September 28 - Mary and Elizabeth travel to the Tower

On this day in Tudor history, 28th September 1553, thirty-seven-year-old Queen Mary I, daughter of King Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, travelled in a decorated barge to the Tower of London. She was accompanied by her half-sister, Elizabeth, daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn.

 

Mary was going to the Tower to prepare for her coronation, which was scheduled for 1st October 1553.

 

Claire Ridgway, author of several Tudor history books, explains more in today's talk.

 

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