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 (17 January) in 1549, Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, and Lord High Admiral was arrested at his London home...

On This Day (15 January) 1569, Catherine Carey, Lady Knollys, Elizabeth I's Chief Lady of the Bedchamber, died at Hampton Court Palace...

On 17 November 1558, Elizabeth I ascended the throne of England, following the death of her half-sister Mary I.