The Church of England is weighing plans to exhume and enshrine the head of St. Thomas More , the patron saint of statesmen and politicians, in time for the 500th anniversary of his 1535 martyrdom.

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An English church wants to exhume and preserve the remains of a martyr whose head was lopped off and speared on a London ...

A Windsor property, once the home of an ill-fated wife of Henry VIII, will go up for auction this week. A four-bed, ...

The Anglican Communion is attempting to prevent internal divisions over ordination of women and inclusion of the LGBTQ+ ...

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THE head of Sir Thomas More, the Catholic martyr and former Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII, could soon be dug up, five ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered the remains of up to 50 people in the Tower of London. Historians believe that many of bodies ...

A property in Windsor is heading to auction this week, which will have particular appeal for Tudor history buffs.