In 1553, Elizabeth's older half-sister Mary became queen. Mary was determined to re-establish Catholicism in England and viewed the Protestant Elizabeth as a direct threat. Elizabeth was briefly ...
Mary I and Elizabeth I both wished to complete ... Thankfully, Benedetto Da Rovezzano kept records of his projects in England, including the tomb for Wolsey and, later, the King.
It now stands near Henry III's tomb but it may have been moved from elsewhere in the chapel. The inscription on the verge had already disappeared by the 1700s. The Latin can be translated: Elizabeth, ...
Next to Mary is the tomb of Margaret, Countess of Lennox on which ... James IV of Scotland): great-great-granddaughter of Edward IV, King of England through his eldest daughter of Elizabeth [of York]: ...