On this day in Tudor history, 22nd October, an interrogation was carried out regarding an accusation of treasonous words spoken against Henry VIII (1537); and Henry Parker, 11th Baron Morley and Roman Catholic exile, died in Paris (1577)...
- 1521 – Death of Sir Edward Poynings, soldier, administrator and diplomat at his manor of Westenhanger in Kent. Poynings served Henry VII as Lord Deputy of Ireland, and Henry VIII as an ambassador, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Chancellor of the Order of the Garter.
- 1537 - An examination, or rather interrogation, was carried out regarding an accusation of treasonous words spoken against King Henry VIII. See video below to find out who, what, why and when.
- 1554 (22nd or 23rd) – Death of John Veysey/Vesey (born John Harman), Bishop of Exeter, at Moor Hall, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.
- 1577 – Death of Henry Parker, 11th Baron Morley and Roman Catholic exile, in Paris. Morley had fled abroad after refusing to subscribe to Elizabeth I's “Act of Uniformity” and after being implicated in the 1569 Rising of the North. See video below.
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