Claire | November 16, 2022
On this day in history, 16th November 1612, William Stafford died. The date of his death may be out of the Tudor period, but he was an alleged Elizabethan conspirator and he was the second son of William Stafford, widower of Mary Boleyn, and the grandson of Ursula Pole, daughter of Margaret Pole, Countess of […]
Category: Elizabeth I, On This Day in Tudor History, Tudor Characters, Tudor Events |
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Tags: Sir Francis Walsingham, Stafford Plot, William Stafford
Joel | November 16, 2021
On this day in Tudor history, 16th November 1601, nobleman and rebel Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland, died while in exile at Nieuwpoort in Flanders. Westmorland had fled into exile following the failure of the Northern Rebellion, a plot to release Mary, Queen of Scots, from prison and to overthrow Elizabeth I. He didn’t […]
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Tags: Charles Neville, Northern Rebellion, Stafford Plot, William Stafford
