5 July 1535 – The imprisoned Sir Thomas More writes a final letter to his daughter
Margaret Roper On this day in history, 5th July 1535, Sir Thomas More, Henry VIII's former chancellor, wrote…
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4 July 1533 – The burning of John Frith
On this day in history, 4th July 1533, John Frith, reformer, theologian and martyr, was burnt at the…
3 July 1533 – Catherine, stop calling yourself queen!
Well, that's what Thomas Cromwell's instructions to William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy and Catherine of Aragon's Chamberlain, on…
1 July 1535 – Trial of Sir Thomas More
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, includes a record of the commission of oyer and terminer…