England’s most notorious dynasty owes much to the trials of a 13-year-old girl: Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond. On January 28, 1457, the young widow—her first husband, Edmund Tudor, had died ...

Today, you would be hard-pressed to find any visible evidence that Collyweston village in Northamptonshire was once home to a palace presided over by Henry VIII’s grandmother, Lady Margaret Beaufort.

Margaret Beaufort was never queen, even uncrowned, but her only child became Henry VII when he defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field in 1485, and Nicola Tallis, a British scholar and the author of a ...

Locals had long shared stories of Collyweston Palace. Then, excavations in England’s Midlands revealed traces of the fabled estate Cool Finds Meilan Solly - Senior Associate Digital Editor, History If ...

Episode 1 covers the first period of the Wars of the Roses (roughly 1453-1461), telling the story of Henry VI’s sudden illness and the impact that had on England. The drama portrays power struggles ...

Rachel Delman has been researching Collyweston Palace for over a decade. Her doctoral research on the site was funded by a full Arts and Humanities Research Council award at the University of Oxford ...