On this day in Tudor history, 5th July 1583, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, shoemaker John Copping was executed.
He'd been in trouble before due to his radical views, but what had he done this time?
Find out more about John Copping in this latest edition of #TudorHistoryShorts from historian Claire Ridgway.
31 July - A butcher kills a baron
30 July - Writer Robert Parry
29 July - The death of Thomas Stanley, Henry VII's stepfather
28 July - Magic and a "detestable vice and sin"
27 July - A royal secretary ends up in the Tower
26 July - The Earl of Shrewsbury dies
25 July - A kidnapped child actor
24 July - A converted priest loses his life
23 July - John Day, a Protestant printer
22 July - Baron Scrope, a royal councillor
21 July - Explorer Thomas Cavendish
20 July - Philip of Spain prepares to marry Mary I
19 July - Mary Boleyn dies
18 July - Kat Ashley, Elizabeth I's lady
17 July - Lady Glamis and a plot to poison a king
16 July - Frances Brandon
15 July - Inigo Jones
14 July - A poisoned cardinal
13 July - John Dee
12 July - True soldiers of Jesus Christ get burnt
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