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Henri IV’s Head Found

…IV ‘genuine’”, BBC News Report, 15th December 2010 British Medical Journal Report, BMJ 2010;341:c6805, “Multidisciplinary medical identification of a French king’s head (Henri IV)”, Christmas 2010 – see http://www.bmj.com/content/341/bmj.c6805.full. Wikipedia

Posted in People The Reign of Elizabeth I

24 September 1589 – Executions of William Spenser and Robert Hardesty at York

On 24th September 1589, William Spenser, Roman Catholi c priest and martyr, and layman Robert Hardesty were executed at York. Spenser was executed for being a priest, and Hardesty

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22 August 1553 – Execution of John Dudley, Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland

…six feet in height; and aged about 50 years.”5

Notes and Sources The Uncrowned Kings of England: The Black Legend of the Dudleys, Derek Wilson, p230 Ibid., p231 Ibid. Ibid….

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Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger

RIP Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger.

See yesterday’s post “RIP Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger” for a video on Wyatt and his rebellion.

Sources “Elizabeth” by David Starkey…

Primary Sources

Simancas – July 1571 Sir Francis Drake Venice – September 1589 Elizabeth – June 1589, 16-20 Elizabeth I: volume 146 – August 1589 Queen Elizabeth – Volume 148 – April

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In Praise of Queens – Why Women Should Reign over Britannia

Historian and author, Dominic Sandbrook, has written a very interesting article for the UK’s “Daily Mail” entitled Why we should ALWAYS give the crown to a woman.

Posted in Catherine Parr Elizabeth I Early Life Elizabeth I Information Elizabeth I Personality Elizabeth I's Childhood Lady Elizabeth Loves and Suitors People Thomas Seymour

Catherine Parr and Thomas Seymour – Part Two

Continued from Catherine Parr and Thomas Seymour – Part One

I ended Part One of my series on Catherine Parr and Thomas Seymour with Catherine feeling humiliated

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Superstition

and most importantly a fiercely loyal friend. In short, he is someone you want and need on your side!”

“Virgin and the Crab” is available from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.

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Painting the Armada Exhibition

…old Palace of Westminster.

According to the Parliament website, the paintings were first commissioned when the new palace was built in the 19th century, but only one was completed

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Why Elizabeth I?

Welcome to The Elizabeth Files, a website and blog which has actually sprung out of my initial fascination and obsession with Elizabeth I’s mother, Anne Boleyn.

Most

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The Gunpowder Plot

…Magazine – click here – but here they are with links to their websites:-

Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire Banqueting House, London Alnwick Castle, Northumberland Guy Fawkes Inn, York The Palace of…

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Elizabeth I: The Speechmaker

Today in celebration of International Women’s Day and Kathryn Bigelow becoming the first female director to win an Oscar, I thought I’d look at Elizabeth I as speechmaker,

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John Dee and the Telescope

…Parry’s article “John Dee and the Invention of the Telescope” in which Robert examines whether John Dee actually had a part in the invention of the telescope and whether he…

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Elizabeth I’s aching tooth and the bishop who helped her

…involved. That’s when John Aylmer, Bishop of London, decided to help his queen, making quite a sacrifice – rather him than me!

Here’s the story from John Strype’s “Historical…

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The Spanish Armada 2 – Leicester Invites Elizabeth to Tilbury

On this day in history, the 27th July 1588, Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester and the Lieutenant and Captain General of the Queen’s Armies and Companies, invited

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Anonymous: Was Shakespeare a Fraud?

…his plays. The Shakespeare Authorship Coalition – A website promoting the “Declaration of Reasonable Doubt about the Identity of William Shakespeare”. The Francis Bacon Society – A society which believes…

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26 March 1566 – Arguments over vestments

and protests.

You can found out more about it in this video, or in the transcript of that section below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxdS2f7jpXI&t=179s

On 26th March 1566,…

1559 Parliament Speech

…continued in this determination, although my youth and words may seem to some hardly to agree together, yet is it most true that at this day I stand free from…

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An Elizabethan Christmas

…my article over at The Anne Boleyn Files – Tudor Christmas.

Sources Elizabethan Christmas Life in Elizabethan England BBC History – Ten Ages of Christmas An Elizabethan Christmas Feast “Pleasures

Sir Walter Raleigh

…Rawley, Ralagh and Rawleigh – but Sir Walter actually spelled it “Ralegh”.

Sources Sir Walter Raleigh Wikipedia page Sir Walter Ralegh, Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature Walter Raleigh, BBC History…