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Tudor prisoners at the Tower Graph

Which Tudor monarch kept the most prisoners?

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Format: Image

This graph reveals how many prisoners were held at the Tower of London during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.

Resource Information

Key Stage

  • KS2 (age 7-11)
  • KS3 (age 11-14)
  • KS4 (age 15-16)
  • KS5 (age 16+)

Subjects

  • History

Topic

  • Crime & Punishment
  • Tudors
  • Elizabethans

Type

  • Biographies & Fact sheets
  • Printable activities

Palace

  • Tower of London
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This story Elizabeth Tudor focuses on the events of Elizabeth I’s childhood before she became queen, including the loss of her mother at the age of two. Wordless Stories are completely text-free, illustrated narratives created for young people aged 12–19.

Key Stage

  • KS3 (age 11-14)
  • KS4 (age 15-16)
  • KS5 (age 16+)
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Subject

  • English
  • History
  • PSHE

Topic

  • Elizabethans
  • Tudors

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Key Stage

  • KS2 (age 7-11)
  • Home Educators

Subject

  • History

Topic

  • Castles
  • Crime & Punishment
  • Tudors
  • Elizabethans

Uncover the journey of Catalina of Motril. She was possibly an enslaved Muslim woman and she moved to England with a famous queen.  

Key Stage

  • KS2 (age 7-11)
  • KS3 (age 11-14)
  • KS4 (age 15-16)
  • KS5 (age 16+)
  • Home Educators

Subject

  • History

Topic

  • Tudors
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