June 3 – The Royal Supremacy and a man who suffered due to it
On this day in Tudor history, 3rd June 1535, Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's vicar-general, issued orders regarding…
Read More4 August 1540 – Blessed William Horne
Carthusian martyrs, painting by Fray Juan Sánchez CotánOn 4th August 1540, a number of men were executed for…
Read More26 June 1535 – A Commission of Oyer and Terminer Appointed to Try Sir Thomas More
On 26th June 1535, a new commission of oyer and terminer was appointed for the county of Middlesex.…
Read More22 June 1536 – The Submission of the Lady Mary
On 22nd June 1536,1 following a threatening visit from members of her father's council and the arrest of…
Read More19 June 1535 – The Executions of Three Carthusian Monks
On 19th June 1535, Sebastian Newdigate, William Exmew and Humphrey Middlemore, three Carthusian monks from the London Charterhouse,…
Read More15 June 1536 – Henry VIII’s Council Threaten Mary
Chapuys and Mary in The Tudors series On 15 June 1536 Henry VIII's daughter, Mary, received a visit…
Read More3 June 1535 – The Interrogation of Sir Thomas More
On this day in 1535, Thomas Boleyn, Thomas Audley, Thomas Cromwell and the Duke of Suffolk visited Sir…
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