On This Day (25 February) in 1601, 35 year-old Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, was executed at the Tower of London.

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.

Sir Christopher Blount, born c.1555, was the second son of Thomas Blount of Kidderminster (c.1525-1568) and his wife Margery Poley.