19 May 1477 saw one of the most disturbing episodes of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence’s downfall when two of his trusted servants, John Stacey and Thomas Burdet, were executed on charges of sorcery. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Following a trial before his peers in Westminster Hall, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, was found guilty of high treason. On 17 May 1521, he was led to Tower Hill, where he was beheaded before a large crowd. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 16 May 1617, James VI and I made a triumphant entry into Edinburgh, returning to his native kingdom of Scotland for the first - and ultimately only - time since inheriting the English throne in 1603. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 15 May 1464, Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, was captured and executed in Hexham, alongside several other prominent Lancastrian nobles. His death extinguished one of the most powerful and determined champions of the House of Lancaster. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 14 May 1219, William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke died in Caversham around the age of seventy-two. Revered as “the greatest knight in the world,” William’s remarkable life spanned one of the most turbulent periods in English history. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 13 May 1568, the fate of Mary, Queen of Scots was decided at the Battle of Langside. The battle was Mary’s final attempt to recover her crown & the moment that transformed a reigning queen into one of history’s most famous royal prisoners. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 12 May 1536, in Westminster Hall, four men stood accused of adultery with Queen Anne Boleyn and of conspiring with her to bring about Henry VIII’s death: Mark Smeaton, Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, and William Brereton. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Sarah Gristwood’s Blood Sisters is a brilliant account of the women of the Wars of the Roses. Utterly engrossing, it is essential reading for anyone fascinated by the extraordinary women who shaped this turbulent era! Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 10 May 1603, Queen Anna of Denmark, suffered a devastating miscarriage at Stirling Castle. The loss came amid one of the most emotionally charged episodes of Anna’s life. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 9 May 1461, William Herbert seized Pembroke Castle from Jasper Tudor, dealing a devastating blow to Tudor power in Wales. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 8 May 1483, the king’s council formally confirmed Richard, Duke of Gloucester, as Protector of the Realm during the minority of the new king, Edward V -for only four weeks. The road to Richard III may have started here. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 7 May 1471, Queen Margaret of Anjou and the young Anne Neville fell into Yorkist hands - ending the last serious Lancastrian resistance to Edward IV. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 6 May 1471, just two days after the catastrophic Lancastrian defeat at the Battle of Tewkesbury, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, was executed - marking the brutal collapse of the Lancastrian cause during the Wars of the Roses. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

In the days following the arrest of Anne Boleyn, two more men - Sir Thomas Wyatt and Richard Page - were taken into custody on 5 May 1536. Within days, the stage would be set for one of the most infamous trials in English history. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 4 May 1485, in the city of Rouen, a quiet but consequential request was made by Charles VIII of France. At just thirteen years old, Charles formally backed the exiled claimant Henry Tudor as the rightful king of England. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 3 May 1583, William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, met his end on the scaffold in Stirling. He was one of the leading figures behind the Ruthven Raid, a bold seizure of the young James VI of Scotland for nearly a year. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 2 May 1568, a queen did not simply flee - she outwitted her captors. Mary, Queen of Scots had endured months of confinement within Lochleven Castle, a fortress set on an island - isolated, guarded, and seemingly inescapable. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 1 May 1483 Elizabeth Woodville gathered her remaining children and fled under cover of urgency to the safety of Westminster Abbey. Her eldest son remained outside her protection, moving closer to London under his uncle’s control. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 30 April 1555, England buzzed with excitement and relief: word spread rapidly that Mary I had given birth to a healthy baby boy. The Queen had secured the future with a male heir. But beneath the celebration lay a devastating reality… Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 29 April 1483, Rivers and Gloucester were nearing one another in Northamptonshire. Rivers was escorting Edward V to his coronation. Richard viewed the situation as a dangerous consolidation of Woodville power around the boy king. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Born into a kingdom on the brink of chaos, the future Edward IV entered the world on 28 April 1442 at Rouen Castle - then a key English stronghold in occupied Normandy during the latter stages of the Hundred Years’ War. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

In the closing days of April 1471, as England stood on the edge of decisive change, a royal proclamation was issued at Abingdon. It called on all subjects to submit, to renew their loyalty, and to abandon any lingering support for rebellion. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 26 April 1578, a man known as Jocky O’Sclaittis, attempted to seize Stirling Castle and abduct the young James VI of Scotland, who was still a child under the control of rival noble factions. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 25 April 1199, just days after the death of Richard I of England, his younger brother John Lackland moved swiftly to secure his inheritance - beginning with one of the most vital titles in the Angevin world: Duke of Normandy. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 24 April 1558, in the soaring grandeur of Notre-Dame Cathedral, Mary, Queen of Scots was married to the French dauphin, the future Francis II of France - a union that represented far more than a royal romance. Read more on IG @ allthingstudors

