December 2 - Elizabeth I relents and agrees to execute Mary, Queen of Scots
On this day in Tudor history, 2nd December 1586, following a joint petition from the Houses of Lords and Commons, Elizabeth I finally agreed to a public proclamation of sentence against Mary, Queen of...
1 Dec 20208min
December 1 - A Catholic priest is tortured then executed
On this day in Tudor history, 1st December 1581, twenty-five year old Roman Catholic priest Alexander Briant was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, along with Ralph Sherwin and Edmund Campion. ...
30 Nov 20207min
November 30 - Elizabeth I's Golden Speech brings men to tears
On this day in Tudor history, 30th November 1601, sixty-eight-year-old Queen Elizabeth I delivered her famous Golden Speech to the House of Commons. In this final speech to Parliament, Elizabeth sp...
29 Nov 202014min
November 29 - A courtier who served in four monarchs' reign and died a natural death!
On this day in Tudor history, 29th November 1528, nobleman and courtier, Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, was born. Montagu began his court career with the help of his father in Henry VIII's re...
28 Nov 20208min
November 28 - A drowned agent carrying gold for Mary, Queen of Scots
On this day in Tudor history, 28th November 1565, member of Parliament and political agent Francis Yaxley set sail for Scotland from Antwerp. Sadly, Yaxley's ship was wrecked in a storm and he neve...
27 Nov 20207min
November 27 - Former monk burnt at stake for importing books
On this day in Tudor history, 27th November 1531, former Benedictine monk and reformist, Richard Bayfield, was burnt at the stake at Smithfield for heresy after Sir Thomas More had caught him importin...
26 Nov 20208min
November 26 - The first men executed under Elizabeth I's new law
On this day in Tudor history, 26th November 1585, Catholic priest Hugh Taylor and his friend Marmaduke Bowes were hanged at York. They were the first men executed under Elizabeth I's 1585 statute wh...
25 Nov 20204min
November 25 - A vicious man who saved an archbishop
On this day in Tudor history, 25th November 1545, lawyer, member of Parliament, diplomat and ecclesiastical administrator, Sir Thomas Legh, died. Legh was a faithful servant to King Henry VIII, but ...
25 Nov 20206min
