2019-12
2019-12
Friday Dec 13, 2019
December 14 - Mary I is buried
Friday Dec 13, 2019
Friday Dec 13, 2019
On this day in Tudor history, 14th December 1558, Queen Mary I was buried at Westminster Abbey.
Mary had died on 17th November 1558 and had left instructions for Catherine of Aragon's remains to be moved from Peterborough and for them to be reinterred with Mary's remains so that mother and daughter could be together.
Did this happen?
Find out all about Mary I's burial, and who did join her in death, in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History".
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/EY1t9Ysn10U
You can find Claire at:
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Thursday Dec 12, 2019
December 13 - Sir Francis Drake sets off
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
On this day in Tudor history, 13th December 1577, pirate, sea captain, and explorer Sir Francis Drake finally left the port of Plymouth on his circumnavigation of the Globe.
Claire has spoken about this voyage and Drake's life and career in previous talks (see below), so today she shares a letter written by Drake to Sir Francis Walsingham. He really did have a wonderful way with words.
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/k7xmAqIGWUw
September 26 - Sir Francis Drake, the Golden Hind and a whole lot of treasure - https://youtu.be/j8aQfsG7ZikJanuary 27 – Sir Francis Drake - https://youtu.be/LCgBJbxsDds
Wednesday Dec 11, 2019
December 12 - London sympathises with the Earl of Surrey
Wednesday Dec 11, 2019
Wednesday Dec 11, 2019
On this day in Tudor history, 12th December 1546, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, son of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was led through the streets of London from Ely Place, where he had been held since his arrest on 2nd December, to the Tower of London.
It was meant to be a humiliating walk for the earl, but it seems that the citizens of London were actually sympathetic to his plight, and didn't boo him.
Find out what happened on this day, and also what happened to his father, who had also been arrested, in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History".
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/EyE7_5CMfKI
You can find out more about the earl's arrest in Claire's video from 2nd December - https://youtu.be/qgOp-iremGg - and his execution in her talk from 19th January - https://youtu.be/2oXbiq5Tj6c
You can find Claire at:
https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com
https://www.tudorsociety.com
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Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
December 11 - Robert Dudley's lover and mother of his son
Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
On this day in history, 11th December 1608, one of Queen Elizabeth I’s former ladies and a lover of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, was buried at St Margaret's Church, Westminster. Her name was Douglas Sheffield (née Howard), Lady Sheffield, and she was the mother of Leicester's illegitimate son, Sir Robert Dudley.
Find out more about Douglas Sheffield, who claimed to be Leicester's legal wife, in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History".
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/rhP-Z89CbEg
You can find Claire at:
https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com
https://www.tudorsociety.com
https://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles/
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Monday Dec 09, 2019
December 10 - The ends of Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham
Monday Dec 09, 2019
Monday Dec 09, 2019
On this day in Tudor history, 10th December 1541, Thomas Culpeper, a gentleman of the privy chamber, and Francis Dereham, a member of the queen’s household, were executed at Tyburn.
They had been found guilty of high treason for intending to do ill with Queen Catherine Howard, i..e intending to commit adultery with her, and had been sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered. Dereham suffered the full traitors' death, while Culpeper was beheaded.
Find out more about what happened from a primary source account shared by Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society.
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/zmWYSqtrVT0
You can find out more in the following videos:
December 1 - Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham found guilty - https://youtu.be/3vf3zSxkDf0
February 13 - The Executions of Catherine Howard and Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford - https://youtu.be/4nGL47QKe4kJanuary 21 - The Act of Attainder against Catherine Howard and Jane Boleyn - https://youtu.be/jxxcTAxn0_kNovember 11 - Queen Catherine Howard is moved to Syon House - https://youtu.be/y9k104vsC6INovember 7 - Queen Catherine Howard confesses - https://youtu.be/cJcDEoccZfoNovember 6 - Henry VIII abandons Catherine Howard - https://youtu.be/eeQx3R6f0DoNovember 2 - The Beginning of the End for Catherine Howard - https://youtu.be/vZe2DtALUsc
You can find Claire at:
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Sunday Dec 08, 2019
December 9 - The King is a beast and worse than a beast!
Sunday Dec 08, 2019
Sunday Dec 08, 2019
On this day in Tudor history, 9th December 1538, Sir Edward Neville, courtier, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber and son of George Neville, 2nd Baron Bergavenny, was beheaded on Tower Hill.
He had been condemned to death for treason, accused of conspiring against the king in the Exeter Conspiracy of 1538, along with members of the Pole family. He was also accused of saying "The King is a beast and worse than a beast", which is not a wise thing to be overheard saying in Tudor England.
Find out more about Neville's life and downfall in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History".
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/B97vIS-UFRAHere are some more videos on those involved in this alleged plot:The sad story of Geoffrey Pole - https://youtu.be/HWWQReXzcUY
Executions of Henry Pole and Henry Courtenay - https://youtu.be/HfaT6DE86ZQ
Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury - https://youtu.be/0oIPgbQ68lY
Saturday Dec 07, 2019
December 8 - Birth of Mary, Queen of Scots
Saturday Dec 07, 2019
Saturday Dec 07, 2019
On this day in Tudor history, 8th December 1542, Mary Stuart (Stewart), or Mary, Queen of Scots, was born at Linlithgow Palace in Scotland.
Mary was the daughter of King James V of Scotland and his second wife, Marie de Guise, and she became Queen of Scotland when she was just six days old.
Find out about the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, including her three marriages and abdication, her imprisonment and downfall in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History".
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/OGhYsl8cL1MMore talks on Mary, Queen of Scots:Mary, Queen of Scots gets married (for the first time) - https://youtu.be/Xe3v6dVwwac
Mary, Queen of Scots returns to Scotland - https://youtu.be/pcZjTw1_mp4
Mary, Queen of Scots' Eventful Progress - https://youtu.be/IW98y2cX2e4Mary, Queen of Scots gets married - https://youtu.be/0ewKrNxNoRQMary, Queen of Scots' secretary is murdered in front of her! - https://youtu.be/xrry1M7NC70Mary, Queen of Scots, marries for the third time - https://youtu.be/7keV_p9U7JM
Mary, Queen of Scots abdicates - https://youtu.be/Mq_BR9YRvQEThe Casket Letters and Mary, Queen of Scots - https://youtu.be/siFD5VFJ6jQMary, Queen of Scots escapes - https://youtu.be/ozLwv3LaRY0Mary, Queen of Scots, from one prison to another - https://youtu.be/4yTyXPTu72sThe Trial of Mary, Queen of Scots - https://youtu.be/XZ8LNew3oTwThe Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots - https://youtu.be/sd3hP9Qb8Yk
Friday Dec 06, 2019
December 7 - Lord Darnley, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots
Friday Dec 06, 2019
Friday Dec 06, 2019
Today, 7th December, is the traditional date given for the birth of Henry Stuart (Stewart), Duke of Albany and Lord Darnley, in 1545.
Lord Darnley was the son of Margaret Douglas and grandson of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland, and her second husband, Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, but he is more known as the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Find out about Lord Darnley's rather colourful life, his unhappy marriage, his role in a murder, AND his own sticky end, in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society.
You can find out about Darnley's murder in this video - https://youtu.be/wEJqXONguns
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1og2l2acXRM
You can find Claire at:
https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com
https://www.tudorsociety.com
https://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles/
https://www.facebook.com/tudorsociety/
https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFiles
https://twitter.com/thetudorsociety
https://www.instagram.com/tudor.society/
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