April 28 – Elizabeth I’s funeral, Sir Anthony Browne and an executed priest

On this day in Tudor history, 28th April 1603, Queen Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch, was laid to rest at Westminster Abbey in a lavish funeral.

Find out more about her funeral in this video...

On this day 1548 (some sources say 6 May), in the reign of King Edward VI, courtier, diplomat, soldier and Keeper of Oatlands Palace, Sir Anthony Browne, died at Byfleet in Surrey. He had been one of Henry VIII’s most important and richest courtiers and was also involved in the falls of two queens: Anne Boleyn and Anne of Cleves.

Find out more about this man and how he was involved in their falls...

And in this video, hear about eighty-two-year-old priest Walter Mylne, who was executed in Scotland on 28th April 1558...