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16 Jul 1517

Birth of FRANCES BRANDON, at Hatford, Hertfordshire.

12 Jul 1543

Marriage of KATHERINE PARR to Henry VIII, at Hampton Court Palace; JANE GUILDFORD known to be present.

06 Jul 1553

Death of EDWARD VI at Palace of Placentia, Greenwich.

09 Jul 1553

JANE GREY summoned to Syon House (from Chelsea Manor), accompanied by MARY DUDLEY; is offered (and accepts) Crown of England by Privy Council assembled there.

10 Jul 1553

JANE GREY, GUILDFORD DUDLEY and JANE GUILDFORD travel from Syon House to Tower of London.
JANE GREY is proclaimed as Queen of England.

19 Jul 1553

JANE GREY is deposed, and MARY I is proclaimed Queen of England.
JANE GUILDFORD released from Tower of London shortly after.

25 Jul 1554

Marriage between MARY I and Philip II of Spain, at Winchester Cathedral.

07 Jul 1560

Birth of MARGARET RUSSELL, in Exeter, Devon.

16 Jul 1565

Marriage of MARY GREY to Thomas Keyes.

09-27 Jul 1575

ROBERT DUDLEY hosts ELIZABETH I at 'The Princely Pleasures'/Kenilworth Festivities at Kenilworth Castle; LETTICE KNOLLYS also known to have attended.

19 Jul 1584

Death of ROBERT DUDLEY, Lord Denbigh at Wanstead Hall, Essex; is interred in the Beauchamp Chapel, St Mary's Church, Warwick.

c.Jul 1589

Marriage of LETTICE KNOLLYS, widowed Countess of Essex and Leicester, to Sir CHRISTOPHER BLOUNT, Leicester's Master of Horse.

28 Jul 1585

Death of FRANCIS RUSSELL at Bedford House, The Strand, London; is buried in Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies.

15 Jul 1596

Death of FRANCIS KNOLLYS, in ?Caversham; is buried in St Nicholas' Church, Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire.

07 Jul 1607

Death of PENELOPE DEVEREUX (as Penelope Blount, Countess of Devonshire).