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On 5 July 1450 fierce fighting broke out on London Bridge as the citizens of London battled Jack Cade’s rebels, bringing Cade’s Rebellion to its decisive turning point.

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🎉 Three years of All Things Tudors 🎉

Thank you for every like, comment, share, message, discussion, correction, recommendation, and moment of enthusiasm. This account has become one of my favorite places because of all of you! 

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On 3 July 1495, Perkin Warbeck made his first direct attempt to seize the English throne when he tried to land at Deal, Kent. It was a bold gamble that would end in disaster before Warbeck himself even set foot on English soil.

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On 2 July 1603, 9 year old Prince Henry Stuart was installed as a Knight of the Order of the Garter at Windsor Castle. The ceremony symbolized the beginning of a new dynasty & the continuation of England’s most prestigious chivalric tradition.

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On 1 July 1536, Henry VIII exchanged the royal manor of Coldharbour for Durham House, the London residence of Cuthbert Tunstall. Although a simple property transaction, it reflected the shift in power during Henry’s reign.

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On 30 June 1468, Lady Eleanor Talbot died. According to the later testimony of Robert Stillington, Eleanor and the future Edward IV had entered into a pre-contract of marriage before Edward married Elizabeth Woodville in 1464.

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On 29 June 1613, London’s famous Globe Theatre was destroyed by fire during a performance of Henry VIII - one of William Shakespeare’s final plays.

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On 28 June 1491, a son was born at Placentia in Greenwich to King Henry VII & Elizabeth of York. The infant Henry VIII - never expected to inherit the throne - would become one of the most famous & controversial monarchs in history.

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On 27 June 1505, the future Henry VIII took a dramatic step that would temporarily unravel one of England’s most important dynastic marriages. Henry formally renounced his betrothal to Catherine of Aragon, the widow of his brother, Arthur.

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I absolutely loved “Cecily” by Annie Garthwaite. I couldn’t put it down! She brings Cecily Neville vividly to life as an intelligent, resilient political force during the Wars of the Roses. Highly recommended!

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Empress Matilda lost control of Westminster and was forced to flee London on 24 June 1141. The loss of Westminster was more than a temporary setback - it was the moment Matilda’s dream of ruling England slipped from her grasp.

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On 23 June 1314, one of the most famous battles in British history began at Bannockburn. Over the next two days, the forces of Robert the Bruce would confront the army of Edward II of England.

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On 22 June 1470 in the cathedral city of Angers, two bitter enemies came face to face to form an unlikely alliance. Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, met Margaret of Anjou, the fiercely determined wife of the deposed Lancastrian king Henry VI. 

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On 21 June 1377, King Edward III died, around the age of sixty-four, at Sheen Palace - bringing to a close one of the most remarkable reigns in English history, that lasted just over fifty years.

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On 20 June 1565, Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, was committed to the Tower of London after Queen Elizabeth I learned that her son, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, was betrothed to Mary, Queen of Scots.

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On 19 June 1502, Henry VII concluded the Treaty of Antwerp, an agreement between England and the Low Countries, which also advanced one of the king’s most important political goals: the suppression of Yorkist threats to the Tudor dynasty.

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On 18 June 1429, the English army suffered one of its most devastating defeats of the Hundred Years’ War at the Battle of Patay. Patay shattered English military prestige & marked a dramatic turning point in the campaign for the French crown.

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On 17 June 1128, Empress Matilda married Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, in Le Mans. What began as a politically expedient marriage ultimately reshaped the future of England, creating one of the most influential royal dynasties in medieval Europe. 

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On 16 June 1483, Dowager Queen Elizabeth Woodville reluctantly surrendered her youngest son, Richard, Duke of York, to the care of Richard, Duke of Gloucester. It was the last confirmed occasion on which the prince was seen by his mother.

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On 15 June 1381 at Smithfield, just outside the walls of London, the fourteen-year-old Richard II rode out to confront the leader of the Peasants’ Revolt, Wat Tyler, in a tense meeting that would determine the fate of the rebellion.

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