Joel | January 14, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 14th January 1589, physician Francis Kett, was burned for heresy near Norwich Castle. A local minister described him as “leaping and dancing” in the fire, clapping his hand and praising God right up to the end. A courageous man. But how did Francis Kett come to this awful end? […]
Claire | January 14, 2015
At 3pm on 14th January 1559, Elizabeth I, who had been queen since the death of her half-sister Mary on 17th November 1558, left the Tower of London in a litter of cloth of gold carried by two mules. Sir John Neale wrote in the introduction to The Quenes Maiesties Passage through the Citie of […]
Claire | January 14, 2014
Elizabeth I left the Tower for her eve of coronation procession at 3pm on the 14th January 1559 in a cloth of gold covered litter carried by two mules. As she passed the Tower of London menagerie, Elizabeth prayed to God, thanking him for her deliverance, like that of Daniel from the lion’s den. Elizabeth […]
