January 20 - Miles Coverdale dies after giving his best ever sermon
On this day in Tudor history, 20th January 1569, not long after he'd given the best sermon of his life, Bible translator and Bishop of Exeter, Miles Coverdale, died in London. Coverdale is known for c...
19 Jan 20208min
January 19 - Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
On this day in Tudor history, 19th January 1601, Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, died at Wilton, the family home near Salisbury. Who was Henry Herbert? Let Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor S...
18 Jan 20205min
January 18 - Henry VII and Elizabeth of York get married
On this day in Tudor history,18th January 1486, twenty-nine year-old King Henry VII married twenty year-old Elizabeth of York at Westminster Abbey. This was over two years after he had vowed to marry...
17 Jan 202010min
January 17 - Poet Thomas Wyatt is arrested
On this day in Tudor history, 17th January 1541, courtier, diplomat and poet, Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder, was arrested and sent to the Tower of London after being accused of corresponding with Cardina...
16 Jan 20208min
January 16 - Thomas Howard breaks his promise about Mary, Queen of Scots
On this day in Tudor history, 16th January 1572, Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, eldest son of the late Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, was tried and found guilty of treason at Westminster Hall. N...
15 Jan 20206min
January 15 - The death of Catherine Carey (Knollys), daughter of Mary Boleyn
On this day in Tudor history, 15th January 1569, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Catherine Knollys (née Carey), wife of Sir Francis Knollys, daughter of Mary Boleyn, and cousin of the queen, died a...
14 Jan 20207min
January 14 - Francis Kett leaps and dances in the fire
On this day in Tudor history, 14th January 1589, physician Francis Kett, was burned for heresy near Norwich Castle. A local minister described him as "leaping and dancing" in the fire, clapping his...
13 Jan 20204min
January 13 - The Prince of Poets
On this day in Tudor history, 13th January 1599, Elizabethan poet and administrator in Ireland, Edmund Spenser, died in Westminster. He was described as "the prince of poets in his time" and is best k...
12 Jan 20208min
