Catherine of Aragon

And Catherine's hand the stocking threw;

And afterwards, for many a day,

That it was held enough to say,

In blessing to a wedded pair,

'Love they like Wilton and like Clare!'

From Canto IV of Walter Scott’s “Marmion”, in which he refers to Catherine of Aragon, and the custom that wedding guests would visit the bride and groom on the day after the wedding, and throw stockings at them. 

Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII’s first wife, died on January 7, 1536.   

Mary I of England

On this day in 1558, Queen Mary I of England died. Mary earned the sobriquet "Bloody Mary" for her persecution of non-Catholics. The only surviving child of Catherine of Aragon and King Henry Viii, Mary's reign was short; only 5 years.

Mary is covered in Scott's Kenilworth, with reference to the Dudley family, which attempted to raise Lady Jane Grey to the throne, following the death of King Edward VI, Henry's only son (by Jane Seymour).