On this day in Tudor history, 24th May, Anne Askew and her husband were ordered to appear in front of the king's council; a "monstrous child" was born in Chichester; and Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Elizabeth I's former Secretary of State, died...
- 1522 – Birth of John Jewel, Bishop of Salisbury and Apologist of the Church of England, in Berrynarbor, North Devon.
- 1546 – Letters were sent from Privy Council to Anne Askew (future Protestant martyr) and her estranged husband Thomas Kyme, ordering them to appear in front of the council within fourteen days. See video below for more about Anne Askew.
- 1562 - Chronicler Raphael Holinshed recorded that on this day in 1562, a "monstrous chilc" was born in Chichester, Sussex. See video below.
- 1576 – Birth of Elizabeth Chamberlain, Lady Chamberlain, daughter of Sir George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon (grandson of Mary Boleyn), and Elizabeth Spencer. Elizabeth I was Elizabeth's godmother.
- 1612 – Death of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, politician, courtier and Elizabeth I's Secretary of State, at Marlborough, Wiltshire. Cecil was the only surviving son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. See video below.
- 1616 – Death of Margaret Clifford, Countess of Cumberland, at Brougham Castle, Westmorland. She was buried in Appleby Church.
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