@ragriggsauthor.bsky.socialI enjoyed chatting about Kat Ashley (Kate Astley) on Talk Radio Europe
today.
www.talkradioeurope.com/on_demand/
Open link, go to 7 October between 1400 - 1500, press play and go to 24 minutes into the programme.
@penswordbooks
@ragriggsauthor.bsky.socialJust out in Notes from Devon’s Tudor Time Traveller —I’m celebrating book events in Devon and sharing a lovely review of my biography of Queen Elizabeth I’s Governess
@ragriggsauthor.bsky.socialA huge thank you to the Friends of Newton Abbot Museum for giving me such a warm reception yesterday evening.
Here I am wearing a russet nightgown as I introduce The Real Kat Ashley.
@ragriggsauthor.bsky.socialToday I’m playing with slides for my talks later this week. Quite a rogues gallery here! A few more adjustments needed.
#historytalks #bookevents #booklaunch #katashley #queenelizabeth’sgoverness
@ragriggsauthor.bsky.socialIn this week’s substack article I’m sharing details of my research visit to the archives at Hatfield in 2025.
@ragriggsauthor.bsky.social#otd, 10th September 1549, Sir Anthony Denny, Kate Astley’s brother-in-law, died.
Read about the important part he played in Elizabeth I’s early years.
in my book,
@penswordbooks
@ragriggsauthor.bsky.social#OTD 8 September 1596 died Sir John Gilbert,
nephew of Kate Astley (Kat Ashley), elder brother of Sir Humphrey Gilbert and half brother of Sir Walter Raleigh.
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@ragriggsauthor.bsky.socialToday in Notes from Devon’s Tudor Time Traveller you can read more about an amazing Tudor purse that probably belonged to Cardinal Wolsey.
