This is the tale of yet another ambitious Villiers girl, and another Barbara to boot. This Barbara was the eldest daughter...
William III is probably the last person one might expect to have a mistress. In fact it has been suggested he was probably...
The Villiers family exploded onto the Royal scene in 1614 when George, later Duke of Buckingham, caught the roving eye of...
Today it seems incredible that the distinctive work of 'Curtain Master' William Larkin remained neglected and in question...
In which Anne fulfills a prophecy and saves a dynasty. Lady Johanna St John Anne St John was baptised at St Mary's...
Summer visitors to London still have plenty of time to catch The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned exhibition at Hampton...
When Sarah Whiting married Samuel Sparhawk on December 2, 1696 in Cambridge, Massachusetts the town was still a small...
In her book Cavalier - The Story of a 17th century Playboy - Dr Lucy Worsley describes the three Cavendish sisters as...
Most of what we know about Elizabeth Cromwell is based on propaganda written either by disaffected Parliamentarians or...
Sometimes it is only in death that we learn a little of the life of a Good Gentlewoman. Judith St John was born in c 1545...