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ON THIS DAY - 20 April 1578
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.
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Apr 203 min read
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John Foxe and the Howards
On This Day (18 April) in 1587, clergyman, historian, theologian and martyrologist John Foxe died at his London home on Grub Street, in the parish of St Giles-without-Cripplegate.
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Apr 188 min read
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ON THIS DAY - 16 April 1587
On This Day (16 April) in 1587, Anne Stanhope, Dowager Duchess of Somerset, died at Hanworth Palace, Middlesex.
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Apr 163 min read
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ON THIS DAY - 15 April 1530
On This Day (15 April) in 1530, Gilbert Tailboys, 1st Baron Tailboys of Kyme, Lincolnshire, died.
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Apr 153 min read
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"The most noble and incomparable paire of brethren" - William and Philip Herbert, and 'The First Folio', 1623
On the second page of The First Folio, a dedication is made to its patrons, "the Most Noble and Incomparable Paire of Brethren"...
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Apr 1011 min read
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