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ON THIS DAY - 19 May 1536
On This Day (19 May) in 1536, Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII and recently deposed Queen of England, was led from the royal apartments within the Tower of London to a scaffold erected on Tower Green, where she was executed by beheading.
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May 19, 20252 min read
"The Land Evil" - Sir George Tailboys of Kyme, Lincolnshire (c.1461 - 1538)
George first showed signs of mental illness in 1499, which was referred to in contemporary documents as "the land evil".
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May 14, 202510 min read
ON THIS DAY - 13 May 1515
On This Day (13 May) in 1515, at Greenwich, the public marriage took place between Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and the king's sister Mary Tudor, Dowager Queen of France, two months after their secret marriage in Paris, France.
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May 13, 20253 min read
The Death of Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire - 03 April 1606
On the evening of Thursday 03 April 1606, Blount took his final breath, with his loving Penelope by his side, the one woman to whom he had been "faithful and constant" all those years.
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May 7, 202511 min read
ON THIS DAY - 04 May 1608
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.
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May 4, 20252 min read
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