March 26 - Robert Carey and his eventful ride to King James
On this day in history, late on 26th March 1603, two days after the death of Queen Elizabeth I, Sir Robert Carey arrived at Holyrood in Edinburgh, Scotland, to inform King James VI that Queen Elizabet...
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March 25 - Margaret Clitherow, the Pearl of York, and her awful end
On this day in Tudor history, 25th March 1586, Good Friday and also Lady Day, the Feast of the Annunciation, Catholic martyr Margaret Clitherow (née Middleton), known as “the Pearl of York”, was press...
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March 24 - Robert Rich and Penelope Devereux, an unhappy marriage
On this day in history, 24th March 1619, Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick, Tudor nobleman and politician, died at his London home, Warwick House in Holborn. He was laid to rest at Felsted Church in Es...
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March 23 - The last abbey is dissolved
On this day in Tudor history, 23rd March 1540, Waltham Abbey, an Augustinian house in Essex, was surrendered to the Crown. It was the last abbey to be dissolved in Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell's dis...
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March 22 - William Bourne, his life and his submarine
On this day in Tudor history, 22nd March 1582, gunner, mathematician and writer, William Bourne was buried at Gravesend in Kent. This popular author, who was able to explain technical matters for t...
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March 21 - Elizabeth I takes to her bed
On this day in Tudor history, 21st March 1603, a dying Queen Elizabeth I finally took to her bed. Elizabeth I had been queen since November 1558, but now she was dying. She had deep-rooted melanchol...
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March 20 - St Cuthbert Mayne, an Elizabethan priest and martyr
On this day in Tudor history, 20th March 1544, Cuthbert Mayne (Main/Maine) or St Cuthbert Mayne, Roman Catholic priest and martyr, was baptised in Youlston in North Devon. Cuthbert Mayne has gone down...
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March 19 - Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell
On this day in Tudor history, 19th March 1568, Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell, died. She was around fifty years old at her death. Elizabeth was the sister of a queen, and a lord protector, and tw...
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