John McCaffertyさんのイラストまとめ

3 Apr 1630: d. Christopher or Kit Villiers, 1st earl of #Anglesey & brother of Buckingham, the royal favourite, #otd ay #Windsor ((Here's the whole clan, from the NPG/ map from Polyolbion, BM)

3 Apr 1043: Coronation #otd of St Edward the Confessor (BM)

2 Apr 1508: the young royal chaplain, future cardinal, Thomas Wolsey meets James IV king of #Scots in #Edinburgh #otd

31 Mar 1637: John Sinnich of #Cork becomes professor of Theology at #Leuven & canon of Sint-Pieterskerk #otd He makes his career as a vigorous defender of Jansenist opinions, as well as becoming Rector Magnificus of the university (googlebooks)

1 Apr 1661: Bess Hampton conventicle keeper buried at #Oxford #otd 'She needs not us, but dearly miss shall wee/ Our shee-professor of divinity'

31 Mar 1537: Paul III issues a papal bull #otd offering a crusading indulgence to those who would overthrow Henry VIII (BM) #war

30 Mar 1625: Robert Stapylton professed as a #Benedictine monk at Douai #otd (BM) He later fled the cloister, conformed to the Church of #England & became playwright & translator #monkoverboard - oh, and grew a moustache

Approval of the #Franciscan Rule, 1209 as depicted in 1390-1400 and in 1560s/70s (Met Museum)

29 Mar 1578: St Alexander Briant ordained priest at Cambrai on 29 March 1578. He was executed along with St Edmund Campion on 1 Dec 1581 (NPG)

This wonderful 1652/53 depiction of washerwomen, also giving the text of their song is by the brilliant Gesina Ter Borch, 1633-1690