7 January – “You shall find Calais lying in my heart” and the death of Catherine of Aragon
Joel Ridgway | January 7, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 7th January 1558, in the reign of Queen Mary I, England lost Calais to the French. It was a devastating blow as Calais had been held by England for over 200 years and was an important port for English wool exports. Mary I was said to have exclaimed ““When […]
