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#OTD in Tudor history – 30 September

On this day in Tudor history, 30th September, a victorious Henry VIII returned to England after the French surrender of Boulogne; and Mary I's coronation procession took place in London...

  • 1515 – Margaret Tudor, sister of Henry VIII and former Queen Consort of James IV, fled to England. Margaret was pregnant with the child of her new husband, Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus. John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Albany, was acting as Regent for Margaret's son, the young James V, and had custody of the boy and his brother, Alexander.
  • 1544 – Henry VIII returned to England after his victory in Boulogne. The French forces had surrendered on 13th September after a siege which lasted from 19th July. See video below.
  • 1546 – Death of Sir Richard Long, member of Parliament and gentleman of Henry VIII's privy chamber.
  • 1553 - Mary I's coronation procession from the Tower of London to Whitehall. See video below.
  • 1585 – Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel and son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, was received into the Catholic Church by Jesuit William Weston at Arundel Castle.

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#OTD in Tudor history – 30 September