Nonetheless, if Henry VIII could see the outcome of his tomb, his reaction would likely be similar to the destructive rage he was known for in life. Portrait of Henry VIII by Cornelis Massys, 1547.

The tomb chest is of black marble with sculpted bronze shields of arms around the base. At the west and east ends are the arms of two of her husbands (Edmund and Thomas), on the south side are the ...

Henry VII was the only child of Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond (son of Henry V's widow Catherine de Valois and Owen Tudor) and his 13-year old wife Lady Margaret Beaufort (who died in the Abbot of ...

Henry VIII ordered that she be buried at Peterborough Abbey and her tomb lies in the city's cathedral. Paul Stainton, head of marketing at Peterborough Cathedral, said: "This year we mark the ...

Building began in 1118 and took 120 years to complete. It contains the tomb of Catherine of Aragon (Henry VIII's first wife who died in 1536 and whose divorce caused the Reformation) and the Hedda ...

the date Henry VIII’s first wife was laid to rest in Peterborough Cathedral after her death in exile at Kimbolton Castle. To this day, Katharine’s tomb resides in the Cathedral, a poignant ...