Category: Picture of the Week

Tomb of Mary FitzAlan (d. 1557) and Margaret Audley (d. 1563), wives of Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk at St. Michael’s Church, Framlingham. Photo May 2015.

Note: Mary FitzAlan’s effigy is on this tomb but her body is actually buried elsewhere.

Courtyard at the Leicester Guildhall. Photo May 2015.

Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Cooking fire in Henry VIII’s Kitchens at Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015

Does a gas range count as cooking over a open fire? That’s about the closest I’ll get tomorrow while helping prep Thanksgiving dinner!

Centerpiece and reconstructed aviary of the Elizabethan gardens at Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 2015.

St James the Great Church, Castle Acre, Norfolk. Photo May 2015

There is already a lot of history to see in Castle Acre, but the parish church is definitely worth a visit too! The current building is primarily from the 14th and 15th century with some restoration work in the 19th century.

Headstones in the churchyard of St. Michael’s, Framlingham. Photo May 2015

I tried to find something kind of Halloween-like for today!

Decorative ceiling at Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015.

Stained glass in the great hall at Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015.

Henry VIII Gate at Windsor Castle. Photo May 2015.

From along the walls of Framlingham Castle, England. Photo May 2015.

St. Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St. Edmunds. Photo May 2015.

Leicester’s Gatehouse and garden at Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 2015.

Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

One of the embroideries worked by Mary Queen of Scots and Bess of Hardwick on display at Oxburgh Hall. Photo May 2015.

Sundial in the Hall’s Croft gardens in Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Marker for Henry VII at the Bosworth Battlefield Memorial Sundial. Photo May 2015.

Marker for Richard III at the Bosworth Battlefield Memorial Sundial. Photo May 2015.

Ruins of the Abbey of St. Mary, Kenilworth. Photo May 2015.

St. Mary’s was founded in the 12th century and, not surprisingly, was dissolved in the reign of Henry VIII. The ruins are now part of a park that also houses the parish church and is a short walk from the castle.

Remains of Castle Acre Caste. Photo May 2015.

The original motte and bailey castle (parts of which you see here) were built in the early medieval period and had fallen into ruins by the late 14th century. In the Tudor period it passed through the hands of several prominent figures such as Thomas Howard, Thomas Gresham, and Thomas Cecil (son of William Cecil and half-brother of Robert Cecil).