On 13 March 1555, John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, Lord Privy Seal, died at his Westminster home, 'Russell House'.

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

On This Day (25 February) in 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.

On This Day (24 February) in 1603, Katherine Carey, Countess of Nottingham, died at Arundel House.

On 21 February 1590, only a short time after undergoing a lower leg amputation, Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, died at Bedford House.

On 16 February 1587, Elizabethan courtier, soldier and poet Sir Philip Sidney was interred at 'Old' St Paul's Cathedral.

On This Day (13 Feb) in 1608, Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury, Elizabethan courtier and builder, known as 'Bess of Hardwick', died.

On This Day (12 February) in 1554, Lady Jane Grey and her husband, Guildford Dudley, were executed.

On This Day (09 February) in 1604, Anne Russell, Countess of Warwick, died at her home North Hall, in Northaw, Hertfordshire, aged 55.

On 01 February 1555, the funeral of Jane Guildford, Duchess of Northumberland, widow of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, was held at Chelsea Old Church. 'Brass Plate Monument of the Duchess of Northumberland and Her Daughters, Chelsea Church'. Artist: Daniel Lyons, 1796-1811 © Yale Center for British Art Jane died in January 1555; two dates have been given for her death - 15 January (as given at her PostMortem Inquisition) and 22 January (as recorded on the marble ins

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

On This Day (10 January) in 1564, Margaret Audley, Duchess of Norfolk, died in Norwich, aged around 23 years old...

On This Day (07 January) in 1619, Elizabethan portrait miniaturist and goldsmith Nicholas Hilliard, was buried at St Martin-in-the-Fields...

On This Day (25 Dec) in 1634, 91 year old Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester, died at her home in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire.

On This Day (14 December) in 1558, Queen Mary I's funeral was held at Westminster Abbey.

On 13 February 1542, Jane Parker, Viscountess Rochford, was led to a scaffold that had been erected on Tower Green...

On This Day (07 Dec) in 1549, Robert Kett, the leader of 'Kett's Rebellion', and his brother William Kett were executed in Norfolk....

Introducing Margaret Audley, Duchess of Norfolk, wife of Lord Henry Dudley, (known throughout his short life as 'Harry Dudley').

Frances Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, had survived the events of Jul 1553, those being the attempts to place Lady Jane Grey on the throne...