March 5 - Tobacco comes to Europe
On this day in Tudor history, 5th March 1558, Spanish physician Francisco Fernandes brought back live tobacco plants and seeds from Mexico to Europe. In today's "On This Day in Tudor History", Clair...
4 Mar 20208min
March 4 - William Bullokar and his 40-letter alphabet
On this day in history, 4th March 1609, Tudor spelling reformer and grammarian William Bullokar died at Chichester in West Sussex. William Bullokar is known for writing the first grammar book of En...
3 Mar 20203min
March 3 - Edward IV's son dies of a heart attack in the Tower of London
On this day in Tudor history, 3rd March 1542, Arthur Plantagenet, Lord Lisle, courtier, soldier, diplomat, administrator and illegitimate son of Edward IV, died of a heart attack after being informed ...
2 Mar 20206min
March 2 - Sir Thomas Bodley and the Bodleian Library
On this day in Tudor history, 2nd March 1545, scholar, diplomat and founder of the Bodleian Library, Sir Thomas Bodley, was born in Exeter. Sir Thomas Bodley served as a diplomat in the reign of Qu...
1 Mar 20204min
March 1 - George Wishart, a man with close friends and bitter enemies
On this day in Tudor history, 1st March 1546, Scottish evangelical preacher and martyr George Wishart was hanged and burned at St Andrews, Scotland. Wishart had been charged with 18 counts of heres...
29 Feb 20209min
February 29 - Elizabeth I's "white gift" and "little black husband"
On this day in Tudor history, 29th February 1604, John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, died at at Lambeth Palace, the archbishop’s palace in London. He was the last Archbishop of Canterbury in Que...
28 Feb 20206min
February 28 - Thomas Forret, a chief heretic and teacher of heresy
On this day in Tudor history, 28th February 1540, Protestant Thomas Forret was burned at the stake in Castle Hill, Edinburgh, in the presence of King James V. Forret was a former Augustinian monk an...
27 Feb 20204min
February 27 - The ends of three Catholics at Tyburn
On this day in Tudor history, 27th February 1601, Benedictine monk Mark Barkworth (also known by the alias Lambert), Jesuit Roger Filcock, and widow Anne Line were executed at Tyburn. Barkworth and ...
26 Feb 20206min
