Here is a show notes page accompanying this episode, recorded at Buckden Towers, formerly known as Buckden Palace. This medieval fortified house and bishop's palace is most famous for its association with Queen Katherine of Aragon, Henry VIII’s first wife. After Katherine refused to accept the annulment of her marriage and the title of Dowager Princess of Wales, she was moved between several residences. In July 1533, she was brought to Buckden Towers where she remained in self-imposed isolation. Although much of the complex has changed over time, key Tudor-era features survive, including The Great Tower (or Inner Gatehouse).

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Show Credits:

Presenter: Sarah Morris

Guest: Frances Farmer

• (00:00:21) - Tudor History & Travel
• (00:01:45) - FREE place on our September 2026 Anne Boleyn Tour!
• (00:03:45) - Catherine of Aragon
• (00:06:26) - Catherine of Aragon
• (00:07:39) - Meet the Friends of Buckden Towers
• (00:08:33) - Buckton Towers, the Bishop's Palace
• (00:14:39) - The Tudor building at Bishops' Close
• (00:15:44) - Walk across the moat at Buckingham Palace
• (00:17:58) - The Great Tower of Lincoln
• (00:22:11) - The Move of Catherine to the Fens
• (00:25:20) - The First Encounter between Charles and Catherine of England
• (00:31:34) - Catherine the Queen's room at Buckden
• (00:37:54) - The Devil's Boss
• (00:39:12) - Catherine's chambers at Buckton
• (00:42:12) - The Queen's Last Days
• (00:44:30) - Catherine the Queen's stay at Bugden
• (00:47:42) - Catherine's chapel at Kim Bolton
• (00:51:50) - The stained-glass window with Catherine of Aragon
• (00:54:01) - The story of Buckton
• (00:55:53) - Knot Garden, Queen Catherine's garden
• (00:58:52) - The St Hugh Palace Hotel, Lincoln
• (01:05:39) - Taste Catherine of Aragon's Castle
• (01:06:05) - A Year in the Life of Buckton Towers
• (01:07:07) - A Christmas Message for The Tudor History and Travel Show

Here is a show notes page accompanying this episode, recorded at Little Moreton Hall in Cheshire. A highlight on any Tudor time traveller’s itinerary, Little Moreton Hall is a picture-postcard building - a charming, delightfully crooked, timber-framed black-and-white building encircled by a narrow moat. Construction of the present hall began in 1505 by William Moreton, during the closing years of Henry VII’s reign. Completed towards the close of Elizabeth I’s reign, the house embodies the transition from the medieval to the Renaissance - a physical record of changing fashions, materials and social aspirations.

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Show Credits:

Presenter: Sarah Morris

Guest: Caroline Schofield

• (00:00:21) - Tudor History & Travel
• (00:01:04) - Amber Lynn Tour
• (00:02:40) - Tudor
• (00:04:31) - Tudor History and Travel
• (00:05:25) - Tudor History and Travel
• (00:07:18) - The story of Little Moreton Hall in Cheshire
• (00:11:47) - Inside the Tudor house in Cheshire
• (00:14:15) - The windows of the Tudor house
• (00:15:10) - Tudor Castle, glass and fire
• (00:17:52) - The Morton House, Cheshire
• (00:20:53) - The Morton's Courtyard
• (00:22:01) - The Great Hall, Moreton
• (00:28:35) - The Little Parlour, Tudor Hall
• (00:34:37) - Caroline's paintings in the house
• (00:35:21) - The fireplace of William Morton's Church
• (00:37:22) - The Morton family became Protestant after the Reformation
• (00:42:32) - The Great Parlour, Horton Hall
• (00:44:27) - The sacrament of fasting
• (00:46:01) - The small Tudor church
• (00:48:16) - Little Morton Hall, Norfolk
• (00:53:35) - The Long Gallery Chamber
• (00:58:30) - The private loo in the hall
• (01:02:02) - The gardens of Little Moreton
• (01:11:26) - The National Trust's Tumborton House
• (01:13:05) - Podcast
• (01:15:46) - The Tudor History and Travel Podcast

Here is a show notes page accompanying this episode, recorded at Hoghton Tower in Lancashire, originally constructed in the 1560s–70s, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, by Thomas Hoghton. Built on a commanding hill with panoramic views over the Ribble Valley, the building combines defensive medieval architecture with the grace and symmetry typical of the Tudor Renaissance style.

