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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 8h

#OTD
15th October 1595
Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel, died in the Tower of London.

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#PhilipHoward #EarlofArundel #TheTowerofLondon #QueenElizabethI #Tudors #History

The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 8h

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15th October 1537
Three days after his birth, Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, was christened in the Chapel Royal of Hampton Court Palace.

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#EdwardTudor #PrinceofWales #KingHenryVIII #JaneSeymour #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 1d

#TudorTuesday
William Cecil, Lord Burghley prepared carefully for the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots, including drawing this detailed seating plan

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#Drawing #SeatingPlan #WilliamCecilLordBurghley #MaryQueenofScots #QueenElizabethI #Tudors #History

The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 1d

#OTD
14th October 1586
The trial began of Mary, Queen of Scots at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire.

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#MaryQueenofScots #TheTrialofMaryQueenofScots #FortheringhayCastle #QueenElizabethI #Stuarts #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 1d

#OTD
14th October 1565
Sir Thomas Chaloner, statesman and poet died in Clerkenwell, London.

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#ThomasChaloner #SirThomasChaloner #GentlemanUsherofthePrivyChamber #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 2d

#OTD
13th October 1499
Claude of Valois, daughter of King Louis XII of France & his 2nd wife, Anne of Brittany was born in Romorantin-Lanthenay.

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#ClaudeofFrance #QueenClaude #DuchessofBrittany #ValoisOrléans #France #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 3d

#OTD
12th October 1537
After a long and hard labour, Jane Seymour gave birth to a son at Hampton Court Palace.
His father, King Henry VIII was overjoyed and named him Edward.

#EdwardTudor #EdwardPrinceofWales #KingEdwardVI #KingHenryVIII #JaneSeymour #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 3d

#OTD
12th October 1555
Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby of Willoughby, Beck and Eresby was born at Wesel In Cleves.

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#PeregrineBertie #BaronWilloughbydeEresby #CatherineWillougbyDuchessofSuffolk #RichardBertie #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 4d

#OTD
11th October 1537
Solemn procession at St Paul’s to pray for the Queen, Jane Seymour, who was in labour, and up to that point, it had lasted over 30 hours.

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#JaneSeymour #KingHenryVIII #KingEdwardVI #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 4d

#OTD
11th October 1542
Sir Thomas Wyatt, poet and courtier died of a fever at the house of his friend, Sir John Horsey in Sherborne, Dorset.

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#SirThomasWyatt #ThomasWyatt #Poet #AnneBoleyn #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 4d

#OTD
11th October 1492
Charles Orlando, Dauphin of France & heir to the Duchy of Brittany was born at Château de Plessis-lez-Tours to King Charles VIII of France and his wife, Anne, Duchess of Brittany.
He died aged 3.
#CharlesOrlando #DauphinofFrance #Valois #France #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 4d

#OTD
11th October 1521
King Henry VIII was given the title Defender of the Faith by Pope Leo X.
Who would have thought that 17 years later, the King of England would be excommunicated by Pope Paul III.
#KingHenryVIII #KingofEngland #DefenderoftheFaith #PopeLeoX #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 5d

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10th October 1530
Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquis of Dorset died.
He was the grandson of Elizabeth Woodville by her first marriage to Sir John Grey of Groby.

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#ThomasGrey #MarquisofDorset #ElizabethWoodville #GreySisters #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 5d

#OTD
10th October 1588
The funeral of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester took place, he was laid to rest in the Beauchamp Chapel of the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick.

#RobertDudley #EarlofLeicester #MasterofHorse #QueensFavourite #QueenElizabethI #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 6d

#ThrowbackThursday
Bottle for Rose Water
1553-1554
London
Gilded silver

On display at the V & A Museum, London.
Photo © The Tudor Age

#Bottle #RoseWater #BottleForRoseWater #GildedSilver #London #Tudors #History

The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 6d

#OTD
9th October 1514
Eighteen-year-old Mary Tudor, sister of King Henry VIII, married fifty-two year-old King Louis XII of France at Abbeville in France.

#MaryTudor #QueenofFrance #KingLouisXIIofFrance #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #ValoisOrléans #England #France #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 6d

#OTD
9th October 1529
A writ of praemunire was filed against Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in the court of King’s Bench.

#ThomasWolsey #CardinalWolsey #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 6d

Pendant Cross
1550-1600

Spanish or South German

Gold, enamel, emeralds, and pearls

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#Pendant #Cross #PendantCross #Gold #Enamel #Emeralds #Pearls #Jewellery #Elaborate #European #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 7d

#OTD
8th October 1549
Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, Lord Protector and uncle of King Edward VI, was proclaimed a traitor by the King's Privy Council.

#EdwardSeymour #DukeofSomerset #LordProtector #PrivyCouncil #KingEdwardVI #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 8d

#TudorTuesday
Jewel
c.1450-1500
Europe

Gold, spinel, enamel

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#Jewel #Flower #Gold #Spinel #Enamel #Jewellery #European #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 8d

#OTD
7th October 1515
Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox was born at Harbottle Castle, Northumberland.

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#MargaretDouglas #CountessofLennox #Scotland #England #Stewarts #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 8d

#OTD
7th October 1577
George Gascoigne, author, poet and courtier died in Stamford, Lincolnshire.

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#GeorgeGascoigne #Poet #Courtier #ADiscourseoftheAdventuresofMasterFJ #QueenElizabethI #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 9d

Letter to Annabella Murray, Countess of Mar by King James VI of Scotland
c. 1572

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#Letter #YoungKing #KjngJamesVIofScotland #AnnabellaMurrayCounttessofMar #Stuarts #Scotland #History

The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 9d

#OTD
6th October 1536
The reformer, scholar and Bible translator, William Tyndale was executed at Vilvoorde, Duchy of Brabant (in modern day Belgium)

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#WilliamTyndale #Reformer #Scholar #BibleTranslator #Reformation #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 9d

#OTD
6th October 1600
Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, written by Jacopo Peri with additional music by Giulio Caccini had its first performance at the Palazzo Pitti, Florence.

#Euridice #Opera #Italian #JacopoPeri #GiulioCaccini #Florence #Italy #History

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