On this day in Tudor history, 5th October, Henry VIII's daughter, two-year-old Princess Mary (the future Mary I), became betrothed to the French dauphin; and Lord Protector Somerset ordered a gathering of men at Hampton Court Palace to protect him and the young King Edward VI...
- 1518 – Formal betrothal of two-year-old Princess Mary, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, and François, the Dauphin of France, who was just a few months old. See video below.
- 1528 – Death of Richard Foxe, Bishop of Winchester, founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and Lord Privy Seal in the reign of Henry VII and at the beginning of Henry VIII's.
- 1549 – Edward Seymour, Protector Somerset, ordered a gathering of men at Hampton Court Palace, where he was lodged with the young Edward VI due to tensions mounting between Somerset and John Dudley, Earl of Warwick. Click here to read more or see video below.
- 1553 – Mary I's first Parliament. Click here to read more.
- 1555 – Death of Edward Wotton, physician and naturalist. He was buried in St Alban Church, Cheapside, London. Wotton is known for starting the study of zoology and his works included De differentiis animalium libri decem which he dedicated to Edward VI.
- 1598 – Burial of Thomas Crooke, Church of England clergyman, at St Mary Woolchurch in the chancel.
- 1605 – Death of Sir Edward Lewkenor, politician and Puritan patron, at Denham Hall from smallpox. He was laid to rest at Denham church.
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