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Elizabeth I
April 15 – The beginning of the end for Essex, a royal champion and a queen’s blows and evil words
On this day in Tudor history, 15th April 1599, Elizabeth I's favourite, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex,…
April 13 – Thomas More is in trouble, a priest harbouring countess, and a lenient gaoler
On this day in Tudor history, 13th April 1534, Sir Thomas More got into a spot of bother,…
March 21 – Elizabeth I takes to her bed and The end of Thomas Cranmer
On this day in Tudor history, 21st March 1603, a dying Queen Elizabeth I finally took to her…
March 18 – Elizabeth I is arrested and The birth of Mary Tudor, Queen of France
On this day in Tudor history, 18th March 1554, Palm Sunday, the twenty-year-old Lady Elizabeth (the future Queen…
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…
18 February – The Ridolfi Plot against Elizabeth I and the birthday of Queen Mary I
On this day in history, 18th February 1612, Italian banker Roberto di Ridolfi died in Florence, Italy, aged…