On This Day (04 May) in 1608, the funeral was held for Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury, also known as 'Bess of Hardwick', at All Hallow's Church, Derby.

On This Day (22 April) in 1538, Sir Thomas Audley, Lord High Chancellor of England, married for a second time; his bride was Lady Elizabeth Grey, a sister of Henry Grey, 3rd Marquess of Dorset, courtier and peer of Henry VIII.

On This Day (21 April) in 1509, Henry VII died at Richmond Palace, aged 52, with his 17-year-old son Henry, succeeding him as Henry VIII.

On This Day (20 April) in 1578, Lady Mary Grey, youngest daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk and his wife Frances Brandon, and sister to Lady Jane Grey and Katherine Grey, and widow of Sir Thomas Keyes, died at her London home, in the parish of St Botolph's-without-Aldgate.

On This Day (16 April) in 1587, Anne Stanhope, Dowager Duchess of Somerset, died at Hanworth Palace, Middlesex.

On This Day (15 April) in 1530, Gilbert Tailboys, 1st Baron Tailboys of Kyme, Lincolnshire, died.

On This Day (06 April) in 1621, Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford, died at his Hampshire home, Netley Abbey, aged 81.

On This Day (29 March) in 1551, Lady Mary Dudley, daughter of John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, married Sir Henry Sidney.

On This Day (22 March) in 1676, diarist, literary patron and heiress Lady Anne Clifford, died at Brougham Castle, near Penrith, Cumberland.

On This Day (24 February) in 1603, Katherine Carey, Countess of Nottingham, died at Arundel House.

On This Day (13 Feb) in 1608, Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury, Elizabethan courtier and builder, known as 'Bess of Hardwick', died.

On This Day (12 February) in 1554, Lady Jane Grey and her husband, Guildford Dudley, were executed.

On This Day (09 February) in 1604, Anne Russell, Countess of Warwick, died at her home North Hall, in Northaw, Hertfordshire, aged 55.

On This Day (04 February) in 1520, Mary Boleyn married William Carey in the Chapel Royal at Greenwich Palace, with Henry VIII in attendance.

On This Day (26 January) in 1533, lawyer and Speaker of the House of Commons, Thomas Audley was formally appointed as Lord Chancellor...

On This Day (22 January) in 1554, Robert Dudley, the 21-year-old son of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, was found guilty of treason

On This Day (19 Jan) in 1601, Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Elizabethan courtier, soldier, politician and patron of the arts, died.

On This Day (26 Dec) in 1605, Penelope Devereux and Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire, 'married' in a clandestine ceremony

On This Day (25 Dec) in 1634, 91 year old Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester, died at her home in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire.

On This Day (07 Dec) in 1549, Robert Kett, the leader of 'Kett's Rebellion', and his brother William Kett were executed in Norfolk....