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thedudleywomen
Dec 10, 202416 min read
The Madness of Jane Parker, Lady Rochford (November 1541 - February 1542)
On 13 February 1542, Jane Parker, Viscountess Rochford, was led to a scaffold that had been erected on Tower Green...
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thedudleywomen
Dec 1, 20242 min read
ON THIS DAY - 01 December 1541
On This Day (01 Dec) in 1541, Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham were tried for high treason, for their alleged adultery...
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thedudleywomen
Nov 13, 20242 min read
ON THIS DAY - 13 November 1553
On This Day (13 Nov) in 1553, a trial was held at in the Great Hall, in the City of London Guildhall; the trial of Lady Jane Grey...
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thedudleywomen
Nov 5, 202417 min read
Thomas Percy: Gunpowder, Treason and Plot
In the early hours of 05 Nov 1605, a search was completed of a vault, underneath the House of Lords within the Palace of Westminster.
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thedudleywomen
Nov 3, 20242 min read
Sir John Perrot and Syon House
On This Day (03 Nov) in 1592, Sir John Perrot, Privy Councillor and Elizabeth I's former Lord Deputy of Ireland died in the Tower of London.
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thedudleywomen
Oct 21, 20242 min read
ON THIS DAY - 21 October 1554
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.
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thedudleywomen
Oct 14, 20243 min read
ON THIS DAY - 14 October 1586
On This Day (14 Oct) in 1586, the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots began at Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire.
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thedudleywomen
Sep 19, 20242 min read
ON THIS DAY - 20 September 1586
On This Day (20 Sep) in 1586, Anthony Babington and 6 of his co-conspirators were executed, following their convictions for high treason.
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thedudleywomen
Jun 17, 20242 min read
ON THIS DAY - 18 June 1546
Anne Askew was a 25yo writer, poet and preacher, originally from Lincolnshire, whose resolute Reformist religious views...
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thedudleywomen
Apr 24, 20244 min read
The Arrest of Edmund Dudley - 24 Apr 1509
Richard Empson, Henry VII and Edmund Dudley. English School, 16thc. ©Belvoir Castle Edmund Dudley, esq. was the grandson of John Dudley,...
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thedudleywomen
Mar 20, 20246 min read
The Downfall of Thomas Seymour
Thomas, Lord Seymour, of Sudeley. Unknown Artist. 16thc. ©Sotheby's Thomas Seymour was born in c.1508, a younger brother to Edward...
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thedudleywomen
Mar 18, 20246 min read
Sir Christopher Blount (c.1555-18 Mar 1601)
Sir Christopher Blount, born c.1555, was the second son of Thomas Blount of Kidderminster (c.1525-1568) and his wife Margery Poley.
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