Auckland Castle owner Jonathan Ruffer wants the King Henry VIII tapestry to have a new home ... for matched funding from the National Heritage Memorial Fund to try to buy the treasure.
The coronation of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon took place on Sunday 24th June 1509. The ceremony is illustrated in the mortuary roll of Abbot Islip dated 1532 in the Abbey's archives. The day ...
This was designed in the Renaissance style by Italian sculptor Pietro Torrigiano (Henry VIII had not liked the designs which were ... the main Lady chapel was sufficiently advanced for her grave to be ...