On this day in Tudor history, 26th July, courtier and solder George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, died; and 4,000 men gathered at Tilbury Fort to defend England against the Spanish Armada. It's also the feast day of St Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary...
- 1538 – Death of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury and 4th Earl of Waterford, at South Wingfield Manor, Derbyshire. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Sheffield. See video below.
- 1588 - Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, assembled 4,000 men at Tilbury Fort, the fort built on the Thames estuary in Essex by Elizabeth's father, Henry VIII, in anticipation of a Spanish attack. See video below.
- 1614 – Death of Henry Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Groby, at Bradgate Park. He was buried in the family chapel.
Queen Anne Boleyn used imagery of St Anne, whose feast day it is today, at her coronation and you can find out more in the video below...
