#OTD in Tudor history – 14 September

On this day in Tudor history, 14th September, Henry VIII had a 12th century religious shrine destroyed; and Sir William Kingston, Constable of the Tower of London, died...

• 1514 – Second proxy marriage of King Louis XII of France and Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII.
• 1523 – Death of Pope Adrian VI in Rome. He was buried in Rome's Santa Maria dell'Anima church. Adrian had only been Pope since January 1522.
• 1538 – The Destruction of the Shrine of Our Lady of Caversham, near Reading, by Dr John London, on the orders of Henry VIII. The shrine had been established in 1106. See video below.
• 1540 - Death of Sir William Kingston, Constable of the Tower of London, Knight of the Garter and comptroller of the king's household, at Painswick in Gloucestershire. He was buried at Painswick. See video below.
• 1585 – Sir Francis Drake set sail from England on a mission to raid Spanish ports. He had been given royal approval for these raids, and raids in the West Indies at the end of 1584.