11 December – A lavish reception for Anne of Cleves and the burial of Douglas Sheffield, lover of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
On this day in Tudor history, 11th December 1539, Anne of Cleves and her retinue were received at…
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10 December – A priest was tortured and executed by a priestfinder, and the execution of THomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham
On this day in Tudor history, 10th December 1591, Roman Catholic priest Edmund Gennings and Catholic Swithin Wells…
9 December – Agnes Tilney, Catherine Howard’s step-grandmother, was detained and Sir Edward Neville was beheaded.
In this day in Tudor history, 9th December 1541, sixty-four-year-old Agnes Tilney, the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk and…
8 December – The death of Sir William Coffin, master of the horses, and the birth of Mary, Queen of Scots
On this day in Tudor history, 8th December 1538, courtier and Master of the Horse to Queens Anne…
7 December – A rebel comes to a sticky end and the birth of Henry Stuart
On this day in Tudor history, 7th December 1549, rebel leader Robert Kett was hanged from the walls…
6 December – Sir Hugh Paulet died a natural death and the Feast of St Nicholas
On this day in Tudor history, 6th December 1573, soldier and administrator, Sir Hugh Paulet, died at his…
5 December – Mary Queen of Scots’ husband dies of an ear infection and Anne Cecil’s unhappy marriage
On this day in Tudor history, 5th December 1560, King Francis II of France, died at the age…