September 12 - The newly married Earl of Argyll dies suddenly
On this day in Tudor history, 12th September 1573, Protestant reformer, and leading politician in the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots, Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll, died suddenly at Barbreck. ...
11 Syys 20208min
September 11 - Barnaby Fitzpatrick, friend of Edward VI
On this day in Tudor history, 11th September 1581, Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 2nd Baron of Upper Ossory, died in Dublin, at the home of surgeon, William Kelly. In his youth, Fitzpatrick had been friends ...
10 Syys 20207min
September 10 - The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh
On this day in Tudor history, Saturday 10th September 1547, in the reign of King Edward VI, the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, also known as the Battle of Pinkie, took place near Musselburgh, in Scotland, o...
9 Syys 202011min
September 9 - The coronation of Mary, Queen of Scots
On this day in Tudor history, 9th September 1543, the 30th anniversary of the Battle of Flodden, Mary, Queen of Scots, was crowned queen at the Chapel Royal of Stirling Castle. Mary was just nine mont...
8 Syys 20204min
September 8 - John Shakespeare, father of William Shakespeare
On this day in Tudor history, 8th September 1601, John Shakespeare, father of playwright William Shakespeare, was buried at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon. John was a glover and whittawe...
7 Syys 20205min
September 7 - Charles Brandon marries Catherine Willoughby
On this day in Tudor history, 7th September 1533, just over two months after the death of his previous wife, Mary Tudor. Queen of France, forty-nine-year-old Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, married ...
6 Syys 20206min
September 6 - Martin Luther writes to the Pope
On this day in Tudor history, 6th September 1520, the famous reformer Martin Luther sent his pamphlet “On the Freedom of a Christian” (also known as “A Treatise on Christian Liberty”) to Pope Leo X. I...
5 Syys 20205min
September 5 - The death of Bloody Bonner
On this day in Tudor history, 5th September 1569, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Edmund Bonner, Bishop of London and a man nicknamed “Bloody Bonner”, died in Marshalsea Prison. He had started his ...
4 Syys 20207min
