5 January – Richard Willes – A quirky Tudor man, and Pope Clement VII and Henry VIII
On this day in Tudor history, 5th January 1546, in the reign of King Henry VIII, geographer and…
The Tudors
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…
30 December – An outlaw scholar from Spain who died of the plague and Roger Ascham, Elizabeth I’s tutor
On this day in Tudor history, 30th December 1552, in the reign of King Edward VI, Spanish humanist…
29 December -Elizabeth I’s rogue and champion and Japanese Pirates
On this day in history, 29th December 1605, in the reign of King James I, forty-seven-year-old Tudor nobleman…
28 December – A Lord Keeper of the Great Seal who supported learning and Childermas or Holy Innocents’ Day
On this day in Tudor history, the feast of Childermas, 28th December 1510, lawyer, administrator and Lord Keeper…
27 December – The death of Katherine Killigrew and Anne of Cleves arrives in England
On this day in Tudor history, 27th December 1583, scholar and Puritan Katherine Killigrew died after giving birth…
26 December – The interesting life of Rose Lok and Henry VIII made some changes to his will
On this day in Tudor history, 26th December 1526, Protestant Rose Lok was born. Rose lived well into…