Today in Tudor history, in 1495, Perkin Warbeck landed in Deal, in Kent. Check out the Renaissance English History Podcast for a recent episode on Perkin in the archive at englandcast.com
Today in 1497 two leaders of the Cornish rebellion were executed in London, at Tyburn. Thomas Flamank and Michael Joseph were hanged, drawn, and quartered.
Today in 1596 the funeral of John Wingfield was held. He was a casualty in the battle of Cadiz in 1596 when the English and Dutch managed to capture and sack the city of Cadiz in Spain as part of the ongoing Spanish/English war.
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