4 August – A Burial and a Burning
On this day in history, 4th August 1540, Brother William Horne, laybrother of the London Charterhouse was hanged,…
William Horne
4 August 1540 – Blessed William Horne
On 4th August 1540, a number of men were executed for treason, including Carthusian monk William Horne, laybrother…
4 August 1557 – Burial of Anne of Cleves, Fourth Wife of Henry VIII
On 4th August 1557 merchant-taylor and diarist Henry Machyn recorded that there was a requiem mass for “my…