subject: Blackfriars office space and unknown Tudor history [print this page] Blackfriars office space and unknown Tudor history
I'm a bit of a historian or at least I used to be. There was a time I could tell you everything there is to know about the Tudors because all the Tudor facts got burned into my brain by a weird serendipitous accident. At the wee age of 11 I studied the Tudors and then moved to a new school and fortunately for me (or perhaps unfortunately, depending on how you look at it) the new school hadn't studied the Tudors yet. Hence, I was the man with the answers. At that point Tudor' was born, I was given an alias, a nickname, a new identity. I became Tudor'. However, despite being Tudor' for more than 10 years there is something about them that I only learnt today. "And what's that?", I hear you ask. Well, it's that the divorce hearing for Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's first wife, actually took place in Blackfriars. Maybe this is not the biggest fact in the world but it is amazing that in Blackfriars, a small London Suburb with EC4 office space and corner shops, the first ever English divorce took place. Is there a plaque there? I'm not sure but I think there should be just so that the office commuters can appreciate the area that they travel through in order to get to work. It is surprising what happened in the past and how we may walk past such an historic site without even knowing what happened there. After learning of the Blackfriars hidden Tudor history I wish I lived closer to the area just so I can go exploring and perhaps even work in Blackfriars office space, just so I could be more Tudor-like and make the most of my name. Or maybe I could just move into a Wattle and Daub house.
