On This Day In Royal History . 15 March 1551 . Lady Mary rides through London . . The Lady Mary, daughter of Henry VIII, sister of king Edward VI & the future Queen Mary I, rode through London causing a stir. . Here is diarist Henry Machyn’s record of the event: . “The xv day the Lady Mary rode through London unto St John’s, her place, with fifty knights & gentlemen in velvet coats & chains of gold afore her, & after her iiij score gentlemen & ladies every one havyng a peyre of bedes of black. She rode through Chepe-syde & thrugh Smythfeld.” . ◼ A note in the diary by historian John Strype notes that the carrying of beads was “to make an open profession, no doubt, of their devotion for the mass” & the carrying of rosaries during Edward’s Protestant reign was definitely a statement. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #d15mar #TheYear1551 #MaryI #QueenMaryI #MaryIofEngland #HouseofTudor #TudorHistory #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #Royalhistory #Historic #London #Londonhistory #Tudor #Tudors #Tudorhistory #Portraitpainting #Art #Artwork #LadyMary #Cheapside #Smithfield #Queenofengland (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9xVt3QJCHG/?igshid=pe8o5s1by9yj