#ThrowbackThursday
Letter from King François II of France to Antoine de Noailles
Blois
4th November 1559
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#Letter #KingFrançoisIIofFrance #AntoinedeNoailles #MaryQueenofScots #ValoisAngoulême #Stuarts #Scotland #France #History
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5th March 1549
A Bill of Attainder was passed against Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley.
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#ThomasSeymour #BaronSeymourofSudeley #KingEdwardVI #Seymour #Tudors #History
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5th March 1496
Letters patent issued to the Italian explorer Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) by King Henry VII
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#GiovanniCaboto #JohnCabot #Explorer #Navigator #Italian #KingHenryVII #Tudors #History
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4th March 1584
Bernard Gilpin, reformer and preacher, died in Durham.
The theologian was known as the “Apostle of the North” because he toured Northern England preaching as he went.
#BernardGilpin #ApostleoftheNorth #Tudors #History
#OTD
4th March 1526
Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, courtier and administrator, was born.
He was the only son of William Carey and his wife, Mary Boleyn.
#HenryCarey #BaronHunsdon #Courtier #Tudors #History
#TudorTuesday
King Henry VIII
Joos van Cleve
c.1535
It is more than likely that Flemish artist Joos van Cleve painted this portrait without ever seeing King Henry VIII.
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#Portrait #JoosvanCleve #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History
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3rd March 1500
Cardinal Reginald Pole was born at Stourton Castle, Staffordshire.
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#ReginaldPole #CardinalPole #ArchbishopofCanterbury #Tudors #History
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3rd March 1551
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth, Lord Chamberlain during the reign of King Edward VI died.
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#ThomasWentworth #BaronWentworth #LordChancellor #Juror #KingHenryVIII #KingEdwardVI #Tudors #History
#OTD
2nd March 1545
Sir Thomas Bodley, founder of The Bodleian Library was born in Exeter.
The scholar and diplomat was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. He served Queen Elizabeth I as a Gentleman Usher.
#SirThomasBrodley #Scholar #BodleianLibrary #Tudors #History
#OTD
1st March 1577
Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland was born at Roxwell, Essex, to Sir Jerome Weston and his wife, Mary Cave.
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#RichardWeston #EarlofPortland #MemberofParliament #ChancelloroftheExchequer #Tudors #Stuarts #History
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1st March 1602
Herbert Westfaling, Bishop of Hereford, died at Hereford.
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford wrote a collection of sermons entitled A Treatise of Reformation in Religion.
#HerbertWestfaling #BishopofHereford #Tudors #History
#OTD
1st March 1562
The Massacre of Wassy (also known as The Massacre of Vassy) took place.
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#MassacreofWassy #MassacreofVassy #Huguenots #FrancisofGuise #DukeofGuise #France #History
#OTD
28th February 1533
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, French philosopher and author was born at the Château de Montaigne, Guyenne, France
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#MichelEyquemdeMontaigne #Philosopher #Author #Writing #Essais #France #History
#OTD
28th February 1518
François, the son of King François I of France and his wife, Claude, Duchess of Brittany was born at the Château d'Amboise.
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#François #DauphinofFrance #DukeofBrittany #Valois #France #History
#OTD
28th February 1556
Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester was buried in a Chantry tomb in Winchester Cathedral.
He had died on 12th November 1555.
#StephenGardiner #BishopofWinchester #LordChancellor #QueenMaryI #Tudors #History
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28th February 1551
Martin Bucer, Theologian and Protestant reformer died in Cambridge. He was buried in Great St Mary’s church and his funeral was attended by 3,000 people.
#MartinBucer #Reformer #German #Theologian #Cambridge #Tudors #History
#OTD
27th February 1594
King Henri III of Navarre was crowned King of France at Chartres Cathedral
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#KingHenriIIIofNavarre #KingHenriIVofFrance #KingofNavarre #KingofFrance #Bourbon #France #History
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27th February 1545
The Battle of Ancrum Moor took place near Jedburgh.
English forces were defeated; 800 English soldiers were killed and another 100 were taken prisoner.
#BattleofAncrumMoor #Scotland #England #Stewarts #Stuarts #Tudors #History
#ThrowbackThursday
Baldassare Castiglione
Raphael
1514-1515
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#BaldassareCastiglione #Portrait #ArtHistory #Raphael #Mantua #16thCentury #Italy #History
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26th February 1548
George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, courtier, was born.
He was the eldest son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon & his wife, Anne Morgan. George was the grandson of Mary Boleyn.
#GeorgeCarey #BaronHunsdon #Tudors #History
#OTD
26th February 1564
Christopher Marlowe, poet and playwright was baptised at St George’s Canterbury.
He was the son of John Marlowe & his wife, Katherine Arthur.
#ChristopherMarlowe #KitMarlowe #Poet #Playwright #Tamburlaine #ThePassionateShepherdToHisLove #Tudors #History
#OTD
25th February 1570
Excommunication of Queen Elizabeth I by Pope Pius V.
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#PopePiusV #QueenElizabethI #ElizabethI #excommunication #Tudors #History
#OTD
25th February 1601
Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex was executed at Liberties of the Tower, within the precinct of The Tower of London.
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#RobertDevereux #EarlofEssex #QueenElizabethI #RoyalFavourite #EssexRebellion #Tudors #History
#TudorTuesday
Purse
16th century
Germany
Silk, metal
In the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
#Purse #Silk #Metal #Germany #History
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24th February 1500
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor was born to Philip, Duke of Burgundy and Archduke of Austria, and his wife, Juana of Castile, in Ghent.
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#CharlesV #KingofSpain #HolyRomanEmperor #DukeofBurgundy #Hapsburg #Spain #History
#OTD
24th February 1582
Pope Gregory XIII commissioned a new style of calendar which was named The Gregorian Calendar in his honour.
#GregoryXIII #PopeGregoryXIII #GregorianCalendar #16thCentury #Italy #History
#OTD
23rd February 1554
Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, was executed on Tower Hill, just 11 days after his daughter, Lady Jane Grey.
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#HenryGrey #DukeofSuffolk #LadyJaneGrey #Tudors #History
#OTD
23rd February 1525
Start of the Battle of Pavia during the Italian Wars of 1521-1526.
The Imperial troops of Emperor Charles V defeated those of King François I of France.
#BattleofPavia #EmperorCharles #KingFrancoisI #Spain #France #ItalianWars #Hapsburg #Valois #History
#OTD
23rd February 1503
The burial took place of Elizabeth of York, wife of King Henry VII and mother of King Henry VIII, at Westminster Abbey.
#ElizabethofYork #QueenElizabeth #HouseofYork #WhiteRose #Yorkist #KingHenryVII #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History
#OTD
22nd February 1511
Henry, Duke of Cornwall, son of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, died. He was just fifty-two days old.
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#HenryDukeofCornwall #KatherineofAragon #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History
