#OTD 8th September 1560 Amy Dudley, wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, died at her home, Cumnor Place in Oxfordshire. instagram.com/p/C_o5iYstbct/… #AmyDudley #RobertDudley #EarlofLeicester #CumnorPlace #Tudors #History

Royal Arms of Jane Seymour England c1536 Carved oak instagram.com/p/C_qDDD-sUF4/… #CoatofArms #RoyalCoatofArms #JaneSeymour #QueenJaneSeymour #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History

Writing box London c1525 Walnut and oak, lined with painted and gilt leather and silk velvet instagram.com/p/C_qGINnst7M/… #WritingBox #Walnut #Oak #Painted #GiltLeather #SilkVelvet #KatherineofAragon #Tudors #History

#OTD 9th September 1513 One of the most bloodiest days in the history of Scotland during the 16th century took place instagram.com/p/C_rS_9Aq8KE/… #KingJamesIVofScots #KingofScotland #ThomasHoward #EarlofSurrey #BraxtonMoor #Flodden #Stewarts #Tudors #History

#OTD 9th September 1543 The infant Mary Stewart (Stuart) aged 9 months, was crowned Queen of Scots in the Chapel Royal of Stirling Castle instagram.com/p/C_rTjhHKJ3S/… #MaryQueenofScots #QueenofScots #MaryStewart #MaryStuart #Scotland #Stewarts #Stuarts #History

On the chilly, wet and misty afternoon of 9 September, 1513, James IV of Scotland, husband of #MargaretTudor, perished amidst the carnage of the battle of Flodden. Ten thousand Scots died with him. Read more about this and its impact on his young wife, here.

The Battle of Flodden took place #OnThisDay in 1513, between the kingdoms of England and Scotland, and was a victory for England. Pictured is the monument to the battle overlooking the battlefield site, near Branxton, Northumberland. (image: Battlefields Trust).

#OTD 10th September 1547 English & Scottish forces met in what would be the last battle between the two countries before the unification of the crowns took place. instagram.com/p/C_uDWu_RIEj/… #BattleofPinkieCleugh #TheWarsofTheRoughWooing #Stuarts #Scotland #History

#OTD 10th September 1515 Thomas Wolsey was created cardinal, almost exactly a year after being appointed Archbishop of York. instagram.com/p/C_uDJjxKrGL/… #ThomasWolsey #CardinalThomasWolsey #HamptonCourtPalace #KingHenryVIII #TheKingsGreatMatter #Tudors #History

#TudorTuesday Chest with Coats of Arms French Early 16th Century Oak, iron mounts instagram.com/p/C_uDn0qvzLz/… #Chest #CoatsofArms #Oak #IronMounts #KingCharlesVIIIofFrance #KingFrançoisIofFrance #Valois #ValoisAngoulême #France #History

Medieval Women: In Their Own Words The British Library, London 25 October 2024-2 March 2025 Tickets are on sale now! More Wonder, Less Wonderwall blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

#OTD 11th September 1561 Mary, Queen of Scots began her first royal progress around Scotland. instagram.com/p/C_wn5n7PtnW/… #MaryQueenOfScots #QueenofScots #RoyalProgress #Stewarts #Stuarts #Scotland #History

This stone badge is from the original vault of the Anne Boleyn Gatehouse at Hampton Court Palace shows Anne's crowned falcon. #StoneBadge #Falcon #CrownedFalcon #HamptonCourtPalace #AnneBoleynGatehouse #AnneBoleyn #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History

#OTD 12th September 1555 The trial of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury began. He was charged with denying transubstantiation and refusing to accept papal authority. #ThomasCranmer #ArchbishopofCanterbury #TheTrialofThomasCranmer #QueenMaryI #Tudors #History

#OTD 12th September 1494 At the Château de Cognac, a son was born to Charles d'Orléans, Count of Angoulême, and his wife, Louise of Savoy and named François. instagram.com/p/C_zM4Uqhrbw/… #KingFrançoisI #KingFrançoisIofFrance #KingofFrance #ValoisAngoulême #France #History

#ThrowbackThursday Letter from King François II of France to Antoine de Noailles Blois 4th November 1559 instagram.com/p/C_zNIpEOKuV/… #Letter #KingFrançoisIIofFrance #AntoinedeNoailles #MaryQueenofScots #ValoisAngoulême #Stuarts #Scotland #France #History

Autumn skies at the castle today… 🍂

#OTD 13th September 1520 William Cecil, Lord Burghley was born at Bourne, Lincolnshire, to Richard Cecil and his wife, Jane Heckington. instagram.com/p/C_1x8IytQ8Z/… #WilliamCecil #BaronBurghley #LordBurghley #Minister #KingEdwardVI #QueenElizabethI #Tudors #History

#OTD 13th September 1557 Sir John Cheke, one time tutor to King Edward VI, died. instagram.com/p/C_1xuq4iCUr/… #SirJohnCheke #Tutor #SecretaryofState #RegisProfessor #CambridgeUniversity #Tudors #History

#OTD 13th September 1598 King Philip II of Spain died of cancer at El Escorial, near Madrid. instagram.com/p/C_1xdZKpSii/… #PhilipIIofSpain #KingPhilipIIofSpain #KingofSpain #Hapsburg #Spain #History