Bag, of embroidered linen, made in Britain, 1675-1700. It once had a drawstring. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

5th Sunday in Lent: Market Scene with Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery Pieter Aertsen, b. 1508 (National Museum of Sweden)

26 Feb 1401: William Sawtre(y) Lollard priest ceremonially stripped of priestly orders at St. Paul's #London #otd - his offences being expounded by the Archbishop of #Canterbury in #English. Burnt at Smithfield in early March, possibly the 2nd.

6 Feb 1536: Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of #Canterbury begins a series of weekly sermons at Paul's Cross #London #otd - mainly about the Pope as Antichrist (NPG)

Peonies from the 'Nassau Florilegium' - a manuscript florilegium compiled between c. 1650 and 1670 by Johann Jakob Walther. (V&A, London)

Cast silver medal, Gianpaolo Poggini, 1560. A female figure of the Indies, holding a globe, moving towards 3 Spanish ships. To right, a group of figures from the New World and a llama, laden with silver bars, look on. Bust of Philip II. (British Museum)

5 Nov 1605: Guy or Guido Fawkes is arrested #otd

27 Oct 1633: Mary Barrett m. William Dyer at St. Martin-in-the-Fields #London #otd On 1 June 1660 as Mary Dyer she was executed by hanging at #Boston Massachusetts for being a Quaker

17 Oct 1564: Philip Sidney & Fulke Greville, both future #poets, enter #Shrewsbury school #otd (NPG/BM) Sidney died #otd 17 Oct 1586. Greville died 30 Sept 1628.

Portrait of a Girl known as “the Little Princess”, Paulus Moreelse, c. 1623 (Rijksmuseum)