The Royal Tudor Bedroom: ‘Scraps From The Cutting Room Floor'

Dr Timothy Schroder, Dlitt FSA

The king's bedroom in the early modern period was more than a place for sleeping. It was the scene of a wide range of royal activities, from eating and drinking to the ceremonies surrounding new year’s gifts and the reception of ambassadors. This talk will spin a narrative from some of the many anecdotal descriptions of court life gleaned from the voluminous pages of the State Papers of the reign of Henry VIII.