William to Victoria

Web links to stories about the early history of England from William the Conqueror to Queen Victoria.

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• Henry I and the White Ship, 1120

• The First Robin Hood, Hereward the Outlaw

• The Amazing Real Life English Robin Hood - Robin Godberd

• The tragic death of the Princess during the Plague, 1348

• King Edward II of England and his gruesome Execution

• Jack Cade and the 1450 English Rebellion in London 

• Lambert Simnel's Rebellion against King Henry VII, 1487

• Henry VIII and his infamous Festival of the Cloth of Gold Meeting in 1520

• Queen Elizabeth and the 1579 river barge 'assassination attempt'

• The Notorious Babington Plot to assasinate Queen Elizabeth

• The Extraordinary Gunpowder Plot Aftermath in 1605

• The Salmesbury Witch Trial, Part 1

• The Salmesbury Witch Trial, Part 2

• The Extraordinary Death of the Duke of Buckingham, Part 1

• The Extraordinary Death of the Duke of Buckingham, Part 2

• Henry Every and his Amazing Pirate Theft from the Mongol Convoy, 1694

• The Bearded Lady and her amazing escape from the Tower of London, 1716

• The ghastly death of the pirate BlackBeard, 1718

• Grace Darling and her Heroism with a Rowing Boat in 1838

• Mary Seacole - The Creole with a Teacup and the Crimean War, 1854-1856

• 1878 Princess Alice Disaster along the River Thames

• Jack the Ripper and his last Terrible Murder in 1888