#OTD 12 Nov 1547 Claude was born to #CatherinedeMedici & Henri II at Chateau Fontainebleau Raised with future sister in law #MaryQueenofScots At 11 married Charles III Duke of Lorraine at Notre Dame though not a ‘real’ marriage until she was c.14 A happy union producing 9 children #History

#OTD 11 Nov 1541 #KatherineHoward’s ordeal continues Taken to Syon House for interrogation on her relationship with #ThomasCulpepper Sent with 4 of her gentlewomen & stripped of her royal jewels Despite her confession can we ever be 100% sure of her guilt? youtube.com/playlist?lis... #Tudor #History

#OTD 10 Nov 1565 #LetticeKnollys gave birth to #RobertDevereux who, in the 1580s, would become a favourite of #ElizabethI as had his stepfather #RobertDudley Devereux became Earl of Essex aged 11 & was raised by his guardian, #SirWilliamCecil Elizabeth’s most trusted minister #Elizabethan #History

#OTD 8 Nov 1543 #LetticeKnollys, granddaughter of #MaryBoleyn was born at Rotherfield Greys Serving cousin #ElizabethI she'd marry 3 times 1st Walter Devereux 2nd Elizabeth’s favourite #RobertDudley incurring her wrath resulting in her banishment Finally Sir Christopher Blount #History #Elizabethan

#OTD 8 Nov 1541 Cranmer returned to interrogate Katherine harshly, but seeing her in such a state he took a more gentle approach She broke down confessing she'd known Dereham carnally calling him husband & mentioned Culpepper before writing her confession #Tudor #History youtu.be/HEiLgAgFTXQ

#OTD 6 Nov 1541 #HenryVIII left HCP abandoning his young wife #KatherineHoward Informed investigations into claims of impropriety during her time in Dowager Duchess of Norfolk’s household were true! Poor girl, 500yrs later I think we know the real story! youtube.com/playlist?lis... #Tudor #History

#OTD 5 Nov 1514 #MaryTudor's Coronation took place at St Denis She'd wed the French King Louis XII (34yrs her senior) in Oct Within 2 months she was a widow Her brother #HenryVIII had promised, once free she'd be free to chose, she didn't trust him so wed #CharlesBrandon quickly! #Tudor #History

#OTD 2 Nov 1475 Anne 4th daughter to #Edward_IV & #Elizabeth_Woodville was born at Westminster Palace Serving sister #ElizabethofYork (1st Tudor Queen) becoming 1st Lady of the Bedchamber in 1487 The 5 sisters (L-R) Elizabeth, Cecily, Anne, Catherine & Mary, Canterbury Cathedral #Medieval #History

#OTD 1 Nov 1455 Welshman Edmund Tudor 25 of French Royal blood married an heiress descended from English royalty, #MargaretBeaufort 12 at Bletsoe Castle Their son #HenryVII the 1st monarch of the #TheTudorDynasty Herstory youtube.com/playlist?lis... Edmund died OTD 1456 @tudorhistetc.bsky.social

#OTD 30 Oct 1485 The 1st #Tudor monarch, #HenryVII was crowned @westminsterabbey.bsky.social thus ending #thewarsoftheroses Henry assumed the crown having fought #RichardIII at the Battle of Bosworth Field in August Also #OTD 1485 the Yeomen of the Guard was formed, sworn to protect the Kings Body!

#OTD 28 Oct 1571 #KatherineParr's brother #Williamparr died at Warwick priory A prominent courtier in #EdwardVI's government & key in placing #LadyJaneGrey on the throne for which #MaryI would have had him🪓 Later freed & his titles restored by #ElizabethI #Elizabethan #Tudor #History

#OTD 28 Oct 1561 Sir Rowland Hill of Soulton Hall died of strangury Publisher of the Geneva Bible earning the title 1st Protestant Lord Mayor of London Statesman, polymath, merchant & patron of the arts active through the reigns of #HenryVIII, #EdwardVI, #MaryI & #ElizabethI #elizabethan #history

