Sir John Spelman, Anne Boleyn and Lady Wingfield
Today is the anniversary of the death in 1546 of Sir John Spelman, judge of assize and law…
January 2016
25 January 1533 – A St Paul’s Day wedding for Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII
Early in the morning of 25th January 1533, the feast of the conversion of St Paul, King Henry…
24 January 1536 – “A miracle he was not killed”
On 24th January 1536, at a joust at Greenwich Palace, fourty-four year-old King Henry VIII suffered a fall,…
21 January 1542 – Catherine Howard and Lady Rochford’s attainder
On 21st January 1542, just over two and a half months since Catherine Howard's colourful past had come…
19 January 1547 – Henry Howard is beheaded
Tomb of Henry Howard at Framlingham On 19th January 1547, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, the famous Tudor…
18 January 1486 – Henry VII marries Elizabeth of York at Westminster Abbey
On 18th January 1486, just under five months after his victory at the Battle of Bosworth, twenty-nine year-old…
15 January 1559 – The coronation of Elizabeth I, Gloriana
On this day in history, 15th January 1559, Elizabeth Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife…