On This Day (21 April) in 1509, Henry VII died at Richmond Palace, aged 52, with his 17-year-old son Henry, succeeding him as Henry VIII.

On This Day (20 April) in 1578, Lady Mary Grey, youngest daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk and his wife Frances Brandon, and sister to Lady Jane Grey and Katherine Grey, and widow of Sir Thomas Keyes, died at her London home, in the parish of St Botolph's-without-Aldgate.

On This Day (16 April) in 1587, Anne Stanhope, Dowager Duchess of Somerset, died at Hanworth Palace, Middlesex.

On 08 February 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was executed at Fotheringhay Castle, after being found guilty of high treason.

On This Day (15 January) 1569, Catherine Carey, Lady Knollys, Elizabeth I's Chief Lady of the Bedchamber, died at Hampton Court Palace...

On 17 November 1558, Elizabeth I ascended the throne of England, following the death of her half-sister Mary I.

On This Day (14 December) in 1558, Queen Mary I's funeral was held at Westminster Abbey.

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 (01 Oct) 1553, Mary I was crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey; the first coronation of a queen regnant in England.

Anne Seymour (born c.1538) was the eldest daughter of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, and his second wife Anne Stanhope.

Francis Knollys, the eldest son and heir of Sir Robert Knollys and his wife Lettice Penninston, was born c.1512, likely at Rookes Manor...

Elizabeth I had reigned as Queen of England for 44 years, when her health started to further decline in February 1603, whilst her court...