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THE FIRST TUDOR DEFENCES

THE FIRST TUDOR DEFENCES

By the reign of Edward VI artillery developments and improved gunpowder meant the deep water channel between the Island and Hoe together with the shallow water channel on the Cornish side would be in the range of cannon on the Island. This made it a key point in...
THE WESTERN OR PRAYER BOOK REBELLION OF 1549

THE WESTERN OR PRAYER BOOK REBELLION OF 1549

By 1534 Henry VIII had enacted legislation making him Supreme Head of the English Church of England over the Pope. The Pope a tad miffed at the loss of church revenue and his own political power retaliated by excommunicating Henry effectively sealing Henry’s very own...
ST MICHAEL’S CHAPEL

ST MICHAEL’S CHAPEL

St Michael’s Chapel is the first recorded building on Drake’s Island. Its earliest mention is in 1135 during the reign of Henry I. What we don’t know is who built it, why and when? Unfortunately there are few contemporary written records and we are reliant on later...