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#OTD in Tudor history – 30 March

On this day in Tudor history, 30th March, Thomas Cranmer was consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury; Robert Ferrar, Bishop of St David's, was burnt to death; Mary I made her will, believing she was pregnant; and administrator Sir Ralph Sadler died...

  • 1533 - Thomas Cranmer, Archdeacon of Taunton, was consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury in St Stephen’s College, Westminster Palace. See video below.
  • 1555 – Burning of Protestant martyr, Robert Ferrar, Bishop of St David's, at Carmarthen. Click here to read more.
  • 1558 – Queen Mary I made her will, believing that she would soon give birth, and childbirth was a risky process. See video below.

  • 1587 – Death of Sir Ralph Sadler, at the age of nearly eighty. Sadler was a diplomat and administrator who worked as Cromwell's Secretary before being noticed by Henry VIII. At his death, he was one of the richest men in England. Click here to read more.

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#OTD in Tudor history – 30 March