April 30 - Thomas Audley, Lord Chancellor
On this day in Tudor history, 30th April 1544, in the reign of King Henry VIII, Thomas Audley, Baron Audley of Walden and Lord Chancellor, died at his home in London. Audley was Thomas Cromwell's ri...
29 Apr 20206min
April 29 - Bothwell prepares to marry Mary, Queen of Scots
On this day in Tudor history, 29th April 1567 (some sources suggest 26th), James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, who had recently abducted and allegedly "ravished" Mary, Queen of Scots, had a suit of divor...
28 Apr 20206min
April 28 - A man involved in the falls of two queens
On this day in Tudor history, 28th April 1548 (some sources say 6 May), courtier, diplomat, soldier and Keeper of Oatlands Palace, Sir Anthony Browne, died at Byfleet in Surrey. He had been one of Hen...
27 Apr 20205min
April 27 - A Tudor and Stuart adventurer
On this day in history, actually in the Stuart period, 27th April 1609, Sir Edward Michelborne, member of Parliament, soldier and adventurer, died. He'd survived an unsuccessful naval campaign agai...
26 Apr 20205min
April 26 - Shakespeare and the plague
On this day in Tudor history, 26th April 1564, the Bard, William Shakespeare, was baptised at Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. This was just three months before the plague hit t...
25 Apr 20204min
April 25 - Catherine Parr publishes a book
On this day in Tudor history, 25th April 1544, an English translation of John Fisher’s Latin work, “Psalms or Prayers”, was published. It had been translated by none other than Catherine Parr, Henry V...
24 Apr 20205min
April 24 - Divining your future love
Today, 24th April, is St Mark’s Eve, the day before the Feast of St Mark the Evangelist, one of Christ’s apostles and the man who is said to have written the Gospel of Mark. In medieval and Tudor time...
23 Apr 20203min
April 23 - George Boleyn loses out
On this day in Tudor history, 23rd April 1536, St George's Day, George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, lost to Nicholas Carew in the Order of the Garter elections. George Boleyn was, of course, the brother o...
22 Apr 20208min
