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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