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The Death of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury: "The Scourge of France" - 17 July 1453
Edmund Dudley, an ambitious lawyer had led to his subsequent appointment within the king's Privy Council. Reflective of his growing-social status, widower Dudley had remarried; his bride was Elizabeth Grey, the daughter of Edward Grey, and his wife Elizabeth Talbot, daughter and heir of John Talbot, 1st Viscount Lisle - eldest son of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury from his second marriage to Margaret Beauchamp, the daughter of Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick.
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Jul 1712 min read
"The most noble and incomparable paire of brethren": William and Philip Herbert, and 'The First Folio'
On the second page of The First Folio, a dedication is made to its patrons, "the Most Noble and Incomparable Paire of Brethren"...
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Apr 10, 202511 min read
ON THIS DAY - 19 January 1601
On This Day (19 Jan) in 1601, Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Elizabethan courtier, soldier, politician and patron of the arts, died.
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Jan 19, 20253 min read
ON THIS DAY - 27 October 1561
On This Day (27 Oct) 1561, Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke, was born at Tickenhall Manor, Bewdley.
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Oct 27, 20242 min read
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