Category Archives: Events by Place

13 November 1553 – Lady Jane and Guildford Dudley were taken to the Guildhall to stand trial

The author of ‘The Chronicle of Queen Jane and of Two Years of Queen Mary, and Especially of the Rebellion of Sir Thomas Wyat’ described the procession from the Tower. ‘The xiijth daie of November were ledd out of the … Continue reading

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Wedding of Mary I to Philip of Spain – 25th July 1554

Mary I married Philip of Spain at Winchester Cathedral on 25th July 1554.

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Anniversary of the death of Lady Jane’s grandmother

25th June marks the 486th anniversary of the death of Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk. St Mary’s Church – Bury St Edmunds

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Lady Jane writes farewell letters – 11th February 1554

‘I have sent you, my dear sister Katherine, a book…’ In the days before her execution, Jane wrote a farewell letter to her sister Katherine. ‘The Lorde comforte your grace…’ Jane also wrote a farewell message to her father, in … Continue reading

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Winchester Cathedral and Wolvesey Castle (Old Bishop’s Palace)

Last summer I visited Winchester Cathedral, where Mary I married Philip of Spain and the ruins of Wolvesey Castle, the old Bishop’s Palace (where their first meeting took place and their wedding feast was held). We had better weather than … Continue reading

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