March 17 – Alexander Alesius’ terrifying vision of Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I’s famous Tide Letter
On this day in Tudor history, 17th March 1565, Scottish theologian and Reformer Alexander Alesius (also known as…
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March 16 – Richard Burbage, actor and friend of Shakespeare and The martyrdom of two Catholic priests in York
On this day in history, 16th March 1619, actor Richard Burbage was buried at St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch.…
March 15 – Henry VIII uses foul language and The Lady Mary causes a stir in London
On this day in Tudor history, 15th March 1532, King Henry VIII used what was described as “foul…
March 14 – A man who served 4 monarchs and kept his head, and A mumbling judge causes problems
On this day in Tudor history, 14th March 1555, courtier, envoy and landowner, Sir John Russell, 1st Earl…
March 13 – A young horse causes the death of an old earl and The hangings of conspirators Henry Cuffe and Sir Gelly Meyrick
On this day in Tudor history, 13th March 1540, sixty-eight-year-old Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex, died after…
March 12 – The hidden remains of a treacherous monk and The death of Thomas Boleyn, father of Anne Boleyn
On this day in Tudor history, 12th March 1537, Cistercian monk William Haydock of Whalley Abbey, Lancashire, was…
11 March – William Warner, our English Homer and The wonderful deathbed words of an Elizabethan poet
On this day in history, 11th March 1609, Tudor poet and lawyer William Warner was buried at the…