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Late Dec 1548

Birth of ANNE RUSSELL, eldest child of Francis Russell and Margaret St John, at Cheynes.

14 Dec 1554

Funeral and burial of MARY I at Westminster Abbey.

Dec 1559

ROBERT DUDLEY takes out lease on Cumnor Place, Oxfordshire; AMY ROBSART moves in with her household, separately from her husband.

25 Dec 1560

Marriage between KATHERINE GREY and EDWARD SEYMOUR, at Cannon Row, London.

26 Dec 1605

Marriage of PENELOPE DEVEREUX, previously Lady Rich, and CHARLES BLOUNT, Earl of Devonshire, at Wanstead Hall.

25 Dec 1634

Death of LETTICE KNOLLYS, Countess of Essex and Leicester, at Drayton Bassett.