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3 days ago · A century later, Fotheringhay would once again find itself at the heart of a royal power struggle. By the order of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, the abdicated Scottish queen Mary Stuart was removed to Fotheringhay in September 1586 to await her trial for treason. The trial, convened in the castle‘s great hall that October, was a mere formality.
4 days ago · Fig. 48 Fineshade (3) Castle and priory. The major monument is Fotheringhay Castle (34), the scene of many momentous events in English history; it is now reduced to little more than an earthen motte and bailey. The remains of the late medieval college, attached to the church, are of some interest.
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4 days ago · The college was founded in 1411, 6 acres of land between the castle and the rectory house being allotted for the purpose. This was the site on which the Cluniac nunnery had formerly stood. Edward, however, fell in the vanguard of the fight at Agincourt in 1415.
4 days ago · Mary was tried by an English court and condemned. James, who had not seen his mother since infancy and now had his sights fixed on succeeding to the English throne, raised no objections. Mary, now 44, was executed in 1587 in the great hall at Fotheringhay Castle, near Peterborough. Repairing Mary’s Reputation
4 days ago · 1554 – Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devon, was moved from the Tower of London to Fotheringhay Castle. He had been implicated in Wyatt’s Rebellion. 1607 – Funeral of John Rainolds (Reynolds), theologian and President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was buried in the college chapel. 1625 – Death of William Barlow, philosopher and ...
3 days ago · After her last stay in Tutbury, Mary was taken to Fotheringhay where she was executed just a month after her arrival. Read more: The secret castle near Coventry with a moat, a ghost and a sunken ...
4 days ago · Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 11, Edward III.Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1935. This free content was digitised using optical character recognition.
