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4 days ago16 min read
The Madness of Jane Parker, Lady Rochford (November 1541 - February 1542)
On 13 February 1542, Jane Parker, Viscountess Rochford, was led to a scaffold that had been erected on Tower Green...
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thedudleywomen
7 days ago2 min read
ON THIS DAY - 07 December 1549
On This Day (07 Dec) in 1549, Robert Kett, the leader of 'Kett's Rebellion', and his brother William Kett were executed in Norfolk. In...
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thedudleywomen
Nov 127 min read
The Death and Burial of Jane Seymour
On 12 November 1537, a funeral service was held at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle for Jane Seymour, Queen of England.
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thedudleywomen
Oct 212 min read
ON THIS DAY - 21 October 1554
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.
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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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thedudleywomen
Jul 278 min read
Lady Jane Grey: Recommended Reading
Jane Grey, eldest daughter of Henry Grey, Marques of Dorset and later Duke of Suffolk and his wife Frances Brandon.
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thedudleywomen
Jul 181 min read
ON THIS DAY - 19 July 1553
On This day (19 Jul) in 1553, the Lady Mary was proclaimed Mary I, Queen of England, 9 days after her kinswoman Lady Jane Grey had been.
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thedudleywomen
Jul 1614 min read
Anne Askew: Poet. Preacher. Rebel. Heretic. Martyr.
Anne Askew's name has long been associated with martyrdom in Henry VIII's Protestant England.
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thedudleywomen
Jul 97 min read
Kenilworth: A Castle fit for a Queen?
Kenilworth Castle (otherwise known as 'Killingworth' or 'Killinwoorth') in Warwickshire, was a 12th century stone castle.
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thedudleywomen
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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thedudleywomen
Jun 175 min read
Anne Seymour: "Lady Warwyks Lunacye"
Anne Seymour (born c.1538) was the eldest daughter of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, and his second wife Anne Stanhope.
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thedudleywomen
Jun 45 min read
The Marriage of Amy Robsart and Robert Dudley - 04 Jun 1550
Amy Robsart was born on 07 Jun 1532 in Norfolk, the only child from the marriage of Sir John Robsart of Syderstone.
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thedudleywomen
Jun 21 min read
ON THIS DAY - 03 June 1550
On This Day (03 Jun) in 1550, John Dudley, son and heir of his father and namesake, the then Earl of Warwick, married Anne Seymour...
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thedudleywomen
May 101 min read
Ms. Codex 1070: "Genelogies of the Erles of Lecestre and Chester"
After reading ' The House of Dudley ' by Dr Joanne Paul (2022) , which first introduced me to the one of the illustrations below, I was...
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thedudleywomen
Apr 244 min read
The Arrest of Edmund Dudley - 24 Apr 1509
Edmund Dudley, esq. was the grandson of John Dudley, 1st Baron Sutton - a courtier and diplomat, who after switching from the Lancastrian...
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thedudleywomen
Apr 15 min read
The Publication of 'Hecatodistichon' - March 1550
Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, was appointed 'Lord Protector' of England and Head of the Regency Council
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