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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 11h

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10th October 1530
Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquis of Dorset died.
He was the grandson of Elizabeth Woodville by her first marriage to Sir John Grey of Groby.

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#ThomasGrey #MarquisofDorset #ElizabethWoodville #GreySisters #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 11h

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10th October 1588
The funeral of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester took place, he was laid to rest in the Beauchamp Chapel of the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick.

#RobertDudley #EarlofLeicester #MasterofHorse #QueensFavourite #QueenElizabethI #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 1d

#ThrowbackThursday
Bottle for Rose Water
1553-1554
London
Gilded silver

On display at the V & A Museum, London.
Photo © The Tudor Age

#Bottle #RoseWater #BottleForRoseWater #GildedSilver #London #Tudors #History

The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 1d

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9th October 1514
Eighteen-year-old Mary Tudor, sister of King Henry VIII, married fifty-two year-old King Louis XII of France at Abbeville in France.

#MaryTudor #QueenofFrance #KingLouisXIIofFrance #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #ValoisOrléans #England #France #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 1d

#OTD
9th October 1529
A writ of praemunire was filed against Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in the court of King’s Bench.

#ThomasWolsey #CardinalWolsey #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 1d

Pendant Cross
1550-1600

Spanish or South German

Gold, enamel, emeralds, and pearls

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#Pendant #Cross #PendantCross #Gold #Enamel #Emeralds #Pearls #Jewellery #Elaborate #European #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 2d

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8th October 1549
Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, Lord Protector and uncle of King Edward VI, was proclaimed a traitor by the King's Privy Council.

#EdwardSeymour #DukeofSomerset #LordProtector #PrivyCouncil #KingEdwardVI #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 3d

#TudorTuesday
Jewel
c.1450-1500
Europe

Gold, spinel, enamel

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#Jewel #Flower #Gold #Spinel #Enamel #Jewellery #European #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 3d

#OTD
7th October 1515
Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox was born at Harbottle Castle, Northumberland.

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#MargaretDouglas #CountessofLennox #Scotland #England #Stewarts #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 3d

#OTD
7th October 1577
George Gascoigne, author, poet and courtier died in Stamford, Lincolnshire.

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#GeorgeGascoigne #Poet #Courtier #ADiscourseoftheAdventuresofMasterFJ #QueenElizabethI #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 4d

Letter to Annabella Murray, Countess of Mar by King James VI of Scotland
c. 1572

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#Letter #YoungKing #KjngJamesVIofScotland #AnnabellaMurrayCounttessofMar #Stuarts #Scotland #History

The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 4d

#OTD
6th October 1536
The reformer, scholar and Bible translator, William Tyndale was executed at Vilvoorde, Duchy of Brabant (in modern day Belgium)

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#WilliamTyndale #Reformer #Scholar #BibleTranslator #Reformation #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 4d

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6th October 1600
Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, written by Jacopo Peri with additional music by Giulio Caccini had its first performance at the Palazzo Pitti, Florence.

#Euridice #Opera #Italian #JacopoPeri #GiulioCaccini #Florence #Italy #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 5d

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5th October 1600
The proxy Marriage took place of Marie de Medici and King Henri IV of France in Florence

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#ProxyMarriage #KingHenriIVofFrance #MariedeMedici #Bourbon #Medici #France #Florence #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 5d

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5th October 1528
Richard Foxe, Bishop of Winchester and founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, died in Wolvesey, Winchester.

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#RichardFoxe #BishopofWinchester #CorpusChristiCollegeOxford #LordPrivySeal #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 6d

#OTD
4th October 1581
Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, died at Itchel in Hampshire.
He was the son of Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton & Jane Cheney.

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#HenryWriothesley #2ndEarlofSouthampton #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 6d

#OTD
4th October 1550
King Charles IX of Sweden was born at Stockholm Castle to King Gustav I of Sweden and his wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud.

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#KingCharlesIXofSweden #KingGustavIofSweden #MargaretLeijonhufvud #KingofSweden #Sweden #Vasa #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 7d

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3rd October 1554
Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, was born at Beauchamp's Court, Alcester to Sir Fulke Greville and his wife, Anne Neville.

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#FulkeGreville #BaronBrooke #Tudors #Stuarts #History

The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 7d

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3rd October 1568
Elisabeth de Valois, Queen of Spain, died, aged only 23 after suffering a miscarriage at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez in Spain.

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#ElizabethdeValois #QueenofSpain #KingPhillipIIofSpain #France #Spain #Valois #Hapsburg #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 7d

#OTD
4th October 1539
A treaty was signed by King Henry VIII for his marriage to Anne, sister of the Duke of Julich-Berg-Cleves.

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#AnneofCleves #KingHenryVIII #England #Cleves #Tudors #LaMarck #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 8d

I think it was an ITV series

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 8d

No it’s from the 2003 series Henry VIII.

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 8d

#ThrowbackThursday
Ceremonial gauntlet
c.1540

On display at Hever Castle

Photos © The Tudor Age

#Gauntlet #CeremonialGauntlet #Embroidery #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 8d

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2nd October 1536
A rising began in Lincolnshire that was the start of the most potentially damaging rebellion of King Henry VIII’s reign.

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#PilgramageofGrace #RobertAske #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 8d

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2nd October 1514
Mary Tudor, sister of King Henry VIII left Dover for France at two o’clock in the morning.

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#MaryTudor #QueenofFrance #KingLouisXII #England #France #Tudors #ValoisOrléans #History

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