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The Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury: "The Scourge of France" - 17 July 1453
Edmund Dudley, an ambitious lawyer had led to his subsequent appointment within the king's Privy Council. Reflective of his growing-social status, widower Dudley had remarried; his bride was Elizabeth Grey, the daughter of Edward Grey, and his wife Elizabeth Talbot, daughter and heir of John Talbot, 1st Viscount Lisle - eldest son of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury from his second marriage to Margaret Beauchamp, the daughter of Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick.
thedudleywomen
Jul 1712 min read


The Death of Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle - 03 March 1542
On 03 March 1542, Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, died within the Tower of London, aged about eighty-years old, having been imprisoned there since May 1540.
thedudleywomen
Mar 39 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.
thedudleywomen
May 13, 20253 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.
thedudleywomen
Feb 21, 20256 min read
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