#otd - 17 October 1592 - died Frances Newton, Baroness Cobham, Kate Astley’s second cousin. She became one of Elizabeth’s most trusted Ladies of the Privy Chamber.
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@ragriggsauthor.bsky.social#otd - 17 October 1592 - died Frances Newton, Baroness Cobham, Kate Astley’s second cousin. She became one of Elizabeth’s most trusted Ladies of the Privy Chamber.
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@historyrage.bsky.social🚨 THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE SUBS🚨 👑 #ElizabethI had women she absolutely did not get along with. But @elizabethanhistory.bsky.social explores the reasons behind those relationships — Tudor friendship was complicated! 🔥
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#Tudor
@historyrage.bsky.social🚨 THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE SUBS🚨 😬 #ElizabethI wasn’t always sweetness and light. When she felt betrayed by people she trusted, things could get ugly. @elizabethanhistory.bsky.social explores why Elizabeth’s famous temper needs more context. 👑🔥
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@past-times-lh.bsky.social#OTD 14 Oct 1586
#MaryQueenofScots trial began at Fotheringhay Castle
Intending to boycott it, in the end she relented, #WilliamCecil said it would go ahead with or without her
Listening as #ElizabethI's Court put their case, was she
oblivious to her fate?
Herstory youtube.com/playlist?lis...
@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social👑 #OTD in #History 14 October 1586, #MaryQueenOfScots went on trial for conspiracy against Queen #ElizabethI of England at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire.
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👑 Elizabeth I surrounded herself with women she trusted, valued and had known for years. @elizabethanhistory.bsky.social challenges the tired stereotype of Elizabeth simply disliking other women. 👀🔥
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#ElizabethI #TudorHistory
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👑 @elizabethanhistory.bsky.social explores Elizabeth I’s relationships with the women around her — from childhood companions and friends to politically influential ladies . Friendship, power and some spectacular rows all come into play. 🔥
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@ragriggsauthor.bsky.socialWhat did Kate Astley look like? Read more in Notes from Devon’s Tudor Time Traveller.
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👑 Elizabeth I didn't simply hate the women around her. @elizabethanhistory.bsky.social explores her friendships, loyalties, rages and relationships — and how court politics and royal authority shaped them. A much more complicated Elizabeth emerges. 👀
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@past-times-lh.bsky.social#OTD 10 Oct 1588
#RobertDudley was buried in the Collegiate Church of St Mary Warwick
#ElizabethI was distraught, locking herself away until #LordBurghley had her door broken down - she kept 'his last letter' until her death
His widow #LetticeKnollys was interred with him in 1635
@marciaclayton.bsky.socialToday, I’m delighted to host What Love E’er Meant by Janet Wertman. The book is on a blog tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club. @cathiedunn.bsky.social You can read all about this great new novel here: marciaclayton.co.uk/what-love-ee...
#ElizabethI #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub
@past-times-lh.bsky.social#OTD 29 Sept 1564
#RobertDudley became Earl of Leicester
#ElizabethI had a cunning plan a title made him more worthy as a suitor for #MaryQueenofScots although neither were keen!
An attempt to control Mary, instead she married her cousin #HenryStuart #LordDarnley which didn't end well
@past-times-lh.bsky.social#OTD 28 Sept 1599
#RobertDevereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, barged his way into the Queen's bedchamber at Nonsuch Palace before she dressed
The 66yr old #ElizabethI was mortified to be seen without her mask of youth: ie makeup & wig
Within 2yrs he was 🪓 for treason
@nicolaharrisauthor.bsky.socialThis is the stained glass window at the top of the stairs in the Elizabethan House Museum in Great Yarmouth UK.
#ElizabethI #Historymatters #historynerd #historicalfiction #stainedglasssunday
@past-times-lh.bsky.social#OTD 26 Sept 1588
Sir Amias Paulet died in London buried in St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster (later moved to Hinton St George)
A diplomat & Governor of Jersey, he served #ElizabethI as ambassador in France & Privy Councillor but most famed as #maryqueenofscots harsh gaoler
@past-times-lh.bsky.social#OTD 25 Sep 1586
#MaryQueenofScots was moved to Fotheringhay Castle
The same day #ElizabethI agreed the names of 36 commissioners as trial judges
Mary's fate had been sealed 2 months earlier when she replyied to Babington's letters agreeing to his plot against the advice of her aides
