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Category Archives: errors & myths
In Luctu Terminantur or To End in Grief
William Cecil, Elizabeth I’s chief minister, had a habit of preparing memoranda for his own later use. He would make lists of things and arguments he found worth remembering. Two of these lists concern Robert Dudley and his role as … Continue reading
What Did Elizabeth and Essex Shout At Each Other?
According to court gossip a famous scene occurred in 1598, when a handful of councillors met Queen Elizabeth I to discuss the appointment of a new Lord Deputy of Ireland. The Earl of Essex, the queen’s favourite and formerly the … Continue reading
Posted in Elizabeth I, errors & myths, sources & historians, strange facts from popular books
Tagged Earl of Essex
A Grand Conspiracy in 1553? – Foreign Affairs
On 13 March 1553 the English privy council busied itself with granting a licence for the export of 200,000 pairs of old shoes.1 On 27 June 1553 the members of the same council swore themselves to secrecy about their forthcoming … Continue reading
Posted in 1553, Andrew Dudley, errors & myths, John Dudley, sources & historians
Tagged ambassadors, Antoine de Noailles, France, Habsburg, Henry Sidney, Mary I, murder
A Grand Conspiracy in 1553? – Parliament
Historians have disagreed considerably on deciding when exactly the Duke of Northumberland’s plot to plant his son Guildford on the English throne – by marrying him to Lady Jane Grey – came into being. Traditionally this happened quite early, sometime … Continue reading
Posted in 1553, Edward VI, errors & myths, John Dudley, sources & historians
Tagged ambassadors, Mary I, parliament
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Smith and Stevenson or Dining With The Jurors
On 8 September 1560, the aforesaid Lady Amy … being alone in a certain chamber within the home of a certain Anthony Forster, in the aforesaid Cumnor, and intending to descend the aforesaid chamber by way of certain steps (in … Continue reading
Posted in Amy Robsart, errors & myths, letters, Robert Dudley, sources & historians
Tagged Richard Smythe, Thomas Blount
The Lovesick Earl, Part II
The quarrel between the Earl of Leicester and Sir Thomas Heneage continued into 1566, though at some point it must have died down because 20 years later, when Elizabeth sent Heneage to rebuke Leicester in the Netherlands, he showed so … Continue reading
Dudley – A Name Hated?
It is a widespread cliché that the Dudleys were a very unpopular family and that, accordingly, Robert Dudley was an unpopular man. One can even read that the project of putting Lady Jane Grey on the English throne failed because … Continue reading
William Cecil and Amy Robsart: Talking to de Quadra
On a day in September 1560 Sir William Cecil, Principal Secretary to the Queen, had a talk with Bishop de la Quadra, the Spanish ambassador. Cecil had recently returned from Scotland, where he had concluded the Treaty of Edinburgh, a … Continue reading
Posted in Amy Robsart, Elizabeth I, errors & myths, friends & foes, Robert Dudley, sources & historians
Tagged ambassadors, William Cecil
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The Marriage of Mary Dudley
On 29 March 1551 Lady Mary Dudley married Henry Sidney, in private; on 17 May 1551 she married him once again, this time in public, at her parents’ house, Ely Place, London. Henry Sidney was 22 in 1551, and he … Continue reading
Posted in Edward VI, errors & myths, family & marriage, John Dudley
Tagged birth date, Henry Sidney, Mary Dudley, Penshurst
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Guildford Dudley’s Looks
Every Tudor enthusiast knows that Guildford Dudley, Lady Jane Grey’s equally short-lived husband, was blond. This “fact” comes from a supposed eyewitness description of Jane’s solemn entry into the Tower of London, printed in a 1909 “biography” by Richard Davey: … Continue reading
Posted in 1553, errors & myths, Guildford Dudley, sources & historians
Tagged courtier, Lady Jane Grey
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