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…
3 January – Martin Luther is excommunicated, and two very different days for Anne of Cleves
On this day in Tudor history, 3rd January 1521, Pope Leo X excommunicated Reformer, German priest and professor…
1 January – Chapuys visits the dying Queen Catherine, and Granada surrenders
On this day in Tudor history, 2nd January 1536, imperial ambassador, Eustace Chapuys, visited his good friend, Catherine…
1 January – Catherine of Aragon gives birth to a son, and Henry VIII meets Anne of Cleves
On 1st January 1540, Henry VIII met Anne of Cleves for the very first time. This meeting between…
31 December – The Gunner and a bishop who angered Queen Elizabeth I
On this day in Tudor history, 31st December 1535, in the reign of Henry VIII, Sir William Skeffington,…
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…