August 3 – Lord Russell marches his troops to face rebels, and a notorious Tudor rake

On this day in Tudor history, 3rd August 1549, in the reign of King Edward VI, Lord Russell marched his troops from Honiton to Woodbury.

They were off to put down the Prayer Book Rebellion.

Find out more in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts...

And on this day in 1562, Essex magnate and notorious rake, John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford, died at his home, Hedingham Castle in Essex.

Oxford served four Tudor monarchs and was great chamberlain at the height of his career, but he had a rather colourful reputation. Find out more about the life of this Earl of Oxford and what gave him his reputation...