On this day in Tudor history, 24th July, merchant and conspirator Richard Hesketh was born; Mary, Queen of Scots, was forced to abdicated and her one-year-old son became King James VI of Scotland; and Catholic priest John Boste was executed...
- 1534 – Jacques Cartier, the French explorer, landed in Canada, at Gaspé Bay in Quebec, and claimed it for France by placing a cross there.
- 1553 – Birth of Richard Hesketh, merchant and conspirator, in Lancashire. In 1593, Hesketh urged Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby, to lead a rebellion to claim the throne of England, through his descent from Mary Tudor, Queen of France. Stanley turned Hesketh in, and the latter was executed on 29th November 1593. See video below.
- 1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots was forced to abdicate. Her one-year-old son, James, became King James VI of Scotland with his uncle, Mary's illegitimate half-brother, James Stewart, Earl of Moray, acting as regent. Click here to read more or see video below.
- 1594 – John Boste, Roman Catholic priest and martyr, was hanged, drawn and quartered in Durham after being accused of leaving and re-entering England without permission. He was canonized in 1970 by Pope Paul VI.
