On this day in Tudor history, 27th February, English forces were defeated by the Scots at the Battle of Ancrum Moor, diarist and clergyman Richard Madox died at sea, and two priests and the woman who harboured them were executed…
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February 27 – Chaplain Richard Madox dies on a troubled voyage
On this day in Tudor history, 27th February 1583, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, thirty-six-year-old diarist and Church of England clergyman, Richard Madox, died near Espirito Santo harbour, near Vitória, Brazil.
Madox served as chaplain and secretary to Captain Edward Fenton on his 1582 voyage to the Moluccas and China.
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