On 22 April 1451, in the town of Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Isabella I of Castile entered the world. Her life shaped the course of nations - and, through her daughter, Queen Catherine of Aragon, left a lasting imprint on Tudor England. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 20 April 1456, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, was appointed Captain of Calais. This appointment gave him something no other magnate possessed: an independent power base beyond the immediate reach of royal control. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 19 April 1587, Francis Drake sailed directly into the Spanish harbor of Cádiz & attacked a fleet preparing for invasion. The destruction disrupted Spain’s preparations so severely that the planned invasion of England had to be postponed. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 18 April 1536, one of the most careful and stubborn diplomatic holdouts at the English court was finally forced - Eustace Chapuys acknowledging Anne Boleyn as queen. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 17 April 1534, Sir Thomas More was imprisoned in the Tower of London. More entered not knowing how events would unfold, but fully aware that he might never leave it alive. The Crown no longer sought his service - it sought his submission. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 16 April 1746, the Battle of Culloden brought the Jacobite cause to a devastating and final end on the bleak moor outside Inverness. Culloden marked the end of the Jacobite dream and was the last pitched battle fought on British soil. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 14 April 1471, Margaret of Anjou and her son, Edward of Westminster, landed at Weymouth in Dorset - unaware that the fate of the Lancastrian cause had already been sealed that very day. Read more on IG! @allthingstudors

On 13 April 1534, Sir Thomas More was summoned to Lambeth Palace. He was presented with the oath to the Act of Succession and asked to swear. He refused. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 12 April 1477, George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, dispatched Richard Hyde and Roger Strugge, to arrest Ankaret Twynyho, a gentlewoman who had served in the household of his wife, Isabel Neville. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 11 April 1689, at Westminster Abbey, William III and Mary II of England, Scotland, and Ireland, were crowned as joint monarchs in a ceremony unlike any before it - one born from revolution, necessity, and constitutional change. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 10 April 1550, Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, once the most powerful man in England - was formally readmitted to the Privy Council of his nephew, Edward VI. Somerset’s restoration would prove to be only a pause before his final fall. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 9 April 1413, Henry V was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. The coronation itself was steeped in symbolism - and challenged by nature. A violent snowstorm reportedly swept through London that day, an unsettling backdrop. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 8 April 1605, Princess Mary Stuart was born to James VI/I and Anna of Denmark at Greenwich Palace. Her arrival marked the first royal child born in England in 68 years, a striking gap that stretched back to the Tudor era. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 7 April 1498, the French crown passed to a new and unexpected king: Louis XII of France. Years later, in 1514, Louis wed Mary Tudor, the younger sister of Henry VIII of England, briefly making her Queen of France. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 6 April 1199, Richard I of England -better known as Richard the Lionheart -died from a wound that seemed, at first, almost insignificant. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 5 April 1603, James VI and I began the journey that would redefine the history of the British Isles - leaving Scotland to claim his crown in England. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

The British History Festival was outstanding! Huge credit to Philippa Lacey & Catherine Ibbotson! Highlights: Matt Lewis on the Black Death & Gareth Russell on the Reformation - the best. That ending…no words! 📸: @britishhistory.bsky.social Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 3 April 1603, James VI and I stood at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh and began to shape what would become one of the defining ambitions of his reign: the union of Scotland and England. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 2 April 1536, Anne Boleyn’s almoner, John Skip, delivered a sermon before Henry VIII that would prove as dangerous as it was revealing. Within a month, she would be arrested. Within less than two months, she would be executed. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 1 April 1401, Rhys ap Tudor and Gwilym ap Tudor - cousins of Owain Glyndŵr - disguised as carpenters, gained entry to and seized Conwy Castle. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 30 March 1485, Richard III took the unusual step of publicly denying rumors that had begun to circulate through his court and beyond - that he intended to marry one of his own nieces, Elizabeth of York or Cecily of York. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 29 March 1613, Sir Thomas Bodley was laid to rest at Merton College Chapel. Best remembered as the founder of the Bodleian Library, he transformed a neglected university collection into one of the greatest libraries in Europe. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 25 March 1199, Richard I of England -the legendary crusader king - was struck by an arrow during a minor siege in the French countryside. At first, the wound did not appear fatal. Yet the injury soon turned deadly. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 24 March 1607, during a tilting match at court, Robert Carr, was thrown violently from his horse, breaking his leg. James VI/I began to visit Carr during his recovery. What began as royal concern turned into favor, & favor into influence. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 23 March 1512, Roland de Velville was granted denizenship by Henry VII. Some historians have entertained a compelling theory: that Roland may have been the illegitimate son of Henry VII. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors