27 November – Former monk burnt at stake for importing books and William Shakespeare gets married
On this day in Tudor history, 27th November 1531, former Benedictine monk and reformist, Richard Bayfield, was burnt…
The Tudors
26 November – The first men executed under Elizabeth I’s new law and the marriage of Henry Fitzroy
On this day in Tudor history, 26th November 1585, Catholic priest Hugh Taylor and his friend Marmaduke Bowes…
25 November – A vicious man who saved an archbishop and the coronation of Elizabeth of York
On this day in Tudor history, 25th November 1545, lawyer, member of Parliament, diplomat and ecclesiastical administrator, Sir…
24 November – The death of John Knox and the coronation procession of Elizabeth of York
On this day in Tudor history, 24th November 1572, John Knox, the Scottish clergyman, famous Reformer , royal…
23 November – A plot to poison Elizabeth I’s saddle and Essex’s chair, and the hanging of pretender Perkin Warbeck
On this day in Tudor history, 23rd November 1598, scrivener and sailor Edward Squire was hanged, drawn and…
22 November – Explorer Sir Martin Frobisher dies of gangrene and Sir William Butts dies from malaria
On this day in Tudor history, 22nd November 1594, naval commander, privateer and explorer, Sir Martin Frobisher, died…
21 November – A playwright who courted controversy and Frances Grey, an abusive mother
On this day in Tudor history, 21st November 1495, churchman, Protestant playwright, historian and Bishop of Ossory, John…