William Cressye; Grace Cressye (née Johnson)

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William Cressye; Grace Cressye (née Johnson)

by Unknown artist
pen and ink, after 1571
20 1/4 in. x 14 5/8 in. (514 mm x 372 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D34940

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Current affairs

Secret papal agent Roberto di Ridolfi plots to restore Catholicism in England by overthrowing Queen Elizabeth I and marrying Mary, Queen of Scots to Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk. Norfolk is arrested for his part in the conspiracy.
Parliament formally endorses intolerance of Roman Catholicism, it becomes a treasonable offence to bring a Papal 'bull' into England and clerical obedience to the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion is enforced.

Art and science

The Royal Exchange opens in London.
The unusual painting of King Edward VI's triumph over the Pope is painted at about this time to commemorate the young king's anti-papal policies and to celebrate the successful re-establishment of the Church of England under Elizabeth I.

International

Ottoman forces take the port of Famagusta in Cyprus from Venice.
Pope Pius V calls a Holy League to halt the expansion of the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean. John of Austria, half-brother of Philip II of Spain, leads naval forces from Spain, the Papal States, Venice and Genoa to a decisive victory over the Ottoman fleet at the Battle of Lepanto. The victory is of great symbolic importance to European Mediterranean powers.

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