Entries for the tag ‘Mary I (1516-1558)’
Reigned 1553-1558, best known for her vigorous attempt to reverse the English Reformation. 
- 21 October 1555: Wool middlemen are once more permitted at Halifax to avoid the destruction of the local economy
- 27 May 1576: The Elizabethan Ecclesiastical Commission at York prohibits performance of a Corpus Christi play at Wakefield
- 5 March 1829: Henry Burton of Hotham tells a rowdy public meeting at Beverley to petition parliament against Catholic emancipation and preserve “the Protestant constitution”
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