Queen Mary Tudor signed Royal documentA highly rare Royal document signed by England's first Queen Mary Tudor Dated October 9, 1558, just 38 days before her death Mary Tudor (1516 1558) was the first Queen of England, who reigned from 1553 until 1558. She inherited the throne from her father Henry VIII, and following her death it passed to her sister Elizabeth I. Mary was a devout Catholic, who attempted to undo her father's reformation of the English church. And she earned the nickname