King Henry VIII

Born in June, Born in the 15th Century, Died in January, Died in the 16th Century, Podcast, Politics, Religion, Royalty 191 Views

King Henry VIII Biography King Henry VIII is probably the most well-known and most studied of English monarchs. His reign is often seen as a prelude to and the forerunner of the British empire. Certainly, without the institutional changes he brought, the wars he fought, and the religious differences he ushered into his country, England, and therefore Britain likely would ...

Guy Fawkes

Born in April, Born in the 16th Century, Crime, Died in January, Died in the 17th Century, Politics, Religion 340 Views

Guy Fawkes Biography Guy Fawkes was born on 13 April 1570 in Stonegate, which is in York, in the North of England. His parents were a proctor called Edward Fawkes and Edith, a recusant Catholic. His great-grandfather on his father’s side of the family was Lord Mayor of York in the 1530’s. He also had three siblings, a sister called ...

Thomas Becket

Born in December, Born in the 12th Century, Died in December, Died in the 12th Century, Politics, Religion 462 Views

Thomas Becket Biography Thomas Becket was born on 21 December 1119 or as later historians would have it, 1120, in Cheapside, London. His father was Gilbert Beket who’s father was from Thierville, which is in Normandy, France. Thomas’s mother, Matilda, was also descended from Normans and it is thought that her family was from near Caen, which is also in ...