14 December – Francis Kett leaps and dances in the fire, and Elizabeth I’s coronation procession
On this day in Tudor history, 14th January 1589, physician Francis Kett, was burned for heresy near Norwich…
13 January – The Prince of Poets and Henry Howard is tried for treason
On this day in Tudor history, 13th January 1599, Elizabethan poet and administrator in Ireland, Edmund Spenser, died…
12 January – Elizabeth I goes to the Tower and Henry VIII’s first joust as king
On this day in Tudor history, Thursday 12th January 1559, Queen Elizabeth I travelled by barge from Whitehall…
11 January – A colourful Lord of Misrule and the first recorded lottery
On this day in Tudor history, 11th January 1579, courtier, Member of Parliament, Lord of Misrule and poet,…
16 January – Thomas Howard breaks his promise about Mary, Queen of Scots and, Thomas Seymour, a kidnap attempt
On this day in Tudor history, 16th January 1572, Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, eldest son of…
10 January – A priest caught by a priestfinder and torturer, and the ends of Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham
On this day in Tudor history, 10th December 1591, Roman Catholic priest Edmund Gennings and Catholic Swithin Wells…
9 January – A queen twice over, and Executions of Henry Pole and Henry Courtenay
On this day in Tudor history, 9th January 1514, Anne of Brittany, Queen Consort of King Louis XII…