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Nov 176 min read
The Death of Mary I and Accession of Elizabeth I - 17 Nov 1558
On This Day (17 Nov) in 1558, Mary I, Queen of England, died at St James's Palace, possibly from uterine cancer.
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Oct 252 min read
ON THIS DAY - 25 October 1562
On This Day (25 Oct) in 1562, Elizabeth I resumed her normal duties whilst at Hampton Court Palace.
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Oct 243 min read
ON THIS DAY - 24 October 1537
On This Day (24 Oct) in 1537, Jane Seymour died at Hampton Court Palace, 12 days after giving birth to her only child, Prince Edward.
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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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Aug 282 min read
ON THIS DAY - 29 August 1588
On This Day (29 Aug) in 1588, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester wrote to Elizabeth I from Rycote, Oxon, less than a week before his death
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Aug 262 min read
ON THIS DAY - 27 August 1562
On This Day (27 Aug) in 1562, Margaret St John, Lady Russell, Countess of Bedford, died from smallpox at Woburn Abbey.
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Jul 51 min read
ON THIS DAY - 06 July 1553
On This Day (06 Jul) in 1553, Edward VI died at the ‘Palace of Placentia’, Greenwich, at around 8pm.
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