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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 20, 20253 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 16, 20253 min read


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 15, 20253 min read


ON THIS DAY - 06 April 1621
On This Day (06 April) in 1621, Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford, died at his Hampshire home, Netley Abbey, aged 81.
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Apr 6, 20254 min read


The Death of Sir Henry Unton - 23 March 1596
On 23 March 1596, Sir Henry Unton, the eldest surviving son of the late Anne Seymour, Countess of Warwick, died.
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Mar 23, 20259 min read


ON THIS DAY - 22 March 1676
On This Day (22 March) in 1676, diarist, literary patron and heiress Lady Anne Clifford, died at Brougham Castle, near Penrith, Cumberland.
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Mar 22, 20253 min read


The Death and Funeral of John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford - March 1555
On 13 March 1555, John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, Lord Privy Seal, died at his Westminster home, 'Russell House'.
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Mar 14, 20257 min read


The Birth of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk - 10 March 1538
On This Day (10 March) in 1538, a son and heir was born to Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, soldier, politician and poet, and his wife Frances
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Mar 10, 20255 min read


The Execution of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex - 25 February 1601
On 25 February 1601, 35 year-old Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, was taken to a scaffold that had been erected within the Tower of London, and executed after being found guilty of high treason for his primary role in the failed 'Essex's Rebellion' earlier in the month.
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Feb 25, 20256 min read


ON THIS DAY - 24 February 1603
On This Day (24 February) in 1603, Katherine Carey, Countess of Nottingham, died at Arundel House.
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Feb 24, 20252 min read
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The Death of Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick - 21 February 1590
On 21 February 1590, only a short time after undergoing a lower leg amputation, Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, died at Bedford House.
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Feb 21, 20256 min read


The Funeral of Sir Philip Sidney - 16 February 1587
On 16 February 1587, Elizabethan courtier, soldier and poet Sir Philip Sidney was interred at 'Old' St Paul's Cathedral.
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Feb 16, 20259 min read


ON THIS DAY - 13 February 1608
On This Day (13 Feb) in 1608, Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury, Elizabethan courtier and builder, known as 'Bess of Hardwick', died.
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Feb 13, 20252 min read


ON THIS DAY - 12 February 1554
On This Day (12 February) in 1554, Lady Jane Grey and her husband, Guildford Dudley, were executed.
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Feb 12, 20252 min read
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ON THIS DAY - 09 February 1604
On This Day (09 February) in 1604, Anne Russell, Countess of Warwick, died at her home North Hall, in Northaw, Hertfordshire, aged 55.
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Feb 9, 20252 min read


The Funeral of Jane Guildford, Duchess of Northumberland - 01 February 1555
On 01 February 1555, the funeral of Jane Guildford, Duchess of Northumberland, widow of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, was held at All Saints' Church, Chelsea (since renamed 'Chelsea Old Church').
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Feb 1, 20256 min read


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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Jan 19, 20253 min read
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The Death of Catherine Carey - 15 January 1569
On This Day (15 January) 1569, Catherine Carey, Lady Knollys, Elizabeth I's Chief Lady of the Bedchamber, died at Hampton Court Palace...
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Jan 15, 20257 min read


The Death of Margaret Audley - 10 January 1564
On 10 January 1564, Margaret Audley, Duchess of Norfolk, died in Norwich, aged around 23 years old, three weeks after giving birth to her fourth child.
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Jan 10, 20257 min read


The Burial of Nicholas Hilliard - 07 January 1619
On 07 January 1619, Elizabethan portrait miniaturist and goldsmith Nicholas Hilliard, was buried at St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Westminster.
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Jan 7, 20254 min read
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