#OTD in Tudor history – 6 August

On this day in Tudor history, 6th August, Margaret Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, married Archibald Douglas in secret; the Battle of Clyst Heath took place; and Anne Hathaway, wife of playwright William Shakespeare, died...

• 1504 – Birth of Matthew Parker, Elizabeth I's Archbishop of Canterbury, in the parish of St Saviour, Norwich. Parker was the son of worsted weaver William Parker and his wife Alice Monings [Monins] from Kent.
• 1514 – Marriage of Margaret Tudor, sister of Henry VIII and widow of James IV of Scotland, and Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, at Kinnoull in Perthshire. See video below.
• 1549 – Battle of Clyst Heath during the Prayer Book Rebellion. Click here to read more or see video below.
• 1623 – Death of Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare. Anne was buried next to her husband in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon. See video below.