Wolf Hall recap: episode five – Cromwell saves Henry's life

Edit The Guardian 18 Feb 2015
Tensions between the king and Thomas Cromwell mount, the Seymours see their chance at power and Catherine perishes in solitary confinement. ‘Why not geld me, Madame?’ Damian Lewis as Henry VIII. Photograph. Giles Keyte/BBC/Company Productions Ltd. John Sutherland. Wednesday 18 February 2015 21.59 GMT ... Does she let it run too far? ... History testifies to this. ... Not Henry ... Catherine is dying in enforced solitary confinement at Kimbolton castle ... ....

SFA professor to be featured in upcoming documentary (Stephen F Austin State University)

Edit noodls 10 Dec 2014
(Source ... December 9, 2014 - University Marketing Communications ... 11 and Jan. 18 ... Filming for the documentary took place on both sides of the Atlantic, and locations included Floors Castle in Scotland, home of the Duke of Roxburghe; Blenheim Place, home of the Dukes of Marlborough; Kimbolton Castle, former home of the Dukes of Manchester; and Althorp House, home of the Earl of Spencer where the late Diana, Princess of Wales, is buried....

Catherine of Aragon's letter pleading to save her marriage goes on sale

Edit The Daily Telegraph 11 Nov 2014
Letter dated October 1529 from Henry VIII's divorced wife to a Spanish cardinal will go under the hammer in Paris. Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon Photo. Alamy. By Henry Samuel and AFP, Paris ... Comments ... After being banished from court, Catherine lived out the remainder of her life at Kimbolton Castle, remaining popular among English subjects and admired for promoting women’s education and supporting the poor ... ....

Warring families that always come out on top

Edit The Daily Telegraph 18 Oct 2014
Related Articles. Former drug addict and ex-convict Jamie Blandford becomes 12th Duke of Marlborough after father dies 16 Oct 2014. Jamie, Marquess of Blandford 16 Oct 2014 ... Born in 1938 in spectacular style, he was due to inherit the family seat, Kimbolton Castle, the last home of Henry VIII’s first wife, Catherine of Aragon ... His family had form. the 12th Duke’s father sold Kimbolton Castle for a song in 1951 ...   ...   ... ....

Bigamist Duke Alex Montagu in trouble again for no-show in Las Vegas court

Edit Canberra Times 07 Jun 2014
Alex Montagu with his second wife Wendy Buford and their children. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of the Australian-born 13th Duke of Manchester ... Thanks to the troubled finances of those ancestors, Kimbolton Castle, the Montagus' splendid but war-damaged ancestral seat in Cambridgeshire, was sold in 1951 for just £12,500 (not much more than £1 million today) ... Given further evidence, the duchess then added by email ... ....
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