December 3 – Henry VIII offers free pardons to the Pilgrimage of Grace rebels
On this day in Tudor history, 3rd December 1536, King Henry VIII issued a proclamation to the rebels…
Read MoreOctober 26 – Bad weather prevents a battle
On this day in Tudor history, 26th October 1536, in the reign of King Henry VIII, rain put…
Read MoreOctober 20 – Lord Darcy surrenders his castle to the rebels of the Pilgrimage of Grace
On this day in Tudor history, 20th October 1536, in the reign of King Henry VIII, Lord Darcy,…
Read MoreOctober 19 – Henry VIII decides on tough action
By this day in Tudor history, 19th October 1536, in the reign of King Henry VIII, a rebellion…
Read MoreOctober 4 – The beginning of the 1536 Pilgrimage of Grace Rebellion
On this day in Tudor history, Wednesday 4th October 1536, in the reign of King Henry VIII, the…
Read MoreApril 7 – Elizabeth Boleyn, mother of Anne Boleyn, and Robert Aske, rebel leader
What do Elizabeth Boleyn and rebel leader Robert Aske have in common, you may ask? Well, the date…
Read More3 December – The death of Roger North, a man close to Robert Dudley and Queen Elizabeth I, and Henry VIII pardons rebels
On this day in Tudor history, 3rd December 1600, sixty-nine-year-old peer and politician Roger North, 2nd Baron North,…
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