January 17 - Poet Thomas Wyatt is arrested
On this day in Tudor history, 17th January 1541, courtier, diplomat and poet, Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder, was arrested and sent to the Tower of London after being accused of corresponding with Cardina...
16 Jan 20208min
January 16 - Thomas Howard breaks his promise about Mary, Queen of Scots
On this day in Tudor history, 16th January 1572, Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, eldest son of the late Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, was tried and found guilty of treason at Westminster Hall. N...
15 Jan 20206min
January 15 - The death of Catherine Carey (Knollys), daughter of Mary Boleyn
On this day in Tudor history, 15th January 1569, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Catherine Knollys (née Carey), wife of Sir Francis Knollys, daughter of Mary Boleyn, and cousin of the queen, died a...
14 Jan 20207min
January 14 - Francis Kett leaps and dances in the fire
On this day in Tudor history, 14th January 1589, physician Francis Kett, was burned for heresy near Norwich Castle. A local minister described him as "leaping and dancing" in the fire, clapping his...
13 Jan 20204min
January 13 - The Prince of Poets
On this day in Tudor history, 13th January 1599, Elizabethan poet and administrator in Ireland, Edmund Spenser, died in Westminster. He was described as "the prince of poets in his time" and is best k...
12 Jan 20208min
January 12 - Elizabeth I goes to the Tower!
On this day in Tudor history, Thursday 12th January 1559, Queen Elizabeth I travelled by barge from Whitehall to the Tower of London to prepare for her coronation, which was due to take place on the 1...
11 Jan 20204min
January 11 - A coulourful Lord of Misrule
On this day in Tudor history, 11th January 1579, courtier, Member of Parliament, Lord of Misrule and poet, George Ferrers, was buried at Flamstead, Hertfordshire. Ferrers was a rather colourful Tud...
10 Jan 20207min
January 10 - There never was so obstinate a heretic
On this day in Tudor history, 10th January 1532, Protestant martyr Thomas Dusgate, also known as Thomas Benet, was burned at the stake at Livery Dole in Heavitree, near Exeter. Benet was a zealous R...
9 Jan 20207min
