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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 218 min read
The Death of Frances Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk - 21 Nov 1559
Frances Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, had survived the events of Jul 1553, those being the attempts to place Lady Jane Grey on the throne...
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thedudleywomen
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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thedudleywomen
Nov 112 min read
ON THIS DAY - 11 November 1565
On This Day (11 Nov) in 1565, 16yo Anne Russell married 35yo twice-widowed Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick.
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thedudleywomen
Nov 517 min read
Thomas Percy: Gunpowder, Treason and Plot
In the early hours of 05 Nov 1605, a search was completed of a vault, underneath the House of Lords within the Palace of Westminster.
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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
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
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
Apr 266 min read
The Marriage of Francis Knollys and Catherine Carey - 26 Apr 1540
Francis Knollys, the eldest son and heir of Sir Robert Knollys and his wife Lettice Penninston, was born c.1512, likely at Rookes Manor,...
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thedudleywomen
Mar 245 min read
The Death of Elizabeth I - 24 Mar 1603
Elizabeth I had reigned as Queen of England for 44 years, when her health started to further decline in February 1603, whilst her court...
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thedudleywomen
Mar 186 min read
Sir Christopher Blount (c.1555-18 Mar 1601)
Sir Christopher Blount, born c.1555, was the second son of Thomas Blount of Kidderminster (c.1525-1568) and his wife Margery Poley.
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