Sigh. This would not end well. Essex had already angered Elizabeth by appointing Blount and Southampton against her specific orders. He would anger her after…
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Category: On This Day
After Henry VIII died in 1547, Edward Seymour seized control of the Regency Council established for his 9-year-old nephew (the new Edward VI), naming himself…
For seven years, Henry VIII actively sought to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon so that he could marry Anne Boleyn. He had a…
On this date, Sir Walter Raleigh was given a patent to colonize Virginia. This would be the very first attempt to colonize the new world….and…
Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, was the second husband of Mary of Scotland, and the father of her son, James VI of Scotland/James I of England.…
Talk about connected! Edward Stafford was descended from Edward III, he was a nephew of Edward IV and Katherine Woodville, the stepson of Jasper Tudor…
First, the context: Wyatt’s Rebellion was an attempt to overthrow Queen Mary I of England and replace her with either her half-sister Elizabeth or her…
Eustace Chapuys served as the Spanish Ambassador to England during the pivotal years of Henry VIII’s reign: he arrived in 1529, when Henry was just…
So, on its face this is not a big deal – but just bear with me and my conspiracy theories… First some context. The year…
Francis Drake was an English explorer and sea captain – best known for the journey that began on this day, the first English circumnavigation of…
