On This day in Tudor history, 22nd May, Edward Seymour, brother of Queen Jane Seymour, was sworn in as a privy councillor; Franciscan friar John Forest was burnt at the stake; and four men, including the Earls of Hertford and Surrey, were installed as Knights of the Garter...
- 1490 – Death of Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent.
- 1537 – Edward Seymour, brother of Queen Jane Seymour, was sworn in to King Henry VIII's privy council. See video below.
- 1538 – The burning of John Forest, Franciscan friar and martyr, at Smithfield for heresy, for his allegiance to Rome. See video below.
- 1539 – Probable birthdate of Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford and son of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset (the Edward mentioned above). Hertford was also the husband of Katherine Grey, sister of Lady Jane Grey.
- 1541 - Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford; Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey; Sir John Gage, and Sir Anthony Wingfield were all installed as Knights of the Garter. See video below.
- 1570 – Death of John Best, Bishop of Carlisle. He was buried in Carlisle Cathedral.
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