On this day in history, 26th May... 1520 – Meeting of Henry VIII and Charles V at Dover Castle. 1536 - The Lady Mary, daughter of Henry VIII, wrote to Thomas Cromwell asking him to intercede with her father on her behalf. See theanneboleynfiles/26-may-1536-the-lady-marys-letter-to-cromwell/ 1537 – Executions of Adam Sedbergh, Cistercian monk and Abbot of Jervaulx, and William Wood, Prior of Bridlington, at Tyburn. They were condemned for treason following the Pilgrimage of Grace. 1538 – Death of Sir Anthony Fitzherbert, Judge and legal writer. He was buried at Norbury, Derbyshire. He is one of the best-known English legal writers of the sixteenth century. 1583 – Death of Esmé Stuart, 1st Duke of Lennox, only child of John Stuart, fifth Seigneur dAubigny, and his wife, Anne de La Queulle. 1596 – Burial of Thomas Bickley, Bishop of Chichester, in Chichester Cathedral. 1604 – Death of Godfrey Goldsborough, Bishop of Gloucester. He was buried in the Cathedral. 1621 – Burial of Barbara Sidney (née Gamage), Countess of Leicester, at Penshurst. 1623 – Death of Francis Anthony, alchemist and physician. He was buried in the church of St Bartholomew-the-Great.
Posted on: Mon, 26 May 2014 07:00:00 +0000
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