Historical place archive

Hatfield in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Hatfield in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

17 records15 event labels5 people1500โ€“1571

Historical events in Hatfield

1500

19 June 1500
Death of Tudor
Tudor ยท House of Tudor

Death of Edmund Tudor

1533

December 1533
Household of Elizabeth
Mary I ยท House of Tudor

Mary is placed in the household of the infant Princess Elizabeth

1554

16 July 1554
Birth of France's Brandon
Frances Brandon ยท House of Brandon

Birth of France's Brandon, future mother of Lady Jane Grey. Birth of France's Brandon, daughter of Charles Brandon & Mary Tudor

1555

October 1555
Elizabeth at Hatfield
Mary I ยท House of Tudor

Places Elizabeth under the more congenial guardianship of Thomas Pope at Hatfield

October 1555
Elizabeth at Hatfield
Thomas Pope ยท House of Tudor

Hosts Princess Elizabeth during her more relaxed house arrest at Hatfield

October 1555
Elizabeth to Hatfield
Mary I ยท House of Tudor

Mary allows Elizabeth to move to Hatfield under Sir Thomas Pope's supervision

October 1555
Guardian Appointed
Thomas Pope ยท House of Tudor

Appointed guardian of Princess Elizabeth at Hatfield

October 1555
Hatfield Household
Elizabeth I ยท House of Tudor

Elizabeth settles at Hatfield after release from stricter confinement

October 1555
House Arrest
Elizabeth I ยท House of Tudor

Placed under the guardianship of Thomas Pope at Hatfield

October 1555
House Arrest
Thomas Pope ยท House of Tudor

Elizabeth is moved to Hatfield under the custody of Thomas Pope

October 1555
Moved to Hatfield
Elizabeth I ยท House of Tudor

Elizabeth is moved to Hatfield under the custody of Thomas Pope

1556

1556
Plot
Thomas Pope ยท House of Tudor

Mary I sends Pope to Hatfield to keep an eye on Elizabeth

3 December 1556
Elizabeth Returns to Hatfield
Mary I ยท House of Tudor

Mary sends Elizabeth back to Hatfield after she refuses a Savoy marriage proposal

1558

November 1558
Recognized Successor
Elizabeth I ยท House of Tudor

Elizabeth is accepted as successor as Mary's health fails

17 November 1558
Accession
Elizabeth I ยท House of Tudor

Elizabeth succeeds Mary as Queen of England

17 November 1558
News Reaches Hatfield
Elizabeth I ยท House of Tudor

Elizabeth receives news of Mary's death and her own accession

1571

23 January 1571
Royal Exchange
Elizabeth I ยท House of Tudor

Elizabeth I opens the Royal Exchange

Provenance

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