On this day in history, 30th May... 1472 – Death of Jaquetta de Luxembourg, Duchess of Bedford, Countess Rivers and mother of Elizabeth Woodville. Her resting place is not known. 1525 – Wolsey proclaimed the Kings pardon for the rebels involved in the Amicable Grant Rebellion. 1533 – Order of the Bath ceremony during the celebrations for Anne Boleyns coronation 1536 - Henry VIII married Jane Seymour in the Queen’s Closet at Whitehall. 1555 – Burnings of Protestant martyrs John Cardmaker (clergyman) and John Warne (upholsterer) at Smithfield 1582 – Executions of Jesuit priest Thomas Cottam at Tyburn. He was hanged, drawn and quartered along with priests William Filbie, Luke Kirby, and Laurence Richardson. He refused the offer of a pardon, as it would have involved him acknowledging Queen Elizabeth I as Supreme Head of the Church. 1593 – Death of Christopher Marlowe, playwright and poet. He was stabbed to death at a house in Deptford Strand, near London, in what has been described as a tavern brawl. However, he was killed in a private room of a house, not a tavern. Some believe that he was assassinated. 1630 – Death of Emanuel Scrope, Earl of Sunderland. He was buried at Langar in Nottinghamshire. Scrope was married to Philadelphia Carey, granddaughter of Mary Boleyn. 1640 – Death of Sir Peter Paul Rubens, painter, in Antwerp. It is thought that he died of complications caused by gout. He was buried in the family vault at St Jacobs Church, Antwerp.
Posted on: Fri, 30 May 2014 07:47:39 +0000
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