As the first year of Mary I's reign as Queen of England came to a close in the summer of 1554, John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick, remained imprisoned within the Tower of London. Despite having been convicted on charges of high treason, and subsequently condemned to death alongside his father John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland in August 1553, Warwick did not accompany his father to the scaffold. Instead, along with his younger brothers, he remained a prisoner indefinitely.

On This Day, 30 November, in 1554, poet, soldier and courtier Sir Philip Sidney was born at Penshurst Place, Kent. Detail from 'Portrait Miniature of possibly Sir Philip Sidney', ? Nicholas Hilliard, c.1600 © Victoria and Albert Museum London Philip's parents, Mary Dudley (daughter of the late John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and his wife Jane Guildford) and Sir Henry Sidney had been married in March 1551, during the reign of Edward VI, to which the groom had been a cl

On This Day (09 August) in 1586, Mary Dudley, Lady Sidney, sister of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester and Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, and former Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber and close confidant of Queen Elizabeth I, died.

On This Day (21 Oct) in 1554, John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick, son of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, died at Penshurst Place, Kent.