#OTD in Tudor history – 17 February

On this day in Tudor history, 17th February, Edward Seymour, King Edward VI's uncle, was made Duke of Somerset, Mary, Queen of Scots, met and fell in love with Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, and Henry Radcliffe, 2nd Earl of Essex, died...

• 1547 - Edward Seymour, uncle of King Edward VI, was made Duke of Somerset. See video below.
• 1557 – Death of Henry Radcliffe, 2nd Earl of Essex, at Cannon Row, Westminster. He was buried firstly at St Laurence Pountney and then moved to Boreham in Essex. Click here to read more about him.
• 1565 - Mary, Queen of Scots, met and fell in love with Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, at Wemyss Castle in Scotland. See video below.

• 1584 – Burial of John Watson, Bishop of Winchester, at Winchester. He was buried in the cathedral.
• 1590 – Death of Edward Leeds (Lydes), Rector of Croxton and Master of Clare College, Cambridge from 1560 to 1571. He died at his manor at Croxton in Cambridgeshire, and was buried at Croxton Church. Leeds had served Archbishop Matthew Parker as one of his chaplains.