August 19 - A defiant but polite Mary I
On this day in Tudor history, 19th August 1551, Princess Mary, the future Mary I, wrote to her half-brother King Edward VI regarding orders that he had sent, orders that she was not going to obey. A...
18 Aug 20208min
August 18 - The trial of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland
On this day in Tudor history, 18th August 1553, less than a month after his daughter-in-law, Lady Jane Grey or Queen Jane, had been overthrown by Queen Mary I, John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, was...
17 Aug 20206min
August 17 - Henry VIII's Latin secretary dies of sweating sickness
On this day in Tudor history, 17th August 1517, Italian humanist scholar, cleric and poet, Andreas Ammonius died in London from sweating sickness. He was laid to rest at St Stephen's, Westminster. ...
16 Aug 20205min
August 16 - The Norrises lose another two sons in the Queen's service
On this day in Tudor history, 16th August 1599, soldier and Lord President of Munster in Ireland, Sir Thomas Norris, died at his home, Mallow Castle, in Cork, as a result of an injury he’d sustained i...
15 Aug 20205min
August 15 - The Oaten Hill Martyrs
On his day in Tudor history, 15th August 1588, Catholics Robert Wilcox, Edward Campion, Christopher Buxton and Robert Widmerpool were examined while imprisoned in the Marshalsea prison in Southwark, L...
14 Aug 20205min
August 14 - William Parr, brother of Queen Catherine Parr
On this day in Tudor history, 14th August 1513, William Parr, Marquess of Northampton and brother of Queen Catherine Parr, was born. William Parr is a fascinating man. He had a wonderful court care...
13 Aug 20204min
August 13 - The sad ends of Friar Conn O'Rourke and Partick O'Healey, Bishop of Mayo
On this day in Tudor history, 13th August 1579, Roman Catholics Friar Conn, or Connatius, O'Rourke and Patrick O'Healy, Bishop of Mayo, were hanged just outside Kilmallock, co. Limerick. So desperat...
12 Aug 20205min
August 12 - Ursula Pole, Baroness Stafford, daughter of Margaret Pole
On this day in Tudor history, 12th August 1570, Lady Ursula Stafford died. She was the daughter of the late Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, sister of Cardinal Reginald Pole, and wife of Henry St...
11 Aug 20204min
