On this day in Tudor history, 20th August, in Elizabethan London, a thanksgiving service was held for England’s victory over the Spanish Armada, and James VI of Scotland married Anne of Denmark by proxy at at Kronborg Castle, Helsingør, Denmark…
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On this day in Tudor history, 19th August, Edward VI’s half-sister, Mary, wrote to him regarding him forbidding her to celebrate the Mass, and Mary, Queen of Scots, returned to Scotland from France to rule as its queen…
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On this day in Tudor history, 15th August, Catholics Robert Wilcox, Edward Campion, Christopher Buxton and Robert Widmerpool, who’d become the Oaten Hill martyrs, were examined, and Lady Mary Scudamore (née Shelton), one of Elizabeth I’s favourite sleeping companions, was buried…
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On this day in Tudor history, 12th August, translator, lawyer, physician and paediatrician Thomas Phaer made his will; Lady Ursula Stafford, daughter of Margaret Pole and wife of Henry Stafford, 10th Baron Stafford, died; and Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon and son of Mary Boleyn, was buried in Westminster Abbey…
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On this day in Tudor history, 11th August, the friars observant were expelled from their houses due to their support of Catherine of Aragon, and Sir Maurice Berkeley, former gentleman usher of Henry VIII’s Privy Chamber, died…
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On this day in Tudor history, Henry Tudor dropped anchor at Mill Bay in readiness to claim the throne of England; five-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, set sail for France; and mariner and cartographer Sir Robert Dudley, illegitimate son of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, was born…
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On this day in Tudor history, 29th July, Henry VII’s stepfather, Thomas Stanley, Earl of Derby, died; Mary, Queen of Scots, married Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; and the English fleet defeated the Spanish Armada at the Battle of Gravelines…
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On this day in Tudor history, 24th July, merchant and conspirator Richard Hesketh was born; Mary, Queen of Scots, was forced to abdicated and her one-year-old son became King James VI of Scotland; and Catholic priest John Boste was executed…
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On this day in Tudor history, 23rd July, Marie de Guise and her infant daughter, Mary, Queen of Scots, escaped from Linlithgow Palace; Protestant printer John Day died; and Lord Chamberlain Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, son of Mary Boleyn, died…
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On this day in Tudor history, Lady Jane Grey was received at the Tower of London and proclaimed queen; Francis Throckmorton was executed for high treason after the discovery of the Throckmorton Plot; and Elizabeth I visited the royal mint to check on her new coins…
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On this day in Tudor history, 9th July, Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne of Cleves was officially annulled; the Lady Mary (Mary I) wrote to the Privy Council stating her claim to the throne and demanding their allegiance; and Elizabeth I began a 19-day visit at Robert Dudley’s home, Kenilworth Castle…
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On this day in Tudor history, 7th July, Henry VIII’s eldest daughter, Mary, heard of her half-brother Edward VI’s death; Henry Peckham and John Danyell were hanged, drawn and quartered for their involvement in the Dudley Conspiracy; and William Turner, “father of English botany and of ornithology”, died…
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On this day in Tudor history, 6th July, Henry III’s former Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, was executed for high treason; King Edward VI died, leaving the throne to Lady Jane Grey; and Margaret Clement, adopted daughter of Sir Thomas More, died in Mechelen…
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On this day in Tudor history, 2nd July, Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, was born; Thomas Cromwell was appointed Lord Privy Seal following Thomas Boleyn’s demotion; and a sexton and gravedigger known as Old Scarlett was buried at Peterborough Cathedral…
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On this day in Tudor history, 1st July, Sir Thomas More was tried and found guilty of treason; Parliament declared both of Henry VIII’s daughters illegitimate; and the Treaties of Greenwich between England and Scotland were signed, and a marriage agreed between Prince Edward (Edward VI) and Mary, Queen of Scots…
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On this day in Tudor history, 23rd June, Henry VIII and his new bride, Catherine of Aragon, had their coronation procession through the streets of London; mathematician and physician Thomas Hood was baptised; and miniaturist Levina Teerlinc died…
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On this day in Tudor history, 20th June, Anne of Cleves complained about Henry VIII’s flirting with Catherine Howard; the Casket Letters, which would be used to condemn Mary, Queen of Scots, were discovered; and Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland, allegedly shot himself through the heart…
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On this day in Tudor history, 19th June, three Carthusian monks were hanged, drawn and quartered; Mary, Queen of Scots, gave birth to a son who would rule Scotland as James VI and England as James I; and the first priest to be executed in Elizabeth I’s reign was hanged, drawn and quartered…
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On this day in Tudor history, the Blackfriars Legatine Court opened to hear the case for Henry VIII’s proposed annulment; Anne Askew was arraigned for heresy; and Welsh mathematician and physician Robert Recorde’s will was proved…
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On this day in Tudor history, The Battle of Blackheath ended the Cornish Rebellion; Sir George Blage was lucky to die a natural death: and Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned at Loch Leven Castle after surrendering to the Protestant nobles…
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On this day in Tudor history, 15th June, Henry VIII’s illegitimate son, Henry Fitzroy, was born; members of the king’s council bullied and threatened Henry VIII’s eldest daughter, Mary; and court fool William Somer died…
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On this day in Tudor history, 9th June, William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon, died; the Book of Common Prayer was used in English churches for the first time; and diplomat and administrator William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, died…
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On this day in Tudor history, Elizabeth Woodville, queen consort of Edward IV and mother of the Princes in the Tower, died; and Henry VIII’s Parliament passed the Second Act of Succession, removing Elizabeth, as well as Mary, from the line of succession…
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On this day in Tudor history, 16th May, Sir Thomas More resigned as Lord Chancellor; Archbishop Cranmer visited an imprisoned Queen Anne Boleyn; Mary, Queen of Scots, landed on English soil; and William Adams, the inspiration for Shōgun’s John Blackthrone, died…
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On this day in Tudor history, Queen Anne Boleyn and her brother, George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, were tried for high treason; Baron Darcy and Baron Hussey were tried for treason; and Mary, Queen of Scots married for a third time…
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On this day in Tudor history, Henry VIII was suffering badly with his legs; the Creeping Parliament was held by James VI’s regent, the Earl of Lennox; and Lady Helena Gorges (née Snakenborg) was buried in Salisbury Cathedral…
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On this day in Tudor history, 13th May, Mary Tudor, dowager Queen of France, married Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk; Henry Percy denied a precontract with Queen Anne Boleyn; and Mary, Queen of Scots’ forces were defeated in battle…
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On this day in Tudor history, 7th May, an imprisoned Bishop John Fisher was tricked into saying something that would lead to his execution; Queen Anne Boleyn’s chaplain was searched; English troops suffered heavy losses at the Siege of Leith; and the Earl of Bothwell got divorced…
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On this day in Tudor history, 2nd May, Queen Anne Boleyn and her brother, Lord Rochford, were arrested; Anabaptist Joan Bocher was burnt in Edward VI’s reign; and Mary, Queen of Scots escaped from Lochleven Castle…
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