The Tudor Society
  • #OTD in Tudor history – 4 January

    A sketch of Roger Ascham

    What happened on this day in Tudor history?

    Let me share with you some events from 4th January during the reigns of the Tudor kings and queens…

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  • 4 January – A rebel keeps his head and William Roper

    On this day in Tudor history, 4th January 1575, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, courtier, diplomat and former rebel, Sir William Pickering, died at his home, Pickering House, in London.

    He died a wealthy man and died a natural death, a miraculous feat seeing as he was a friend of the Earl of Surrey and the Duke or Northumberland, both of whom ended up on the scaffold, AND he was one of the men involved in planning Wyatt’s Rebellion in 1554. Wyatt lost his head, but Pickering kept his.

    How? What happened? Find out more about Sir William Pickering in this talk…

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  • 4 January

    Today’s “on this day in Tudor history” video is about William Roper, son-in-law of Sir Thomas More.

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