the mid-18th century. There’s also a mask that was worn by the executioner. The block is chipped and dented as a result of some considerable use. On this block, the heads of three Scottish rebels – Lords Lovat,…
Richard Rose – London chef boiled!
Richard Rose was a chef boiled to death in Tudor England for trying to poison his master Bishop John Fisher as Tony McMahon discovers