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Show Credits:

Presenter: Sarah Morris

Guests: Keith Stevenson and Steve Spring

• (00:00:21) - Tudor History & Travel
• (00:01:56) - Tudor Tours
• (00:04:28) - Tudor History & Travel: Horton Tower
• (00:06:00) - Keith Stevenson visits Horton Tower
• (00:06:28) - The story of Horton Tower
• (00:09:12) - Exploring the history of Lancashire
• (00:11:29) - The Horton Tower
• (00:18:36) - Who would have been the Prince of the North?
• (00:22:36) - Thomas Horton Tower, Lancashire
• (00:27:07) - Peel Tower
• (00:31:59) - The Horton Manor House, Hardwick
• (00:39:43) - Were the Horton family involved in the Tudor period?
• (00:41:50) - The Buckingham Room, Buckingham House
• (00:45:13) - The state bedroom at Horton House
• (00:49:07) - The Life of Thomas Horton, Lancashire
• (00:59:17) - How Did William Shakespeare Come to Horton Hall?
• (01:03:37) - The Life of the Baron of Walton
• (01:08:10) - Thomas the Builder and the Burghley Map
• (01:11:42) - Horton Tower: The chapel
• (01:15:45) - The Peel Tower archaeological dig
• (01:18:52) - The burning marks of the Tudor well house
• (01:21:00) - Witch Marks and graffiti
• (01:23:55) - The Peel Tower Well House
• (01:32:13) - Burn marks on the walls of a Victorian house
• (01:35:38) - Burn marks on wood
• (01:41:25) - THE PRIEST'S HOLE
• (01:44:07) - The medieval rich rooftop
• (01:47:20) - Thomas of Horton
• (01:56:38) - The Great Banqueting Hall, Preston
• (02:05:13) - How St. Mark's Tower encapsulates different themes
• (02:05:57) - The Horton Tower

Here is a show notes page accompanying this episode, recorded in Norwich. We step back in time for a walking tour through the heart of Norwich, one of England’s most historic and fascinating Tudor cities. As we wander through its winding lanes and past half-timbered buildings, we’ll uncover the hidden gems and remarkable landmarks that shaped the city during the sixteenth century.

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Show Credits:

Presenter: Sarah Morris

Guest: Paul Dixon

• (00:00:21) - The Tudor History & Travel
• (00:00:54) - Tudor History & Travel: Norwich
• (00:03:38) - Return Trip to Norwich
• (00:05:03) - Tudor History and Travel
• (00:06:24) - Exploring Norwich
• (00:10:42) - Norwich
• (00:14:04) - Norwich's map of the Tudor city, 1558
• (00:15:28) - Norwich's executions, the Lollards Pit and more
• (00:18:30) - Robert Kett and the Norwich Rebellion
• (00:22:48) - Norwich
• (00:26:38) - The Great Hospital, Norwich
• (00:29:47) - The Great Hospital, Le Havre
• (00:33:22) - Norwich Castle
• (00:39:50) - Edith Cavell's grave near the cathedral
• (00:43:35) - Tudor connections to Norwich Cathedral
• (00:49:25) - Beautiful cloister, blocked up doorway
• (00:50:50) - The cathedral and the monastic refectory
• (00:53:36) - Exploring the cathedral precinct of St. Oliphant
• (00:54:26) - A visit to Norwich
• (00:55:33) - Norwich rioting in 1272
• (01:03:07) - The strangers who came to Norwich
• (01:08:54) - Exploring Norwich's Tombland
• (01:12:10) - House tours: Augustine Steward's Norwich home
• (01:14:29) - The Maid's Head Hotel, Norwich
• (01:18:35) - The Pastons' house
• (01:20:36) - Norwich's Elm Hill
• (01:28:16) - The Pastons: life on Elm Hill
• (01:34:14) - Inside Augustine Stewart's house
• (01:37:37) - London
• (01:40:42) - Norwich
• (01:43:50) - St Andrews Friary, Pontefract, Yorkshire
• (01:47:11) - The Battle of Dussendale
• (01:51:47) - Robert Kesh and the Norwich Rebellion
• (01:57:36) - Norwich's medieval streets, tour
• (01:59:35) - Norwich's market square
• (02:02:47) - The Guild Hall, Norwich
• (02:06:23) - Thomas Bilney
• (02:10:10) - castle and St. Peter Mancroft Church
• (02:12:14) - Norwich Castle: major renovation project, opening this year
• (02:14:15) - St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich
• (02:15:58) - A tour of Norwich
• (02:19:25) - The Tudor History and Travel Show

