A page from the priory register detailing the food ordered for a visit to Worcester Cathedral by King Henry VII in around 1501. www.instagram.com/p/DbpxCQpGLB... #PrioryRecords #WorcesterCathedral #Worcester #England #KingHenryVII #Visit #Tudors #History

#OTD 5th August 1575 Sir Henry Sidney was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland. www.instagram.com/p/DbpBGTDiXc... #SirHenrySidney #LordDeputyofIreland #RobertDudleyEarlofLeicester #QueenElizabethI #Ireland #England #Tudors #History

#OTD 5th August 1601 Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norris of Rycote was buried. www.instagram.com/p/DbpCu79lG3... #HenryNorris #BaronNorrisofRycote #Diplomat #Courtier #Tudors #History

#OTD 5th August 1600 John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie, and his brother, Alexander Ruthven, Master of Ruthven, died at Gowrie House near Perth. www.instagram.com/p/DbpBsFlEjt... #JohnRuthven #EarlofGowrie #AlexanderRuthven #MasterofRuthven #Stuarts #Scotland #History

#OTD 5th August 1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert, explorer, establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. #SirHumphreyGilbert #HumphreyGilbert #Explorer #Newfoundland #Exploration #AgeofDiscovery #Tudors #History

Hypnerotomachia Poliphili Francesco Colonna 1499 www.instagram.com/p/DboLz9xlfU... #HypnerotomachiaPoliphili #FrancescoColonna #WoodcutIllustrations #Italy #History

A review of my visit to Chatsworth m.facebook.com/story.php?stor… #ChatsworthHouse #BessofHardwick #Chatsworth #StatelyHome #PlacesToVisit #Derbyshire #DukesofDevonshire #Tudors #History

#TudorTuesday Precedent book containing writs related to the execution of Anne Boleyn & her co-accused Clerk of the Crown 18th May 1536 www.instagram.com/p/Dbmd8atkR3... #PrecedentBook #Writs #ClerkoftheCrown #AnneBoleyn #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History

#OTD 4th August 1557 Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of King Henry VIII was laid to rest at Westminster Abbey almost 20 days after her death. www.instagram.com/p/Dbmdcgvjj0... #AnneofCleves #QueenofEngland #Tudors #History

#OTD 4th August 1598 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley died at Westminster. www.instagram.com/p/DbmczkMDa8... #WilliamCecil #BaronBurghley #Statesman #Elizabethan #Tudors #History

#OTD 4th August 1521 Giovanni Battista Castagna was born in Rome to Cosimo Castagna & his wife, Costanza Ricci Giacobazzi. On 15th September 1590 he became Pope & took the name Pope Urban VII & he died after just 12 days. #GiovanniBattistaCastagna #PopeUrbanVII #Italy #History

#OTD 3rd August 1553 Mary Tudor, daughter of King Henry VIII & Katherine of Aragon, entered London as Queen. www.instagram.com/p/Dbjm_4YivB... #MaryI #QueenMaryI #MaryTudor #QueenRegnant #QueenMaryIofEngland #QueenofEngland #Tudors #History

#OTD 2nd August 1589 King Henri III of France died at Château de Saint-Cloud, France, a day after he was stabbed in the abdomen by Dominican friar, Jacques Clément. Henri was the last Valois King of France. #KingHenriIIIofFrance #Valois #France #History

#OTD 1st August 1596 Sir John Astley (Ashley), courtier, died. John was distantly related to Queen Elizabeth I through Anne Boleyn, the queen's mother. www.instagram.com/p/Dbev372lcT... #SirJohnAstley #SirJohnAshley #Courtier #Tudors #History

#OTD 1st August 1545 Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and scholar, was born in Baldovie, Dundee, to Richard Melville and Geills Abercrombie. instagram.com/p/DbevkkRDrdd/… #AndrewMelville #Theologian #Scholar #Scotland #Stuarts #History

#OTD 31st July 1553 Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, was released from the Tower of London after he had been pardoned by Queen Mary I. He had been imprisoned following the fall of his daughter, Lady Jane Grey - the nine day Queen. #HenryGrey #DukeofSuffolk #Tudors #History

#OTD 31st July 1556 Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish priest, theologian and co-founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) died in Rome. #IgnatiusLoyola #Theologian #SocietyofJesus #Jesuits #Spain #History

Did you know…. That out of King Henry VIII’s six wives, only two were ever crowned as Queen-Consorts: Katherine of Aragon on 24th June 1509 Anne Boleyn on 1st June 1533 #KingHenryVIII #KatherineofAragon #AnneBoleyn #QueenConsort #Tudors #History

#ThrowbackThursday The Troyes Altarpiece c.1525 This altarpiece was made for Jean Huynard l'Aîné' (the Elder), a lawyer who was elected dean of the chapter of Lirey in 1504. www.instagram.com/p/DbZmCCTgji... #TroyesAltarpiece #Troyes #Altarpiece #Liery #France #History

#OTD 30th July 1550 Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, died at Lincoln House in Holborn. www.instagram.com/p/DbZlbnHjSE... #ThomasWriothesley #EarlofSouthampton #LordPrivySeal #LordChancellor #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History

#OTD 30th July 1511 Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter, historian, & architect was born in Arezzo, southeast of Florence. instagram.com/p/DbZk3DsHLWI/… #GiorgioVasari #Artist #Historian #Architect #Italian #Arezzo #Florence #Italy #History

#OTD 30th July 1566 Guillaume Rondelet, French doctor, died in Réalmont, France. He was Regius professor of medicine at the University of Montpellier & was Chancellor of the University from 1556 until his death. #GuillaumeRondelet #Doctor #UniversityofMontpellier #France #History

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The Nao Santa Maria, a full-scale replica of Christopher Columbus’ flagship, is docked at Whitehaven, Cumbria until 10th August Tickets are available to visit on board 📸 ©️ Cumbria Guide tickets.velacuadra.es/en/1954-nao-...? #NaoSantaMaria #ChristopherColumbus #Spain #History

#OTD 29th July 1504 Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, died at Lathom, Lancashire. www.instagram.com/p/DbXAtPeDdH... #ThomasStanley #EarlofDerby #MargaretBeaufort #KingRichardIII #KingHenryVII #TheBattleofBosworth #WarsoftheRoses #Plantagenets #Tudors #History

#OTD 29th July 1565 Mary, Queen of Scots married her second husband, Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace. www.instagram.com/p/DbXAtPeDdH... #MaryQueenofScots #HenryStewartLordDarnley #Stuarts #Stewarts #Scotland #History

#OTD 29th July 1567 At just 13 months of age, James, the son of Mary, Queen of Scots and Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, was crowned King of Scots at the Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling by Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney. #KingJamesVIofScotland #Scotland #Stuarts #History

#TudorTuesday Pendent in the form of a ferret 16th Century Gold, partly enameled, set with rubies and diamonds; pearls. #Pendant #Ferret #Gold #Enamel #Rubies #Diamonds #Pearls #Jewellery #European #History

#OTD 28th July 1488 Sir Edward Woodville, Lord Scales, died at the Battle of St Aubin du Cormier. He was the son of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers & Jacquetta of Luxembourg. www.instagram.com/p/DbUcbe-js1... #EdwardWoodville #LordScales #Plantagenets #Tudors #History

#OTD 28th July 1516 William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, was born in Düsseldorf, to John III, Duke of Cleves & his wife, Maria, Duchess of Jülich-Berg. He was the brother of Anne of Cleves - 4th wife of King Henry VIII. #WilliamDukeofJülichClevesBerg #Cleves #LaMarck #History