January 13 - The Prince of Poets

On this day in Tudor history, 13th January 1599, Elizabethan poet and administrator in Ireland, Edmund Spenser, died in Westminster. He was described as "the prince of poets in his time" and is best known for his allegorical poem in praise of Elizabeth I, "The Faerie Queene".
 
But, did you know that he also upset William Cecil twice and that his most famous work is actually unfinished?
 
Find out more about Edmund Spenser 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/QmtPkSctg4c
 
Read Volume 1 of Spenser’s The Faerie Queene at https://archive.org/details/faeriequeene01spen/page/n6 
 
Also on this day in Tudor history, 13th January 1547, poet and soldier, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, was tried at Guildhall, found guilty and sentenced to death. Find out why and what happened in my video from last year - https://youtu.be/x9oMnRRIY9g 
 
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January 12 - Elizabeth I goes to the Tower!

On this day in Tudor history, Thursday 12th January 1559, Queen Elizabeth I travelled by barge from Whitehall to the Tower of London to prepare for her coronation, which was due to take place on the 15th January.
Of course, her journey wasn't a low key one in a normal river barge, it was a lavish one with decorated barges, music and the usual artillery fire. Find out all about this river procession 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/zrFCkpxXDvU
Here are links to the videos mentioned:January 14 - Elizabeth I's coronation procession - https://youtu.be/qltgENLUJLkJanuary 15 - Elizabeth I's coronation - https://youtu.be/oejNK0u49qU 
Also on this day in Tudor history, 12th January 1510, Henry VIII jousted for the first time as king. He and his good friend, William Compton, jousted in disguise, and there was panic when one of them was injured. Find out more in last year's video - https://youtu.be/paalH_oJQ8s

December 30 - Roger Ascham, Elizabeth I's tutor

On this day in Tudor history, 30th December 1568, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Roger Ascham, scholar and royal tutor, died. He was laid to rest in the St Stephen’s chapel of St Sepulchre without Newgate, London.
 
Ascham served as tutor to Princess Elizabeth, the future Elizabeth I, and is also responsible for the idea that Lady Jane Grey had abusive parents.
 
Find out more about Roger Ascham, his life and career, in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of several Tudor history books.
 
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https://youtu.be/ww-k27C_G2k
 
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December 19 - A clash with a mob causes the death of an abbess

On this day in Tudor history, 19th December 1576, Katherine Palmer, Abbess of Syon, died in Mechelen in Belgium. Her death came just over a month after she had confronted a mob that had broken into her monastery.
 
Find out more about Abbess Katherine Palmer, how her order had ended up settling in Mechelen, and how her order is the only surviving pre-Reformation religious community in England today, in this talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History".
 
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December 13 - Sir Francis Drake sets off

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 

December 11 - Robert Dudley's lover and mother of his son

 
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". 
 
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November 27 - William Shakespeare gets married

On this day in Tudor history, 27th November 1582, eighteen year-old William Shakespeare, the famous playwright and a man known as the Bard, married twenty-six year-old Anne (also known as Agnes) Hathaway, at Temple Grafton, near Stratford-upon-Avon, in Warwickshire. 
 
Anne Hathaway was pregnant at the time of their marriage and went on to give birth to a daughter, Susannah, the following May. The couple went on to have twins, Hamnet and Judith, in 1585.
 
Find out more about William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, and their marriage, and also what happened to them, 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/d0_g9G8TXGA
 
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November 20 - Sir Christopher Hatton - Elizabeth I's mouton and lids

On this day in Tudor history, 20th November 1591, Sir Christopher Hatton, Elizabeth I’s Lord Chancellor and favourite, died aged fifty-one. He was such a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I that he had a dazzling career and was constantly at her side.
 
Find out more about Sir Christopher Hatton, his career and accomplishments, his patronage of learned men and explorers, and his special relationship with Elizabeth I, in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society.
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/IzhdmD7Lgm8
 
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