#OTD 27 Oct 1532 #HenryVIII & #AnneBoleyn travelled to Calais to host a lavish banquet for #FrançoisI The trip was to garner public approval of their relationship & support Henry’s annulment from #KatherineofAragon The newly created Marquessate of Pembroke made quite the entrance #Tudor #History

#OTD 25 Oct 1557 Sir William Cavendish, Privy Councillor & 2nd husband of #BessofHardwick died He served under #HenryVIII (with #ThomasCromwell) & later #EdwardVI He and Bess began work on Chatsworth House in 1552, a project he would not live to see completed #Elizabethan #History

#OTD 25 Oct 1529 #SirThomasMore became #HenryVIII's Lord Chancellor This appointment came less than a week after his predecessor #ThomasWolsey was forced to surrender the great seal This role was a poisoned chalice for all 3 #TudorThomases @thomasmoreclub.bsky.social @wolfhall.bsky.social

#OTD 24 Oct 1537 #JaneSeymour died aged 28 having suffered a protracted delivery of that much desired male heir 12 days earlier, #EdwardVI Buried at Windsor Castle where #HenryVIII was, in 1547, interred with her Check out herstory: youtube.com/playlist?lis... #Tudor #History

#OTD 23 Oct 1516 Princess Charlotte of France was born at Chateau Amboise a daughter to #FrançoisI & #QueenClaude Delicate & frail at 7 she caught measles, her mother had died & her father was at war so was cared for by her aunt Marguerite d'Angoulême who was with her when she died aged 8 #History

Don't wait until 31st for 👻🎃#Halloween2025 we have 4 days of fiendish family fun & games at Berkeley Castle from Sunday 26th! 👉 www.berkeley-castle.com/event/hallow... 🧙‍♂️Wise Woman 🦉Owls 🪓Grim, Mr Reaper 💀Wee Jobbie the Gaoler 😱Scary Stories #Halloween #History #Education #Entertainment

#OTD 21 Oct 1554 John Dudley 2nd Earl of Warwick died at Penshurst Place Escaping execution for his involved in the attempt to place #LadyJaneGrey on the throne He didn't last long after his release from Tower Of London dying almost immediately probably as a result of imprisonment! #Elizabethan

#OTD 20 Oct 1557 Mary FitzAlan Countess of Arundel died at Bath Place London Daughter of Sir John Arundell & Katherine Grenville, she served 3 Queens Two of the #SIX wives #JaneSeymour #AnneofCleves Plus #MaryTudor👑#MaryI Twice wed she was survived by her son John Radcliffe #Elizabethan #History

#OTD 19 Oct 1469 Ferdinand & Isabella wed - the beginning of a unified Spain Thru their marriage alliances with prestigious houses of Europe would be forged Grandchildren included #MaryI plus Queens of France Portugal Hungary & Denmark, a King of Portugal & 2 Holy Roman Emperors #Tudors #History

#OTD 16 Oct 1555 Two of 'The Oxford Martyrs', Bishops Latimer & Ridley were burned at the stake in Oxford Found guilty of heresy, they both refused a last minute reprieve if they chose to repent! Forced to watch, Thomas Cranmer was burned on the same spot the following March #Elizabethan #History

#OTD 15 Oct 1537 Prince Edward was christened in the Chapel Royal of Hampton Court Palace As was usual for the time his parents #HenryVIII & #JaneSeymour were not present Half-sister #MaryTudor stood as godmother #ThomasHoward #CharlesBrandon & #ThomasCranmer stood as godfathers #Tudor #History

#OTD 14 Oct 1586 #MaryQueenofScots trial began at Fotheringhay Castle Intending to boycott it she relented, #WilliamCecil said it would go ahead with or without her Listening as #ElizabethI's Court put their case, was she oblivious to her fate? Herstory youtube.com/playlist?lis... #Elizabethan

