thedudleywomenAug 292 minON THIS DAY - 29 August 1588On 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
thedudleywomenAug 272 minON THIS DAY - 27 August 1562On This Day (27 Aug) in 1562, Margaret St John, Lady Russell, Countess of Bedford, died from smallpox at Woburn Abbey.
thedudleywomenJul 61 minON THIS DAY - 06 July 1553On This Day (06 Jul) in 1553, Edward VI died at the ‘Palace of Placentia’, Greenwich, at around 8pm.