December 25 - A Tudor witch-hunter
Happy Christmas! On this day in Tudor history, 25th December 1587, Brian Darcy, magistrate, Sheriff of Essex, witch-hunter and contributor to the 1582 “A true and just recorde of the information, ex...
24 Dec 20205min
The Great Tudor Christmas Quiz
Thank you, everyone! I wanted to get a Christmas themed quiz out today so you can enjoy it with your friends and family. Without further ado, why don't you play along and see if you can do better than...
24 Dec 202013min
December 24 - A man who swapped sides at the right time
On this day in history, 24th December 1604, Christmas Eve, Sir Thomas Cornwallis, Comptroller of the household of Mary I and member of Parliament, died at about the age of eighty-six. Cornwallis ha...
23 Dec 20208min
December 23 - Elizabeth I moves to a property her mother knew well
On this day in Tudor history, 23rd December 1558, just over a month after her accession, England’s new queen, Elizabeth I, daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, moved from Some...
22 Dec 20207min
December 22 - Two Protestants betrayed by a spy
On this day in Tudor history, 22nd December 1557, Protestant martyrs John Rough and Margaret Mearing, were burnt at Smithfield for heresy. John Rough was a Scot who'd encouraged John Knox to be a pa...
21 Dec 202011min
December 21 - St Thomas, pies, charity and India
21st December in Tudor times was the Feast of St Thomas the Apostle, or Didymus or Doubting Thomas. The apostle who wouldn't believe Christ had been resurrected until Christ appeared in front of him a...
20 Dec 20205min
December 20 - Edward Arden, "victim of a grave iniquity" or conspirator?
On this day in Tudor history, 20th December 1583, the day after his son-in-law, John Somerville, had been found dead in his cell, Warwickshire gentleman Edward Arden was hanged, drawn and quartered at...
19 Dec 20205min
December 19 - A conspirator found dead in his cell
On this day in Tudor history, 19th December 1583, twenty-three-year-old convicted conspirator, John Somerville, was found dead in his cell at Newgate Prison. His death was said to be suicide, due to h...
18 Dec 20205min
