#OTD in Tudor history – 15 September

On this day in Tudor history, 15th September, John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury, cardinal and Henry VII’s Lord Chancellor, died; and in the French Wars of Religion, the Battle of Arques began...

• 1500 – Death of John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury and Chancellor to Henry VII, at Knole from the plague. See video below.
• 1514 – Thomas Wolsey was appointed Archbishop of York after having been elected in the August. He had already been appointed Bishop of Lincoln in February of that year, and in 1515 he would be elevated to the office of Cardinal.
• 1556 – Charles V departed from Vlissingen in Zeeland bound for Spain following his voluntary abdication of his titles in October 1555. He spent his retirement in the monastery of Yuste in Extremadura.
• 1564 – The final day of Mary, Queen of Scots' fourth progress. The progress had begun on 22nd July 1564, and had included stops at Edinburgh, Linlithgow Palace, Stirling Castle, Kincardine Castle, Perth, Blair Atholl, Glen Tilt, Inverness, Beauly Priory, Redcastle, Dingwall, Gartly Castle, Aberdeen, Dunnotar Castle, Dundee and St Andrews.
• 1589 - The Battle of Arques (part of the French Wars of Religion) began between the troops of Henry IV of France and those of the Catholic League led by Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne. After days of bloody fighting, Henry IV was victorious. See video below.