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Amateur historian, page for all things Tudor and 16th century. Lover of Comic Cons and dog mum to a very demanding staffie🐶

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#OTD
9th March 1578
Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, died.

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#MargaretDouglas #CountessofLennox #Stuarts #Tudors #Scotland #England #History

09.03.2026 06:35 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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#OTD
8th March 1539
Sir Nicholas Carew was beheaded on Tower Hill for treason for involvement in The Exeter Conspiracy.

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#SirNicholasCarew #TheExeterConspiracy #MarquisofExeter #BaronMontagu #CardinalReginaldPole #Tudors #History

08.03.2026 05:52 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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#OTD
9th March 1566
David Rizzio, private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots was assassinated in front of her. He suffered an alleged 56 stab wounds before his body was thrown down the main staircase at Holyrood Palace.

#DavidRizzio #MaryQueenofScots #Scotland #Stuarts #History

08.03.2026 05:48 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#OTD
9th March 1504
William Warham was enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
He officiated at the coronation of King Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon.

#WilliamWarham #ArchbishopofCanterbury #KingHenryVIII #KatherineofAragon #Tudors #History

08.03.2026 05:46 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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#OTD
7th March 1530
Pope Clement VII forbade King Henry VIII from marrying again until the annulment case concerning his first marriage had been decided.

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#PopeClementVII #CatholicChurch #KingHenryVIII #TheKingsGreatMatter #Tudors #History

07.03.2026 04:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#OTD
6th March 1597
William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham, courtier & diplomat, died at Blackfriars.

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#WilliamBrooke #10thBaronCobham #LordWardenoftheCinquePorts #ConstableofDoverCastle #LordLieutenant #ViceAdmiralofKent #PrivyCouncillor #Tudors #History

06.03.2026 06:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#OTD
6th March 1547
Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, was stripped of the Great Seal of his Lord Chancellorship & was confined to his home at Ely Place

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#ThomasWriothesley #EarlofSouthampton #LordChancellor #Tudors #History

06.03.2026 06:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#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

05.03.2026 07:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#OTD
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

05.03.2026 07:06 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#OTD
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

05.03.2026 07:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#OTD
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

04.03.2026 06:22 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#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

04.03.2026 06:20 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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#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

03.03.2026 06:24 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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#OTD
3rd March 1500
Cardinal Reginald Pole was born at Stourton Castle, Staffordshire.

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#ReginaldPole #CardinalPole #ArchbishopofCanterbury #Tudors #History

03.03.2026 06:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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#OTD
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

03.03.2026 06:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#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

02.03.2026 06:45 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#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

01.03.2026 06:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#OTD
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

01.03.2026 06:24 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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#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

01.03.2026 06:22 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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#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

28.02.2026 06:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#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

28.02.2026 06:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#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

28.02.2026 06:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#OTD
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

28.02.2026 06:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#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

27.02.2026 05:51 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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#OTD
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

27.02.2026 05:48 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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#ThrowbackThursday
Baldassare Castiglione
Raphael
1514-1515

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#BaldassareCastiglione #Portrait #ArtHistory #Raphael #Mantua #16thCentury #Italy #History

26.02.2026 07:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#OTD
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

26.02.2026 07:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#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

26.02.2026 07:00 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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#OTD
25th February 1570
Excommunication of Queen Elizabeth I by Pope Pius V.

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#PopePiusV #QueenElizabethI #ElizabethI #excommunication #Tudors #History

25.02.2026 06:53 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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#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

25.02.2026 06:50 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0