#OTD in Tudor history, physician John Argentine, the last man to attend the Princes in the Tower, died; Sir Francis Bryan, “the Vicar of Hell, died in Ireland, and it’s the Feast of Candlemas…
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#OTD in Tudor History – 2 February
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February 2 – John Argentine, the last person to see the Princes in the Tower
On this day in Tudor history, 2nd February 1508, in the reign of King Henry VII, physician and Provost of King’s College, Cambridge, John Argentine died at King’s College.
He was about sixty-five years of age at his death. He was laid to rest in the Chantry Chapel at the college.
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This week in Tudor history Part 1 – An alchemist, the Princes in the Tower’s doctor, and a duke who suffered a rigged trial
In this first part of “This week in Tudor history”, I look at Tudor history events for 1st, 2nd and 3rd February.
1st February 1552, in the reign of King Edward VI – The birth of Roger Cooke, an alchemist who worked for Dr John Dee, Francis Anthony, the Wizard Earl (Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland) and Sir Walter Ralegh, and a man with whom Dee shared the secret of a special elixir…
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