In medieval London, there were multiple public places of execution, places where death sentences which had been given to prisoners convicted of serious crimes against the monarch or the state, including treason and heresy, were carried out. These locations included Tyburn (the location of the city's primary public gallows), Smithfield marketplace and the churchyard of St-Giles-in-the-Field. In 1464, another site was established on a raised plot of land, overlooking the Tower

In mid-June 1519, a baby boy was born to a young unmarried woman who, for the past few months, had been residing at the Prior's House of St Lawrence's Priory in Blackmore, Essex. This baby, whilst illegitimate, would take the name of his acknowledged father, the king of England: Henry Fitzroy.

On This Day (10 July) in 1553, Jane Grey, eldest daughter of Frances Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, the niece of Henry VIII, and her husband Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, was publicly proclaimed Queen of England.

On 25 May 1553, numerous guests including members of the Privy Council and foreign ambassadors, gathered at Durham Place, the Westminster residence of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland to witness a triple wedding celebration: the three young brides were Northumberland's youngest daughter Katherine Dudley, and sisters Jane and Katherine Grey, eldest daughters of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk.

On This Day (22 April) in 1538, Sir Thomas Audley, Lord High Chancellor of England, married for a second time; his bride was Lady Elizabeth Grey, a sister of Henry Grey, 3rd Marquess of Dorset, courtier and peer of Henry VIII.

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

On 17 January 1549, Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, and Lord High Admiral, was arrested at his London home of Seymour Place, on The Strand, on charges of treason.

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

On This Day (25 Aug) in 1540, Katherine Grey was born at Bradgate House, Leicestershire; the second daughter of Henry Grey.

Elizabeth Hardwick (better known to history as 'Bess of Hardwick') was born in the 1520s (estimated dates range from 1520-21 to 1527).

Jane Grey, eldest daughter of Henry Grey, Marques of Dorset and later Duke of Suffolk and his wife Frances Brandon.

On This day (19 Jul) in 1553, the Lady Mary was proclaimed Mary I, Queen of England, 9 days after her kinswoman Lady Jane Grey had been.

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.