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The Birth of Anne Clifford - 30 January 1590
On 30 January in 1590, Anne Clifford, writer, poet, prolific diarist and literary patron, was born at Skipton Castle, Yorkshire.
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Æmilia Bassano's Baptism - 27 January 1569
On 27 January in 1569, Æmilia Bassano, Elizabethan courtier and Jacobean writer and poet was baptised.
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ON THIS DAY - 26 January 1533
On This Day (26 January) in 1533, lawyer and Speaker of the House of Commons, Thomas Audley was formally appointed as Lord Chancellor...
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ON THIS DAY - 22 January 1554
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
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ON THIS DAY - 19 January 1601
On This Day (19 Jan) in 1601, Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Elizabethan courtier, soldier, politician and patron of the arts, died.
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