On this day in history events for 11 – 17 January.
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This week in history 11 – 17 January
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This week in history 4 – 10 January
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This week in history 23 – 29 November
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This week in history 16 – 22 November
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This week in history 26 October – 1 November
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This week in history 28 September – 4 October
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This week in history 21 – 27 September
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This week in history 14 – 20 September
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This week in history 31 August – 6 September
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Lady Jane Grey
Queen Jane, commonly known as Lady Jane Grey, was born in 1537 (May or October) at Bradgate Park in Leicestershire. She was the eldest daughter of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk and Frances Brandon, daughter of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Mary Tudor, Queen of France. She was an intelligent girl and received a top-class education. Her main tutor was John Aylmer but she also met the top scholars of the day during her time living with Thomas Seymour, as his ward, and his wife Dowager Queen Catherine Parr. She also met famous reformists and humanists. She loved Greek and was a linguist with a knowledge of Latin and Hebrew, on top of the usual modern languages.
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Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I was born on 7 September 1533 at Greenwich Palace. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn. Her mother was executed for alleged adultery and treason in May 1536 and within two months of her mother’s death Parliament had confirmed that Elizabeth’s parents’ marriage was invalid and that Elizabeth was illegitimate.
In 1547, following her father’s death, Elizabeth moved in with her stepmother the Dowager Queen Catherine Parr, and her husband Thomas Seymour. There, she became involved in a scandal with Seymour, who would visit Elizabeth’s chamber, dressed only in his night-gown, and proceed to tickle and stroke the teenaged girl. Eventually, Catherine arranged for Elizabeth to go and live with her good friends, Sir Anthony Denny and his wife at Cheshunt. Catherine died in September 1548, following the birth of her daughter, and Seymour was executed in March 1549 for allegedly plotting to control his nephew Edward VI and to remove his brother, Edward Seymour, Lord Protector, from power.
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This week in history 18 – 24 May
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This week in history 27 April – 3 May
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This week in history 13 – 19 April
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This week in history 6 – 12 April
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This week in history 16 – 22 March
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This week in history 23 February – 1 March
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This week in history 26 January – 1st February
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This week in history 12 – 18 January
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This week in history 29 December – 4 January
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This week in history 24 – 30 November
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This week in history 17 – 23 November
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This week in history 10 – 16 November
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This Week in History 27 October – 2 November
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This Week in History 20 – 26 October
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This Week in History 29 September – 5 October
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This Week in History 22-28 September
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18 October 1555 – Elizabeth is free to go to Hatfield
