11 February – Success for George Boleyn and the birth and death of Elizabeth of York
On this day in Tudor history, 11 February 1531, the ecclesiastical assembly known as convocation granted King Henry…
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10 February – Catherine Howard goes to the Tower and the Murder of Lord Darnley
On this day in Tudor history, 10th February 1542, Catherine Howard, King Henry VIII’s fifth wife, was escorted…
9 February – An awful end for a bishop and Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford, is taken to the Tower
On this day in history, 9th February 1555, Protestant John Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester, and former…
8 February – The Queen’s favourite rebels and the Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
On this day in Tudor history, 8th February 1601, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex and Queen Elizabeth…
7 February – The birth of Sir Thomas More, a joust, unrequited love and a nasty accident
On this day in history, 7th February 1477 or 1478, Sir Thomas More, Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor, was…
6 February – Thomas Cutwode and his dodgy works, and the burning of the remains of Martin Bucer and Paul Fagius
On this day in Tudor history, 6th February 1561, poet Tailboys Dymoke (pseudonym Thomas Cutwode) was baptised at…
5 February – Elizabeth was under investigation and the birth of Sir Henry Brooke
On this day in Tudor history, 5th February 1549, in the reign of King Edward VI, fifteen-year-old Elizabeth,…