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thedudleywomen
Aug 29, 20241 min read
ON THIS DAY - 30 August 1596
On This Day (30 Aug) in 1596, George Gower was buried in the churchyard of St Clement Danes, London.
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thedudleywomen
Aug 28, 20242 min read
ON THIS DAY - 29 August 1588
On This Day (29 Aug) in 1588, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester wrote to Elizabeth I from Rycote, Oxon, less than a week before his death
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thedudleywomen
Aug 26, 20242 min read
ON THIS DAY - 27 August 1562
On This Day (27 Aug) in 1562, Margaret St John, Lady Russell, Countess of Bedford, died from smallpox at Woburn Abbey.
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thedudleywomen
Aug 24, 20241 min read
ON THIS DAY - 25 August 1540
On This Day (25 Aug) in 1540, Katherine Grey was born at Bradgate House, Leicestershire; the second daughter of Henry Grey.
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thedudleywomen
Aug 20, 20246 min read
The Wedding of Elizabeth Hardwick and William Cavendish - 20 Aug 1547
Elizabeth Hardwick (better known by history as 'Bess of Hardwick') was born in the 1520s (estimated dates range from 1520-21 to 1527).
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thedudleywomen
Aug 6, 20241 min read
ON THIS DAY - 07 August 1574
On This Day (07 Aug) in 1574, Robert Dudley, also known as ‘Robin Sheffield’, was born - the ‘illegitimate’ son of Robert Dudley.
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