Mary Tudor has gone down in history as the Catholic tyrant "Bloody Mary." There’s certainly cause for such a brutal nickname: she executed hundreds of Protestants during her short reign.

But there were only two executions for heresy in this reign. The Catholic Mary Tudor came to the throne in 1553 after a brief attempt by the Protestants to have Lady Jane Grey crowned Queen.

Explore the Tudor flagship, the Mary Rose, which was the flagship of Henry VIII until it sank in 1545. The Mary Rose was built between 1509-11 and named after the King's favourite sister ...