Here is a show notes page accompanying this episode, recorded at Haddon Hall. No ordinary house, Haddon stands as one of the oldest and most evocative residences in England. Untouched for nearly two centuries, Haddon was left to slumber, unmodernised, unspoiled. And because of that, stepping inside today is like walking straight into the Tudor world.

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Show Credits:

Presenter: Sarah Morris

Guest: Margie Burnit

• (00:00:21) - Tudor History & Travel
• (00:01:22) - The Rise and Fall of the Tudor Throne
• (00:03:36) - Exploring Haddon Hall
• (00:04:31) - Tudor History & Travel
• (00:06:22) - Taste Haddon: The Bookshop and Studio
• (00:07:54) - The castle in the Derbyshire Dales
• (00:12:34) - The courtyard of the Earl's house
• (00:15:56) - The Norman Chapel, Leicester
• (00:20:39) - Plague Village
• (00:22:24) - The Castle of Ararat
• (00:23:15) - The original curtain wall
• (00:24:11) - The Great Hall, Buckingham Castle
• (00:29:20) - Tapestry from the Vernon House
• (00:30:07) - The kitchens of the 1390
• (00:33:42) - Witches marks and cooking in the kitchen
• (00:37:58) - The Tudor Hall at Haddon, Grantham
• (00:42:08) - Henry Vernon and the Tudor family
• (00:46:09) - The Elizabeth Room, Vernon
• (00:50:49) - The Earl's Apartment
• (00:53:09) - The Woollaton Hall, Somerset
• (00:55:59) - The Venetian windows of Gadden Hall
• (01:00:29) - Dorothy of Haddon Hall Legend
• (01:01:18) - The 9th Duke of Granby's life
• (01:03:34) - The inside of the Tudor period house
• (01:06:30) - Tapestries in the state bedroom
• (01:08:32) - The tapestries of the Manus family
• (01:11:03) - Tudor and Elizabethan gardens at Nether Haddon
• (01:14:21) - The Don Don Hall: Events coming up
• (01:17:57) - Tudor History & Travel: Haddon Hall

Here is a show notes page accompanying this episode, recorded at one of the most evocative Tudor sites: Hatfield House in Hertfordshire. A place intimately connected with the childhood of Queen Elizabeth I, join me, as we walk in the footsteps of Elizabeth and uncover the layers of history here at Hatfield.

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Show Credits:

