Tag: Tudor

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13th February 1542: Execution of Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII

• 13th February 2023
• Tagged as: Beheading, Catherine Howard, Execution, Henry VIII, Tudor

Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of King Henry VIII of England, was executed in the Tower of London.

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11th January 1569: First recorded lottery drawn in England under Elizabeth I

• 11th January 2023
• Tagged as: Armada, Elizabeth I, England, Finance, Gambling, Lottery, Monarchy, Tudor

The concept of a lottery, in which lots were drawn to determine a winner, had been around for centuries before Queen Elizabeth I chartered a prize draw to raise money for the “reparation of the havens and strength of the Realme, and towardes such other publique good works”.

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17th November 1558: Elizabeth I succeeds her half-sister Mary to become Queen of England

• 17th November 2022
• Tagged as: Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I, Elizabethan, England, Henry VIII, James I and VI, Mary I, Monarchy, Politics, Tudor

Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn and, despite being declared illegitimate following the annulment of her parents’ marriage, came to the throne as the next in line behind her Catholic half-sister under the terms of the Third Act of Succession.

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22nd August 1485: King Richard III killed at the Battle of Bosworth as the forces of Henry Tudor bring the Plantagenet dynasty to an end

• 22nd August 2022
• Tagged as: Battle of Bosworth, Bosworth, England, Henry Tudor, Henry VII, Lancaster, Leicester, Plantagenet, Richard III, Tudor, War of the Roses

The Stanley family surrounded and killed Richard III after the king chose to break ranks and target Henry Tudor himself.

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19th May 1536: The execution of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife and mother of the future Elizabeth I

• 19th May 2022
• Tagged as: Anne Boleyn, Beheading, Britain, England, Execution, Henry VIII, London, Thomas Cromwell, Tower of London, Tudor

Although found unanimously guilty by a jury of 27 peers, the evidence against Anne was questionable. Only the Flemish musician Mark Smeaton admitted to having an affair with her, and this confession is reputed to have been extracted under torture.

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23rd March 1540: Waltham Abbey in Essex became the last abbey to be dissolved under Henry VIII

• 23rd March 2022
• Tagged as: Catholicism, Christianity, Church, Dissolution of the monasteries, Essex, Henry VIII, Monastery, Reformation, Tudor, Waltham Abbey

Abbot Robert Fuller surrendered the abbey and its property on 23 March 1540, and within just a few years all the buildings except for the parish nave had been demolished or had collapsed due to neglect.

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4th February 1555: John Rogers became the first Protestant martyr under ‘Bloody’ Mary I of England

• 4th February 2022
• Tagged as: Bible, Catholicism, England, Heresy, John Rogers, London, Mary I, Persecution, Protestantism, Smithfield, Tudor, William Tyndale

John Rogers became the first English Protestant martyr under Mary I after he was burnt at the stake.

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11th October 1521: Henry VIII becomes ‘Defender of the Faith’

• 11th October 2020
• Tagged as: Catholicism, Church of England, Defender of the Faith, Divorce, Excommunication, Henry VIII, Leo X, Marriage, Martin Luther, Pope, Protestantism, Tudor

On the 11^th October 1521, Pope Leo X granted the title “Defender of the Faith” to King Henry VIII of England.

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22nd August 1485: Richard III killed at the Battle of Bosworth

• 22nd August 2020
• Tagged as: Battle, England, Monarchy, Plantagenet, Richard III, Tudor, War

On the 22^nd August 1485, King Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth and the forces of Henry Tudor brought the Plantagenet dynasty to an end.

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19th May 1536: Execution of Anne Boleyn in the Tower of London

• 19th May 2020
• Tagged as: Beheading, England, Execution, Henry VIII, London, Queen, Tower of London, Tudor

On the 19^th May 1536, Anne Boleyn – Henry VIII’s second wife and mother of the future Elizabeth I – was beheaded in the Tower of London, having been found guilty of adultery, treason, and incest.