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1582
| 1582 • The Raid of Ruthven in Scotland: a political conspiracy of Presbyterian nobles abduct King James VI. |
1604
Sep 4
Age: 22y
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marriageRichard Skidmore Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, England ⇓ They were married at the Holy Trinity Church in Westbury-on-Trym. The first church on the site was established in the 8th century, and construction of the present building was in the thirteenth century. It has been rebuilt several times since. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1604 • The Papacy is expected to fall this year by Tobias Hess and Simon Studion according to their correspondence in 1597. |
1605
Age: 23y
birth of childThomas Skidmore Mayshill, Westerleigh, Gloustershire, England ⇓ In the Spring. She re-married John Cooke as her second husband in 1608, and the register shows that the Cookes had eight children. Evidence suggests that her son did not live with his mother and stepfather, but that his youth was spent mainly in Westerleigh with his grandfather and (in particular) with his uncle Thomas Skidmore. 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1605 • The Priory of St. Gregory's is founded at Douai, Flanders, at this time in the Spanish Netherlands, by its first prior, John Roberts, and other exiles, thus becoming the first English Benedictine house to renew conventual life after the English Reformation. More than two centuries later the community will establish Downside Abbey back in England. |