8 July 1553 – Mary declares herself Queen at Kenninghall
On Saturday 8th July 1553 at her home, Kenninghall in Norfolk, Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII, declared…
Mary I
26 May 1536 – Mary asks for Cromwell’s help
On 26th May 1536, one week after her stepmother’s execution, Henry VIII’s daughter Mary wrote to Thomas Cromwell…
8 April 1554 – The Hanged Cat
According to John Stow, the English historian and antiquarian, on this day in 1554 a cat dressed as…
17 November 1558 – The Death of Queen Mary I
At St James’s Palace, early in the morning of 17th November 1558, Queen Mary I died. This daughter…
4 October in Tudor History: Trouble in Lincolnshire and a Public Recantation
4 October in Tudor history saw two interesting events: trouble in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, in 1536 which led to…
30 September 1553 – Mary I’s Coronation Procession from the Tower to Whitehall
At 3pm on Saturday 30th September, Mary I left the Tower of London to the sound of guns…
28 September 1553 – Mary I Prepares for her Coronation
On 28th September 1553, Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon, travelled…