Tudor rose Tudor rose The Tudor rose (sometimes called the Union rose) is the traditional floral heraldic emblem of England and takes its name and origins from the House of Tudor, which united the House of York and House of Lancaster. The Tudor rose consists of five white inner petals, representing the House of York, and five red outer petals to represent the House of Lancaster. When Henry VII took the crown of England from Richard III in battle (1485), he brought the end of the retrospectively dubbed "Wars of the Roses" between the House of Lancaster (one monarch of which had
The Oxford Book of Tudor Anthems The Oxford Book of Tudor Anthems The Oxford Book of Tudor Anthems is a collection of vocal scores of music from the Tudor era of England (c.1550-1625). It was published in 1978 by Oxford University Press and was compiled by the organist and publisher Christopher Morris (1922-2014), the editor of OUP who also launched the popular "Carols for Choirs" series of books in the 1970s. The preface is written Sir David Willcocks. A recording was issued in 1979, "Tudor Anthems" (OUP 153), featuring 13 anthems from the "Oxford Book of Tudor Anthems" sung by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral,