Hollywood star and director Cynthia Nixon took a scenic break in England, staying at the stunning castle where Henry VIII ...

A church is seeking permission to exhume the skull of a saint executed on the orders of King Henry VIII hundreds of years ago ...

St. Thomas More (1478–1535) served as Lord Chancellor of England under King Henry VIII. A renowned scholar and author of ...

St. Dunstan’s Parochial Church Council in Canterbury says it “would very much welcome communication with the Vatican” about ...

Margaret Douglas was a formidable figure in Tudor history. A cousin of Queen Elizabeth I, her position in Tudor politics was ...

The Church of England is weighing plans to exhume and enshrine the head of St. Thomas More , the patron saint of statesmen and politicians, in time for the 500th anniversary of his 1535 martyrdom.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered the remains of up to 50 people in the Tower of London. Historians believe that many of bodies ...

Sir Thomas More was beheaded at Tower Hill in 1535 after he refused to acknowledge the monarch as head of the church ...

An English church wants to exhume and preserve the remains of a martyr whose head was lopped off and speared on a London ...

From uncovering the region’s history to exploring its rivers and heaths, here are the best attractions in England’s smallest ...