Presenter: Sarah Morris

Guest: Georgina Shaw

• (00:00:21) - Tudor History & Travel
• (00:01:10) - Suddenly, no Tudor Tour
• (00:02:17) - The History of Hatfield House
• (00:04:10) - Tudor: Travels in Time
• (00:05:36) - The Lorraine Estate
• (00:07:13) - Hatfield Palace, the Tudor palace
• (00:09:56) - A tour of Hatfield
• (00:13:41) - The Tudor palace at Hatfield Park, Buckingham
• (00:17:17) - Henry VIII and the estate of Hatfield
• (00:20:40) - Mary and Anne's marriage
• (00:26:46) - The original layout plan of Hatfield Palace
• (00:29:07) - The Royal Staterooms
• (00:30:46) - The great hall of the Tower
• (00:31:44) - The Garden of the Palace
• (00:33:00) - The Queen's bedroom at Hatfield House
• (00:36:24) - The Royal School Room, Buckingham Palace
• (00:40:16) - The Queen's room at Hatfield House
• (00:44:27) - The Great Hall, Winchester
• (00:47:29) - Tudor Tapestries at Hampton Court
• (00:48:54) - imaginations of Elizabeth's arrest
• (00:53:54) - The Queen's safe haven, Hatfield
• (00:58:22) - The Life of William Cecil
• (00:59:49) - A taste of the royal wedding in 1558
• (01:01:17) - The original Elizabeth tree
• (01:09:18) - A direct descendant from the original oak tree
• (01:12:07) - The Great Hall, Buckingham Palace
• (01:15:44) - The Making of the Royal Family
• (01:17:23) - James I of England and Scotland
• (01:21:49) - Sneak into the Queen's Great Hall
• (01:22:51) - The Marble Hall, Hatfield
• (01:26:24) - An Elizabethan Horse Painting
• (01:29:02) - The Portrait of a Woman
• (01:29:47) - The Paintings of The Queen
• (01:32:36) - The Queen's portrait
• (01:33:29) - The Paintings of Elizabeth I
• (01:39:51) - The grand principal staircase, Tudor
• (01:40:47) - The gardens of the Jacobean House
• (01:42:07) - Elizabeth of York's Ermine Portrait
• (01:45:01) - The 3 Brothers Jewel
• (01:48:21) - The Marquess of Salisbury's bedroom
• (01:50:08) - A Long Gallery in the Royal Palace
• (01:54:03) - The Cecil family's love of Elizabeth
• (01:55:03) - Hatfield Park: When is the park open?
• (01:57:51) - A taste of Tudor life at Hatfield
• (01:58:39) - June is here
• (01:59:18) - The Tudor History and Travel Podcast

Here is a show notes page accompanying this special commemorative episode from Blickling Hall, as we mark the anniversary of Anne Boleyn’s execution on May 19 1536. Often believed to be her birthplace, Blickling offers a hauntingly beautiful backdrop to reflect on Anne’s dramatic life, legacy, and tragic end.

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Show Credits:

Presenter: Sarah Morris

Guest: Meghan Dennis

• (00:00:21) - Tudor History & Travel: May 7, 2017
• (00:02:31) - An expert guide to Blickling Hall
• (00:04:45) - The story of the Boleyn family
• (00:06:34) - What was a Yeoman Farmer?
• (00:08:17) - The Life of the Boleyn Family
• (00:12:24) - The Jacobean house at Blickling
• (00:15:13) - The Boleyn House, Blickling
• (00:20:33) - The Jacobean house, Berlin
• (00:24:01) - Inside the Blickling Estate, Somerset
• (00:27:27) - Anne Boleyn's baptism at Blickling
• (00:36:41) - The Tudor house, Blickling, Norfolk
• (00:40:05) - The secret tunnel behind Blickling House
• (00:43:33) - The servants' kitchen
• (00:44:34) - Exploring Henry Hobart's Blickling Hall
• (00:45:36) - The Anne of the Jacobean House
• (00:48:06) - The Blickling Family Room,
• (00:50:47) - The long gallery at Blickling
• (00:57:27) - The Tudor and Georgian rooms at Blickling
• (01:00:36) - Simon Thurley's search for medieval bricks in the Tudor house
• (01:06:37) - Henry Hobart's Blickling, Norfolk
• (01:08:33) - Anne Boleyn's birthplace, Blickling
• (01:11:30) - Tudor Tours: Blickling Hall, Buckinghamshire
• (01:13:25) - The Tudor History and Travel Podcast

Here is a show notes page accompanying this on-location podcast from Worcester Cathedral. To commemorate the anniversary of the premature death of Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales, I have recorded a two-part podcast series. In this episode, Part II, I follow the story of Arthur's body’s transfer to Worcester Cathedral for burial.

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Show Credits:

Presenter: Sarah Morris

Guests: David Morrisson and Chris Gait