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Oct 101 min read
ON THIS DAY - 10 October 1562
On This Day (10 Oct) 1562, Elizabeth I was at Hampton Court when she started to feel unwell.
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thedudleywomen
Oct 102 min read
ON THIS DAY - 10 October 1588
On This Day (10 Oct) 1588, the funeral was held for Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, at St Mary's Church, Warwick.
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thedudleywomen
Oct 62 min read
ON THIS DAY - 06 October 1536
On This Day (06 Oct) 1536, the execution of English Reformist Scholar and Translator William Tyndale at Vilvoorde, is commemorated.
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thedudleywomen
Oct 12 min read
ON THIS DAY - 01 October 1553
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.
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thedudleywomen
Sep 282 min read
ON THIS DAY - 29 September 1564
On This Day (29 Sep) in 1564, Elizabeth I ennobled her 'favourite, Robert Dudley, granting him the Earldom of Leicester.
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thedudleywomen
Sep 211 min read
ON THIS DAY - 22 September 1560
On This Day [22 Sep] 1560, Amy Robsart, wife of Robert Dudley, was buried at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford.
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thedudleywomen
Sep 202 min read
ON THIS DAY - 21 September 1578
On This Day 21 Sep 1578, Lettice Knollys, Dowager Countess of Essex married Elizabeth I's 'favourite' Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester.
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thedudleywomen
Sep 192 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
Sep 161 min read
ON THIS DAY - 17 September 1564
On This Day 17 Sep 1564, it is believed that Dorothy Devereux was born at Chartley Manor, Staffordshire.
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thedudleywomen
Sep 86 min read
Thomas Blount (c.1525 - 28 Nov 1568)
Thomas Blount of Kidderminster, Worcestershire, was the father of Sir Christopher Blount (c.1555-1601).
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