On This Day (06 Jul) in 1553, Edward VI died at the ‘Palace of Placentia’, Greenwich, at around 8pm.

Amy Robsart was born on 07 June 1532 in Norfolk, the only child born from the marriage of Sir John Robsart of Syderstone, and his wife Elizabeth Scott, Amy's date of birth later proudly recorded by her father.

Elizabeth I had reigned as Queen of England for forty-four years, when her health entered into a final decline in February 1603, whilst her court was at Richmond Palace.

Thomas Seymour was born in c.1508, a younger brother to Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford and later Duke of Somerset, and older brother to Jane Seymour, Queen of England. Their parents were Sir John Seymour and Margaret Wentworth, and their family seat was Wulfhall, in Wiltshire.