On 2nd August 1553, Elizabeth, second daughter of King Henry VIII, greeted her half-sister Mary, the new queen, at Wanstead. The women then spent the night at Wanstead House, a royal hunting lodge. The following day, 3rd August, Mary and Elizabeth rode from Wanstead to Aldgate for Mary to be greeted by the city as its queen.

Here are some primary source accounts of Mary I’s entry into London on 3rd August 1553…

Henry Machyn, “citizen and merchant-taylor of London”, recorded in his diary: