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The blue ribbon request concerned James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale, who makes appearances in my first book. Arrogant and unpopular, I rather like him!! (Image: NPG)

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2020-04-15

11 Apr 1689: Archbishop Sancroft of refuses to crown William & Mary (NPG/BM) So Bishop Compton of does it instead

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2020-04-11

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

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2020-04-03

31 Mar 1671: d. Anne Hyde, Duchess of wife, at first in secret, to James (II), Duke of York (Natonal Galleries of Scotland/ NPG)

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2020-03-31

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)

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2020-03-30

Purple History: 3/29/04 - Prince releases "Musicology" (some ticket holders got it 2 days in advance) alongside two NPG Music Club comps: The Slaughterhouse and The Chocolate Invasion. We are playing a track from one of these every hour on Purple Current today. Get involved.

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2020-03-29

29 Mar 1577: Sir Philip Sidney arrives at where at dinner he explains why there were no wolves in & he talks of where he had visited his father Henry the Lord Deputy (NPG)

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2020-03-29

Also released in 2004, & by (Trax from the NPG Music Club) - How often do you listen to these albums? Album Artwork by

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2020-03-29

27 Mar 1636: Archbishop William Laud writes to Kenelm Digby deploring his 'unreasonable' return to communion (NPG)

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2020-03-28

23 Mar 1623: Christopher Villiers or 'Kit', Buckingham's brother, is created Earl of and Baron Villiers of Daventry (Here's the whole clan, from the NPG)

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2020-03-24

23 Mar 1708: James Francis Edward Stuart, James VIII & III, attempts to land at Firth of Forth (NPG)

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2020-03-23

'La Pensierosa' (1870, Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin–Madison)
Photo with her son Michael (1880, unknown photographer, printed by Emery Walker Ltd, 1880, NPG)
Marie Spartali Stillman on and

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2020-03-22

22 Mar 1556: Cardinal Reginald Pole is consecrated Archbishop of in succession to Thomas Cranmer who had been burnt the previous day (NPG)

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2020-03-22

19 Mar 1583: Match formalized between Sir Philip Sidney & the 15 year-old Frances Walsingham (NPG)

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2020-03-20

18 Mar 1768: d. Laurence Sterne, author of Tristam Shandy inter alia (NPG) A maddening, wonderful surreality of a book...

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2020-03-18

15 Mar 1533: Ambassador Chapuys suggests that Katharine of Aragon be taken out of (NPG) Not an entirely bad idea...

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2020-03-15

12 Mar 1643: James Butler Earl of reaches New Ross with the royal army (NPG) Supplies fail to arrive so he withdraws

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2020-03-13

6 Mar 1616: d. Francis Beaumont playwright, student of Ben Jonson, close collaborator with John Fletcher. Buried in Abbey in May 1616. (NPG)

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2020-03-07

3 Mar 1540: d, Henry Bourchier Earl of Thomas Cromwell then appropriated the title for himself (Royal Collection - Bourchier’s garter stall/NPG) Be careful what you wish for - a decidedly unlucky title, that.

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2020-03-03