On Good Friday, 14 April, Anne's personal physician, Dr Thomas Muffit, one of the witnesses to her will, noted that she presented as "very weak...more likely to die than live". Having been informed of her pending mortality, Dr Muffit encouraged the Duchess to set her affairs in order, including making changes to the will, as promised the previous week; Anne died on Easter Sunday, 16 April 1587.

On This Day (06 April) in 1621, Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford, died at his Hampshire home, Netley Abbey, aged 81.

Around Christmas Time 1560, Katherine Grey, the younger sister of the ill-fated 'Thirteen Day Queen' Lady Jane Grey...

In March 1550, a poem was composed, dedicated to the life and achievements of the recently deceased Marguerite of Navarre - The Hecatodistichon.