Claire | September 2, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 2nd September 1534, in the reign of King Henry VIII, Gerald Fitzgerald, 9th Earl of Kildare and Lord Deputy of Ireland, died in the Tower of London. He had never recovered from a gunshot wound and was being nursed by his wife. Kildare was about 47 years of age […]
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Joel | February 28, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 28th February 1540, Protestant Thomas Forret was burned at the stake in Castle Hill, Edinburgh, in the presence of King James V. Forret was a former Augustinian monk and had spent his career teaching the common people and helping those in need. How did he come to this awful […]
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