Dr Mickey Mayhew

I thoroughly enjoyed revisiting this old work #BookTwitter #Tudors

Catherine of Aragon gave birth for the final time #OTD in #Tudor times (1518); the child was a girl, either stillborn or died shortly thereafter. Catherine would have no more children, which meant that #HenryVIII's patriarchal mindset would need to look elsewhere to get a boy on the throne of #England... #History

#SerialKiller Jack the Ripper struck for the last time - canonically speaking, anyway - #OTD in 1888, when he slaughtered #Irish prostitute Mary Kelly, in Miller's Court in #Spitalfields, #London - There's a VERY graphic picture of Kelly's body but I'm not going to post it; once seen, it's not the sort of thing you can scrape off your retinas easily #History

William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy, died #OTD in #Tudor times (1534); chamberlain to Catherine of Aragon, he was also given the onerous task of informing #TheQueen of her demotion to 'Princess Dowager', this in 1533 #History #Royals

Besotted with #AnneBoleyn, #HenryVIII publicly declared his doubts in regard to his marriage to Catherine of Aragon #OTD in #Tudor times (1528); the rather conniving little speech was given at Bridewell Palace in #London - The building is now demolished, but it stood somewhere between Fleet Street and #TheThames #History #Royals