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Saturday, February 08, 2025

The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, February 8, 1587: Mary's little dog.

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In the Execution of Mary series: Executioners fear her servants will preserve her blood. Mary refuses a Protestant prayer. Mary's little...
Sunday, February 02, 2025

The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, February 8, 1587: Mary refuses a Protestant prayer.

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In the Execution of Mary series: Executioners fear her servants will preserve her blood. Mary refuses a Protestant prayer. Mary's little...
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, February 8, 1587: executioners fear her servants will preserve her blood.

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In the Execution of Mary series: Executioners fear her servants will preserve her blood. Mary refuses a Protestant prayer. Mary's little...
Sunday, January 12, 2025

It's All In the Cards.

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The Tudor nobility were great card players. Playing cards had been introduced to the kingdom in the mid-15 th century, by all appearances. ...
Sunday, December 29, 2024

Mr. Beal to Lord Burghley, 1578.

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John Strype gives us, in the appendix to his Annals 1 , a calendar of documents (largely letters). Document Number 59 2 is from a Mr. Beal,...
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