#TudorTuesday
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk Attributed to Hans Eworth

Second cousin of Queen Elizabeth I, he was arrested for his part in the Ridolfi Plot and was executed on Tower Hill 2nd June 1572.
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#OTD 2 June 1572

#ThomasHoward 4th Duke of Norfolk was 🪓 on Tower Hill for his part in the #Ridolfiplot

He had supported the earlier failed #NorthernRebellion yet escaped punishment

#ElizabethI's cousin, trice married it washis attempt to make #MaryQueenofScots No.4 thatwas his undoing

#History

#OTD
7th September 1571
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk was arrested for his part in the Ridolfi Plot to assassinate his cousin, Queen Elizabeth I and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.

#ThomasHoward #DukeofNorfolk #RidolfiPlot #Tudors #History

#OTD 2 June 1572

#ThomasHoward 4th Duke of Norfolk was 🪓 on Tower Hill for his part in the #Ridolfiplot

He had supported the earlier failed #NorthernRebellion & escaped punishment

#ElizabethI's cousin, trice married his attempt to make #MaryQueenofScots No.4 was his undoing

#OTD
16th January 1572
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk was tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot

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#ThomasHoward #4thDukeofNorfolk #RidolfiPlot #MaryQueenofScots #QueenElizabethI #Tudors #History

#OTD
16th January 1572
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk was tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot
A guilty verdict was returned and he was executed 2nd June 1572.

#ThomasHoward #4thDukeofNorfolk #RidolfiPlot #MaryQueenofScots #QueenElizabethI #Tudors #History

Thomas Howard was born #OnThisDay in 1536 & executed by his cousin #ElizabethTudor in 1572 after the 4th Duke of Norfolk was implicated in the #RidolfiPlot to assassinate the last of the #Tudors & put #MaryQueenOfScots on the throne of #England...

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