William Davenant
On 10th February 1635 William Davenant’s play, “The Temple of Love”, was performed at Whitehall featuring Queen Henrietta Maria. Sir William Davenant was an English poet, playwright, and theatrical figure, best known for his role in the development of English drama...
Cinque Ports
On the 9th of February 1287 a massive storm across south-east England hit the Cinque Ports and the port of New Romney was stranded a mile inland. The Cinque Ports were a medieval confederation of five key coastal towns in southeastern England, originally granted...
Mary Queen of Scots
On 8th February 1587 Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringay Castle. I have posted about Mary before, because she knighted my ancestor, Elizabethan Spy, Sir Anthony Standen. The execution itself was rather a gruesome mess. Mary was led to the Great Hall of...
Lord Byron
On the 7th of February 1812, Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) made his maiden speech in the House of Lords. He spoke in defence of the Luddites. The trial of the Luddites took place during the height of the Luddite movement, a workers’ rebellion against mechanisation...
Suffragettes
On the 6th February 1918 women over the age of 30 were granted the vote in the United Kingdon. The suffragettes were a group of women activists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries who fought for women’s right to vote. Their movement, which emerged primarily in...
King Alfonso V
On the 5th of February 1428 King Alfonso V ordered Sicily’s Jews to attend conversion sermons. Yet he was, for the time, relatively supportive towards his Jewish subjects. King Alfonso V of Aragon, also known as Alfonso the Magnanimous, was a prominent figure of the...
John Rogers
On 4th February 1555 John Rogers, a reformer and bible translator, was the first Protestant to be burnt at the stake at Smithfield by Queen Mary I, Bloody Mary, as she has come to be known. I have finished reading A Woman of Noble Wit, by Rosemary Griggs, and posted a...
Henry of Navarre
On the 3rd of February 1576 Henry of Navarre escaped from Paris. Henry of Navarre’s escape from Paris is a tale of political intrigue, religious conflict, and remarkable cunning during a time of turmoil in France. Henry, a Protestant (Huguenot) leader and heir to the...
Edward Seymour
On the 2nd February 1550 Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset and former Lord Protector, was released from imprisonment in the Tower of London. Edward Seymour is a character in the book I am nearing the end of reading, A Woman of Noble Wit by Rosemary Griggs. Rosemary is...
William Davenant
On 10th February 1635 William Davenant’s play, “The Temple of Love”, was performed at Whitehall featuring Queen Henrietta Maria. Sir William Davenant was an English poet, playwright, and theatrical figure, best known for his role in the development of English drama...
Cinque Ports
On the 9th of February 1287 a massive storm across south-east England hit the Cinque Ports and the port of New Romney was stranded a mile inland. The Cinque Ports were a medieval confederation of five key coastal towns in southeastern England, originally granted...
Mary Queen of Scots
On 8th February 1587 Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringay Castle. I have posted about Mary before, because she knighted my ancestor, Elizabethan Spy, Sir Anthony Standen. The execution itself was rather a gruesome mess. Mary was led to the Great Hall of...
Lord Byron
On the 7th of February 1812, Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) made his maiden speech in the House of Lords. He spoke in defence of the Luddites. The trial of the Luddites took place during the height of the Luddite movement, a workers’ rebellion against mechanisation...
Suffragettes
On the 6th February 1918 women over the age of 30 were granted the vote in the United Kingdon. The suffragettes were a group of women activists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries who fought for women’s right to vote. Their movement, which emerged primarily in...
King Alfonso V
On the 5th of February 1428 King Alfonso V ordered Sicily’s Jews to attend conversion sermons. Yet he was, for the time, relatively supportive towards his Jewish subjects. King Alfonso V of Aragon, also known as Alfonso the Magnanimous, was a prominent figure of the...
John Rogers
On 4th February 1555 John Rogers, a reformer and bible translator, was the first Protestant to be burnt at the stake at Smithfield by Queen Mary I, Bloody Mary, as she has come to be known. I have finished reading A Woman of Noble Wit, by Rosemary Griggs, and posted a...
Henry of Navarre
On the 3rd of February 1576 Henry of Navarre escaped from Paris. Henry of Navarre’s escape from Paris is a tale of political intrigue, religious conflict, and remarkable cunning during a time of turmoil in France. Henry, a Protestant (Huguenot) leader and heir to the...
Edward Seymour
On the 2nd February 1550 Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset and former Lord Protector, was released from imprisonment in the Tower of London. Edward Seymour is a character in the book I am nearing the end of reading, A Woman of Noble Wit by Rosemary Griggs. Rosemary is...