24 August – Cecily of York and an awful massacre

On this day in Tudor history, 24th August 1507, Cecily of York, Viscountess Welles, died at Hatfield in Hertfordshire. She was buried at “the friars”.

Cecily was, of course, the daughter of King Edward IV and his queen consort, Elizabeth Woodville, and the sister of Elizabeth of York and the Princes in the Tower, but there's far more to her than that.

Did you know that she married without permission and had to be sheltered by Lady Margaret Beaufort?

Find out all about Cecily of York's life...

Also on this day in Tudor history, 24th August 1572, on the Feast of St Bartholomew, an awful massacre took place in Paris, and it was followed by further atrocities in other towns and cities.

Those who suffered were Huguenot men, women and children, French Protestants.

But what happened and why?

Find out...