#OTD 13 Oct 1499 Claude was born to #LouisXII & Anne of Brittany Married at 14 to François, her coronation delayed likely due to pregnancy-she had 7 in 8yrs! At the 1520 #FieldofClothofGold, tho heavily pregnant She died aged 24 Hear her FoCoG experience: youtu.be/qDa-IWnCgC0 #Tudor #History

#OTD 12 Oct 1537 Finally #HenryVIII had his Male heir, Edward After a long difficult labour, #JaneSeymour delivered her son at Hampton Court Palace Henry was overjoyed, Jane initially appeared to recover well However, the celebrations to mark his birth would be cut short #Tudor #History

#OTD 12 Oct 1555 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, #PeregrineBertie was born in Cleves Son of #KatherineBrandon Duchess of Suffolk & 2nd husband #RichardBertie His parents had been forced to leave England during #MaryI’s reign due to their opposing religious stance #Elizabethan #History

#OTD 10 Oct 1588 #RobertDudley was buried at St Marys Warwick #ElizabethI was distraught, locking herself away until #LordBurghley had her door broken down - she kept 'his last letter' until her death His widow #LetticeKnollys was interred with him in 1635

#OTD 9 Oct 1514 #HenryVIII's sister #MaryTudor 18 married French King #LouisXII 52 at Abbeville France An arrangement designed to cement the 2 countries Widowed within 3 months when #CharlesBrandon arrived to escort her home they secretly wed in March 1515 youtu.be/Sa-lwKa9irE #Tudor #History

#OTD 8 Oct 1515 #LadyMargaretDouglas was born to #MargaretTudor & #ArchibaldDouglas She fell out of Uncle #HenryVIII's favour by a secret betrothal & affair with a Howard Her marriage to #MatthewStewart produced #HenryStuart husband to #MaryQueenofScots so Grandmother to #JamesVIandI

We are excited for this Friday's episode of Susan Calman’s #GrandDayOut Our contribution was filmed at Sudeley Castle, the cast & crew had great fun producing it! Friday 10th October @ 8pm Channel 5 #pasttimeslivinghistory ... where Theatre and history meet ... #Thegotolivinghistorygroup

#OTD 6 Oct 1536 #WilliamTyndale died Found guilty of heresy for translating Scriptures into English for the common folk he was condemned #ThomasCromwell unsuccessfully interceded to save him from being tied to a stake strangled & burned His final words: Lord Open the King of England's eyes

#OTD 4 Oct 1581 Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton died Son of #ThomasWriothesley (call me Risley.. #WolfHall) & Jane Cheney Well connected his godparents being #HenryVIII #CharlesBrandon & #MaryTudor #ElizabethI was his guest at Titchfield Abbey Henry & his Mother's Tombs #elizabethan

#OTD 3 Oct 1568 Queen of Spain #ElisabethdeValois 23, died at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez, Madrid following the miscarriage of a daughter that same day Daughter of #HenriII & #CatherinedeMedici she was the wife of Phillip II of Spain, they had 2 daughters Isabella & Catherine #History #Elizabethan

#OTD 2 Oct 1452 The last #plantagenet King #RichardIII was born at Fotheringhay His claim was based on his brother, #EdwardIV having been pre-contracted to Eleanor Talbot of Sudeley Castle rendering his marriage to #ElizabethWoodville void & their sons illegitimate @kriiicentre.bsky.social #History

#OTD 1 Oct 1553 #MaryI became the 1st crowned English #Queen Regnant Processing to Westminster followed by Elizabeth & #AnneofCleves she was crowned with the 3 crowns of England: Edward the Confessor’s Henry VIII’s Imperial Crown one commissioned for her @marytudor.bsky.social #History #Tudor

#OTD 29 Sept 1564 #RobertDudley became Earl of Leicester #ElizabethI had a cunning plan, a title made him more worthy as a suitor for #MaryQueenofScots tho neither were keen! An attempt to control Mary, instead she married her cousin #HenryStuart #LordDarnley which didn't end well #Elizabethan

