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Sunday, April 28, 2013

This Day in History

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception
 


On this day in Tudor history, 28th April ...

1442 - Birth of Edward IV at Rouen, Normandy. Edward was the son of Richard, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and was King of England from 1461 to 1470, until he was overthrown by the Earl of Warwick who restored Henry VI, and then from 1471 to his death in 1483.
1489 - Death of Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, magnate. He was killed when he confronted protesters at South Kilvington, near Thirsk, and his retainers failed to defend him.
1533 - Death of Nicholas West, Bishop of Ely, diplomat and former Chaplain to Catherine of Aragon, at his manor in Downham. He was buried in Ely Cathedral.
1536 - Reports of council meetings and Thomas Cromwell's meeting with Dr Richard Sampson aroused suspicion. See http://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/28-april-1536-something-going-on-at-court/
... 1548 - Death of Sir Anthony Browne, courtier and Keeper of Oatlands Palace, at Byfleet, Surrey.
1556 - Execution of Richard Uvedale at Tyburn for his involvement in Henry Dudley's plot against Mary I.
1558 - Execution of eighty-two year old Walter Mylne, priest and Protestant martyr, for heresy at St Andrews, Scotland.
1572 - Burial of William Paulet, 1st Marquis of Winchester, administrator and nobleman. He was buried at Basing.
1580 - Baptism of William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, courtier and patron of the Arts, at St Mary's Church, Wilton, Wiltshire.
1603 - Elizabeth I's funeral procession in London. She was buried at Westminster Abbey.


THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1758 > President Monroe is born. 1915 > International Congress of Women opens at The Hague. 1916 > Ferruccio Lamborghini is born. 1945 > Benito Mussolini is executed. 1969 > De Gaulle resigns as leader of France. More on this day: http://histv.co/15XRMNg

 


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