21 May 1108: The sudden death of Gerard Archbishop of #York at Southwell en route to London. The cathedral canons alleged it was due to his interest in the dark arts but as he'd tried to reform their lifestyle... (British Museum)
20 May 1614: Cardinal Bellarmine ordains Toby [Tobie] Matthew, a priest #otd Matthew was a high profile convert: writer & courtier, patron of #nuntastic Carmelites at #Antwerp and son of the Church of #England Archbishop of #York (JMcC/eebo/BM)
8 May 1629: d. Frances Matthew [née Barlow] #otd
She gave her husband Archbishop Tobie Matthew's library of 6,000 vols to the Dean & Chapter of #York.
She left her Catholic convert son Toby a diamond ring.
5 May 1561: Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland & Thomas Young Archbishop of #York are commissioned #otd to adminster the Oath of Supremacy to the clergy of the northern province (National Trust images)
30 Apr 1565: First known record of Robert Peake #artist - as apprentice to the #London goldsmith Lawrence Woodham. Here are his Henry Frederick Prince of #Wales (NMM) & Charles (I) as Duke of #York (Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives)
30 Apr 1662: b. Mary (II), future #Queen at St. James' Palace #otd eldest daughter of James Duke of #York & Anne Hyde. Prince Rupert stood godfather to her. (NPG)
30 Apr 1648: Having escaped #London wearing specially made girls' clothes, James Duke of #York arrives at the Hague #otd to be greeted by his sister Mary Henrietta & her husband William II of Orange. They had no idea, of course, of what lay forty years ahead... (NMM)
27 Apr 1594: After 2 months solitary in the Tower St Henry Walpole SJ undergoes his first examination by Sarjeant Drewe, Sir Edward Coke & Richard Topcliffe #otd
21 Apr 1639: At #York, William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye & Seal refuses #otd a military oath demanded by Charles I that nobility commit their lives & fortunes to his cause against the #Scots: "to goe & kill a man in #Scotland he was not satisfyed of the lawfullness therof" (NPG)
5 Apr 1671: The body of Anne Hyde, Duchess of #York, wife of James (II) is interred #otd in the Mary Queen of #Scots vault at #Westminster Abbey (National Trust images)