1483 > In Salisbury, execution of Henry, Duke of Buckingham, leader of the uprising against Richard III. On May 17th, 1521, Edward Stafford, duke of Buckingham, condemned to death for high treason on the 13th, is beheaded in the Tower. In "The Four Last Things" (c. 1522) More makes a clear allusion to the execution of a great Duke, whose father Henry had also lost his head. Again in 1533, in order to dissuade Elizabeth Barton from involvment in matters of State, More reminded her of the terrible of Buckingham, the only Duke in England who did not owe his creation to Henry VIII 1521 > Death of Marguerite of Lorraine, widow, then nun, beatified in 1921 1535 > Teresa enters the Carmelite Convent in Avila
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