Mary Baynton, an otherwise ordinary citizen, claimed to be Princess Mary Tudor, the king’s eldest daughter. Incredibly, Baynton not only made her outrageous claim public, but also managed to ...

Writing in Mary Tudor, Judith M. Richards observes, “It may have helped protect Elizabeth’s reputation that many [of the executed] … were hanged as seditious traitors for seeking to restore ...

Mary Tudor, often remembered as Bloody Mary, is a complex and controversial figure in English history. Marys life was shaped by the tumultuous events of the Tudor era.

Left: Portrait of Mary Tudor as Queen of England circa 1554. After Thomas Cromwell’s fall in 1540, Mary Tudor’s fortunes slowly improved. Once dangerously close to execution for refusing to ...