The Solent was of particular importance and Julian Humphrys looks at the history of three major fortifications that were built on the orders of Henry VIII to defend this strategically vital stretch of water.

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In Issue 10, Dr Elizabeth Norton looks at this magnificent lost Tudor palace and where we can still find glimpses of it today.

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It was ultimately one of the many churches lost as a result of the Reformation and nothing now remains.

Greenwich palace, the birthplace of Henry VIII and his two daughters, Mary I and Elizabeth I, was a favoured residence of all the Tudor monarchs.

Built in close proximity to Greenwich Palace, on land given to the Observant Friars by Edward IV in 1485, the church hosted royal baptisms and weddings, including the baptisms of future queens Mary I and Elizabeth I.

In Issue 19, Alexandra Stevenson, Curator of Archaeology and Historic Buildings at Historic Royal Palaces, guides us through the glittering, dazzling, fantastical buildings that were created for Henry VIII’s gardens at Hampton Court.

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In Issue 19, Dr Emma J Wells looks at the fall of the mighty northern monasteries, of Furness, Rievaulx, Fountains and others, providing a glimpse of the scale of the destruction wrought on these buildings and communities.

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In Issue 19, Sarah Morris, The Tudor Travel Guide, takes us on a journey through Gloucester’s medieval and Tudor past where we wander the cloisters, linger at forgotten priory walls, and trace the echoes of a city that once stood shoulder to shoulder with England’s greatest.

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In Issue 12, Sally Annesley looks at the tomb of William Parker, the last Abbot of Gloucester, its prominent position at Gloucester Cathedral opposite kings, and what it tells us about this interesting man.

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In Issue 10, Gloucester Cathedral’s Archivist, Rebecca Phillips, traces the history of the library, following the re-founding of the new Cathedral of Gloucester, and highlights some of the wonderful Tudor books and manuscripts it holds.

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St Peter’s Abbey in Gloucester, amongst England’s wealthiest religious houses, had a substantial library of books and manuscripts in the medieval and early Tudor period. Sadly, these were destroyed or dispersed following the Abbey’s dissolution in 1540.

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In the sixteenth century, the cathedral became the burial place of two queens, each of whom the reigning monarch wished to forget. In Issue 11, Dr Emma J. Wells looks at its turbulent history and splendid architecture.

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Latymer wrote Anne’s biography, the Chronickille of Anne Bulleyne, for her daughter, Elizabeth I.

Rebuilt twice before its current twelfth-century incarnation, Peterborough Cathedral is a glorious mix of Norman and Gothic architecture.

Latymer is perhaps most known for being a chaplain to Anne Boleyn during her reign and in the early days of the Reformation. He obtained prohibited evangelical books for her from France, for which he was arrested on his return to England.

In Issue 18, Brigitte Webster continues to share her ambitious plan to re-create a Tudor garden at Old Hall, a wonderful Tudor manor house in north Norfolk that is remarkably unchanged by the passage of subsequent centuries.

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This kind of earthworks requires a considerable amount of soil and it comes as no surprise, that most were therefore built from by-products like the spoil from excavating fishponds, cellars or moats.”

A ‘mound’ generally describes an artificially made pile of earth in a round formation. In Tudor England it was spelt with a ‘t’ and served to create an impressive viewing platform to admire the entirety of the garden, but mostly the orchard.