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Gatehouse - Buckden Towers (Bishop's Palace) Photo:
Robert Edwards
CCL |
This picturesque village
was the scene of one of England’s most daring
rebellions.
It happened in the 15th
century when Henry V111 sent his ex-wife, the
Catholic Catherine of Aragon, to live at the local
Bishop’s Palace following their contentious
divorce.
Her servants were ordered to no longer
treat her as the queen, a move which incensed
local people.
Armed with simple farming implements
they staged a public protest, forcing the king to
halt her humiliation. |
