June 7 - A water pageant for Jane Seymour
On this day in Tudor history, 7th June 1536, there were celebrations for England’s new queen, Jane Seymour, third wife of King Henry VIII. The celebrations consisted of a river pageant on the River Th...
6 Juni 20203min
June 6 - Trouble brews in Bodmin
On this day in Tudor history, 6th June 1549, an army of rebels assembled at Bodmin in Cornwall, and there was a town meeting in which the rebels' demands were put forward. What were these rebels rebel...
5 Juni 20206min
June 5 - Maria de Salinas, Catherine of Aragon's friend
On this day in Tudor history, 5th June 1516, Spaniard Maria de Salinas married William, 10th Lord Willoughby of Eresby. Maria and William were the parents of Catherine Willoughby, who went on to mar...
4 Juni 20204min
June 4 - Lightning strikes St Paul's
On the afternoon of this day in Tudor history, Wednesday 4th June 1561, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, London was hit by a tremendous thunderstorm. Fires caused by lightning strikes destroyed one ...
3 Juni 20207min
June 3 - The Royal Supremacy
On this day in Tudor history, 3rd June 1535, Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's vicar-general, issued orders regarding the royal supremacy to the bishops of the kingdom. But what was the royal supre...
2 Juni 20204min
June 2 - Queen Jane Seymour
On this day in Tudor history, 2nd June 1536, Jane Seymour made her first public appearance at Greenwich Palace. She'd married King Henry VIII on 30th May, and this public appearance was just two weeks...
1 Juni 20205min
June 1 - Christopher Marlowe's death and inquest
On this day in Tudor history, 1st June 1593, the inquest into the death of playwright, poet and translator Christopher Marlowe took place. Twenty-nine-year-old Marlowe, writer of such famous works ...
31 Maj 20206min
May 31 - Henry VIII's annulment and a special Blackfriars court
On this day in Tudor history, 31st May 1529, a special legatine court opened at Blackfriars in London. The court’s purpose was to hear the case for an annulment of Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine o...
30 Maj 20204min
