Tudor History

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

On this day in history, 22nd June...
 

1477 - Birth of Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquis of Dorset, courtier and constable of Warwick Castle and of Kenilworth Castle. He was the third son and heir of Thomas Grey, first Marquis of Dorset, and his wife, Cicely.
 

1528 - Death of William Carey, courtier, distant cousin of Henry VIII and husband of Mary Boleyn. He died of sweating sickness, leaving behind his wife and two children, Catherine and Henry.
 

1535 - The execution of John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, on Tower Hill. See http://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/bishop-john-fisher-executed/5794/
 

1536 - Mary, finally submitted to her father, Henry VIII, and accepted her father as Supreme Head of the Church in England and the invalidity of her parent's marriage
 

1547 - Death of George Lokert (or Lockhart), Dean of Glasgow, logician and theologian. Lokert studied at the University of Paris and was prior of the Collège de Sorbonne.
 

1557 - Death of Richard Woodman, Protestant martyr. He was burnt at Lewes, in Sussex, with nine other martyrs after he refused to recant.
 

1599 - Death of Sir William Fitzwilliam, Lord Deputy of Ireland in Elizabeth I's reign, at Milton, Northamptonshire, after a long illness. He was buried at the church of Marham, Norfolk.