This Week in British History:  13th - 19th January  

13th - Act Against Multipliers passed in Parliament, 1404 

13th - Michael Bond, creator of Paddington Bear, born 1926 

14th - Edmund Halley dies, aged 85, 1742 

15th - Elizabeth I Coronation, 1559 

18th - Henry VII marries Elizabeth of York, 1486  

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Sources, Further Reading, Tags and Links 

Elizabeth I: https://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/explore/queen-elizabeth-coronation https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/queens-majestys-passage The Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society: “On this day in Tudor History - Elizabeth I goes to the Tower” https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zrFCkpxXDvU&feature=youtu.be The Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society: “On this day in Tudor History - January 14 - Elizabeth I's coronation procession” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qltgENLUJLk The Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society: “On this day in Tudor History - January 15 - Elizabeth I's coronation”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oejNK0u49qU For an in-depth analysis of Mulcaster’s pamphlet which also draws on other accounts of  the coronation procession, see https://extra.shu.ac.uk/emls/09-1/leahmulc.html# Elizabeth, 2001 by David Starkey  Act of Multipliers: http://historicaltriumphsanddisasters.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-act-against-multipliers-1404.html https://www.livescience.com/39314-alchemy.html http://www.ancientpages.com/2017/01/13/on-this-day-in-history-englands-act-against-multipliers-signed-into-law-on-jan-13-1404/  Halley: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/halley_edmond.shtml For more about the various sightings through time of the comet read https://www.space.com/19878-halleys-comet.html

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