April 20 - Lady Mary Grey, sister of Lady Jane Grey
On this day in Tudor history, 20th April 1578, Lady Mary Keys (née Grey), sister of Lady Jane Grey and wife of Thomas Keys, died at her home in the parish of St Botolph without Aldgate, London. Like ...
19 Apr 20205min
April 19 - Mary, Queen of Scots gets betrothed
On this day in Tudor history, 19th April 1558, fifteen-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots and fourteen-year-old Francis, the Dauphin, son of King Henry II of France, were formally betrothed at the Louvre P...
18 Apr 20204min
April 18 - Eustace Chapuys bumps into Anne Boleyn
Ok, so they didn’t physically bump into each other, but on this day in Tudor history, 18th April 1536, just a month and a day before Anne Boleyn’s execution, imperial ambassador Eustace Chapuys was ma...
17 Apr 20206min
April 17 - St Henry Walpole
On this day in Tudor history, 17th April 1595, or according to some sources 7th April, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Jesuit Henry Walpole was hanged, drawn and quartered in the city of York. Walp...
16 Apr 20206min
April 16 - A fortune from drinkable gold
On this day in Tudor history, 16th April 1550, alchemist, apothecary and physician Francis Anthony was born, probably in London. He had a rather eventful life, being imprisoned on several occasions, a...
15 Apr 20205min
April 15 - Champion to kings and servant to queens
On this day in Tudor history, 15th April 1545, Sir Robert Dymoke, champion at the coronations of Henry VII and Henry VIII, and a man who served in the households of Queens Catherine of Aragon and Anne...
14 Apr 20204min
April 14 - A Tudor magician who helped a countess get out of her marriage
On this day in Tudor history, 14th April 1565, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, astrologer, astronomer, mathematician and magician, Edward Gresham, was born in Stainsford, Yorkshire. Gresham is k...
13 Apr 20206min
April 13 - Too lenient a gaoler
On this day in Tudor history, 13th April 1557, in the reign of Queen Mary I, John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos of Sudeley, landowner, soldier and Lieutenant of the Tower of London, died at his home, Sud...
12 Apr 20207min
