The Tudor Age

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10th December 1590
Christina of Denmark, daughter of King Christian II of Denmark and Isabella of Austria died.

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George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury
Unknown artist
Inscribed 1582

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9th December 1538
Sir Edward Neville, (a member of the prolific Neville family who were Barons Bergavenny) was executed, for his involvement in the Exeter Conspiracy.

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9th December 1541
Agnes Tilney, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, was questioned in relation to the location of her money and jewels.

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8th December 1542
Mary Stewart (Stuart) also known as Mary, Queen of Scots, was born at Linlithgow Palace in Scotland.

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7th December 1545
Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, gave birth to her second child, a boy named Henry

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6th December 1573
Sir Hugh Paulet, soldier and administrator, died at Hinton St George in Somerset.

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5th December 1556
Anne Cecil, Countess of Oxford, was born to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, and his second wife, Mildred Cooke.

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5th December 1560
King François II of France and King Consort of Scotland (as the husband of Mary, Queen of Scots), died at The Hôtel Groslot, Orléans, of mastoiditis.

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María Enríquez de Toledo y Guzmán, Duchess of Alba
Studio of Antonis Mor
Antwerp

The Duchess is portrayed in a white bejewelled dress, holding a prayer book.

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#MaríaEnríquezdeToledoyGuzmán #DuchessofAlba #AntonisMor #Spain #History

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4th December 1506
Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche, courtier, was born to Roger Darcy and his wife, Elizabeth Wentworth.

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4th December 1555
Papal sentence was passed on Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury in Rome. It deprived him of his archbishopric "and of all ecclesiastical dignities".
Secular authorities would decide his fate.

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3rd December 1536
The Archbishop of York, Edward Lee was asked by Robert Aske, leader of the Pilgrimage of Grace to preach to the men of the cause at Pontefract Castle

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Letter from Catherine Howard to Thomas Culpeper
1541

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2nd December 1546
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, eldest son of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, and renowned Tudor poet, was arrested and charged with improper heraldry.

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2nd December 1560
Charles de Marillac, French diplomat and Archbishop of Vienne, died at Melun in France. Marillac was a resident ambassador at the court of King Henry VIII from 1538 to 1543.

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1st December 1530
Margaret of Austria died at Mechelen. She was then buried alongside her 2nd husband, Philibert II, Duke of Savoy, in their mausoleum in The Royal Monastery of Brou at Bourg-en-Bresse.
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30th November 1549
Sir Henry Savile, scholar and mathematician, was born to Henry Savile and his wife, Elizabeth Ramsden.

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30th November 1554
Sir Philip Sidney, poet, courtier and soldier, was born at Penhurst Place, Kent, to Sir Henry Sidney and his wife, Lady Mary Dudley.

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30th November 1487
The first German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot) was promulgated in Munich by Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria stating beer should be brewed from only 3 ingredients – water, malt & hops

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30th November 1601
Queen Elizabeth I delivered her famous Golden Speech to the House of Commons, to address their concerns over England’s economic state of affairs.

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30th November 1558
Elizabeth Stafford, Duchess of Norfolk, died.

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Suchtelen Book of Hours
c.1500
Flemish

The Suchtelen Hours is a fine example of artists working in the style of the Master of the Prayerbooks.

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Coins during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots

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29th November 1528
Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, was born to Sir Anthony Browne of Cowdray Park, Sussex, & his 1st wife, Alice Gage.
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29th November 1530
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey died at Leicester Abbey at approximately 57 years of age.
He had been on his way to London to answer charges of praemunire.

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#ThomasWolsey #CardinalWolsey #ArchbishopofYork #LordChancellor #Tudors #History

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28th November 1499
The execution took place on Tower Hill of Edward Plantagenet, styled Earl of Warwick.

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#EdwardPlantagenet #GeorgeDukeofClarence #IsabelNeville #EarlofWarwick #Plantagenent #HouseofYork #Yorkist #WhiteRose #History

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28th November 1489
Margaret Tudor, eldest daughter of King Henry VII and his wife, Elizabeth of York, was born at Westminster Palace.

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