Leonardo da Vinci
Tower of London
Henry VIII's Coronation
Jousting Rules
Catherine of Aragon's pregnancy
Utopia by Thomas More
Songs written by Henry VIII
The Field of Cloth of Gold
First printed Bible in English
Henry VIII's 'Great Matter'
Last letter from Thomas More to Henry VIII
Dissolution of the Monasteries
Henry VIII's Great Bible
Henry VIII's Psalter
Minstrels at a feast
Chopping Wood
Vesalius's anatomy lessons
Copernicus
Edward VI's diary
Henry VIII's assets
Letter from Elizabeth I
Circular zodiac chart
Elizabeth I's Map
The First National Lottery
Elizabeth I in a golden chariot
Handwritten recipe
Elizabethan dress codes
First English Dictionary
Recipe for pancakes
Mary Queen of Scots
Elizabeth's Tilbury speech
Elizabethan thieves
Doctor Faustus by Marlowe
A cure for drunkenness
Mary (1542-1587) was a Catholic with a claim to the English throne, and became a target for plotters under Elizabeth I. After being detained for nearly 20 years in England, she was brought to trial in 1586 for conspiracy, and was executed in Fotheringay Castle, Leicestershire. This drawing shows the execution. It was found in the papers of Robert Beale, the clerk who read out the death warrant before the execution. It shows Mary entering the hall attended by her women, on the scaffold, and lying on the block.
Shelfmark: Add. MS 48027, f.650.