Things like diamond-patterned windows with stained-glass familial crests, rich dark woodwork ... but they are here in spades in this Tudor house, which is asking $1.75 million.

Grasshopper' ring formerly belonging to Sir Thomas Gresham, a financial agent to Tudor monarchs, is set to go on auction.

On the handle are the initials AG and an image of a squirrel, which appears in the Gilbert family crest. Tudor spoons were often made in sets and this could be one of a set made for Sir John ...

Perched on the crest of a hill, the palace offered spectacular ... to James IV of Scotland. For the fledgling Tudor dynasty, the event was a triumph, creating a political alliance in the form ...