Claire | January 15, 2012
On this day in history, 15th January 1559, Queen Elizabeth I was crowned queen at Westminster Abbey by Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of Carlisle. It was a triumphant moment for the 25 year old woman who had spent part of her half-sister’s reign imprisoned or under house arrest and who was the daughter of Anne Boleyn, […]
Category: Elizabeth I, Henry VIII, Monarchy |
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Tags: Elizabeth I, Elizabeth I's coronation, supremacy
Claire | June 19, 2011
On this day in history, 19th June 1535, Sebastian Newdigate, William Exmew and Humphrey Middlemore, monks of the Carthusian Order of London Charterhouse, were hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. Their crime: refusing to accept King Henry VIII as the Supreme Head of the Church. In Letters and Papers, there is a report regarding “The […]
Category: Henry VIII, Marriage, The Reformation, Tudor Events |
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Tags: Carthusian Martyrs, Carthusian Monks, great matter, supremacy, The Great Matter