#OTD 28 Sept 1599 #RobertDevereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, barged his way into the Queen's bedchamber at Nonsuch Palace before she dressed The 66yr old #ElizabethI was mortified to be seen without her mask of youth: her makeup & wig Within 2yrs he was executed for treason #Elizabethan #History

#OTD 27 Sept 1501 15yr old #CatalinadeAragon finally set sail for England from Laredo Her journey from The Alhambra to marry the Tudor heir Arthur had begun in May Storms in the Bay of Biscay had thwarted the 1st attempt in August the fleet had been forced to dock near Bilbao #Tudor #History

#OTD 26 Sept 1588 Sir Amias Paulet died in London buried in St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster (later moved to Hinton St George) A diplomat & Governor of Jersey, he served #ElizabethI as ambassador in France & Privy Councillor but most famed as #maryqueenofscots harsh gaoler #Elizabethan #History

#OTD 25 Sep 1586 #MaryQueenofScots was moved to Fotheringhay Castle The same day #ElizabethI agreed the names of 36 commissioners as trial judges Mary's fate was sealed 2 months earlier replying to Babington's letters agreeing to his plot against her aides' advice #Elizabethan #Tudor #History

#OTD 24 Sep 1561 #EdwardSeymour, later Viscount Beauchamp was born at Tower Of London His mother Lady Katherine Grey (sister to #9dayqueen #ladyJane) had been there since Aug when her secret marriage to Earl of Hertford was revealed to furious cousin #ElizabethI #History @janegreyinfo.bsky.social

#OTD 24 Sept 1486 #ArthurTudor #PrinceofWales was baptised at a sumptuous ceremony at @wincathedral.bsky.social by the Bishop of Worcester Carried by his Gran Queen #ElizabethWoodville & Aunt #CecilyofYork Godparents included John de Vere, Thomas Stanley & William FitzAlan #Tudor #History

#OTD 23 Sep 1576 #KatherinePole Countess of Huntingdon died Granddaughter of #MargaretPole née Plantagenet Countess of Salisbury Reaching her 60's was incredible given that both her father & grandmother had lost their heads for treason on the orders of cousin #HenryVIII #Tudor #Elizabethan #History

#OTD 21 Sept 1578 #RobertDudley secretly married #LetticeKnollys #ElizabethI's #lookalike cousin & widow of Walter Devereux Robert, the Queens favourite took a huge risk in marrying without royal permission Lettice, who Elizabeth nicknamed the “she-wolf” was banished from Court

#OTD 20 Sept 1486 #Arthur #HenryVII's heir was born at St Swithun's Priory Winchester Cathedral securing the #Tudor dynasty! The union of Henry & Elizabeth of York had joined the 2 families & this child promised a new beginning Sadly he died at Ludlow Castle before inheriting the crown

#OTD 16 Sept 1537 #JaneSeymour entered confinement at Hampton Court Providing #HenryVIII his longed for male heir would cost her life Strict rules for 'lying-in' introduced by #MargaretBeaufort were observed in the final month of pregnancy & 40 days following delivery @tudorhistetc.bsky.social

#OTD 15 Sep 1514 #ThomasWolsey was appointed Archbishop of York almost a year to the day later he became Cardinal #HenryVIII's chief minister had much influence but was unpopular at Court When he failed to secure the King's divorce the circling vultures used it to hasten his fall

#OTD 14 Sep 1540 Sir William Kingston died in Painswick, Gloucestershire Constable of the Tower of London he was in charge during Anne Boleyn‘s imprisonment Served Henry VIII from 1509, fought at Battle of Flodden, jousted at Field of the Cloth of Gold & Thomas Wolsey died in his charge in 1530

#OTD 13 Sept 1520 #WilliamCecil, Lord Burghley was born in Bourne In 1550 he began service as Secretary of State 1st to #EdwardVI then #ElizabethI whom he served as Chief adviser for 14yrs A great builder & patron of the arts, building Burghley House