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Welcome to Tudor Nation

Tudor Nation is a brand new site that will grow over the coming months into a comprehensive site with information about all things Tudor.

The site will include posts with information on Tudor people, conflicts, events, key questions and places. It will also include a detailed chronology of the whole Tudor period.

Latest Posts

The First Lottery in Elizabethan England

September 7, 2019

History Although raffles had been held previously this was the first official lottery chartered by Queen Elizabeth I. The lottery was being held to raise money for the improvement and defence of the country as well as to be put...

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The Cloth Trade in Tudor England

July 7, 2019

Map showing regions where the wool trade was most prominent The cloth trade was extremely important in Tudor England. Merchants dealt in the import and export of raw materials and  finished products. Cloth merchants were generally very wealthy men. Although...

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The Stews in Tudor England

July 5, 2019

The Stews was the name given to the most notorious brothels in London. The Tudor 'red light' district was situated south of the river Thames in Southwark. Located between Maid Lane and Bankside, they were near to the arenas used...

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Margaret Tudor 1489 – 1541

July 2, 2018

Margaret Tudor Childhood Margaret Tudor was born on 28th November 1489 at the Palace of Westminster. She was the eldest daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York  and was named after Margaret Beaufort, her paternal grandmother. She was the...

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