September 3 - Robert Greene and the Upstart Crow, William Shakespeare

On this day in Tudor history, 3rd September 1592, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Elizabethan writer and playwright Robert Greene died in London. 
Greene was a prolific writer, but he is best known for a pamphlet "Greene's Groats-worth of Wit bought with a Million of Repentance" which it was claimed he wrote on his deathbed. It is an important work because it is the first known contemporary reference to William Shakespeare as a playwright, although the reference to Shakespeare is actually an attack on the actor/playwright, who Greene saw as an "upstart crow".
Find out more about the pamphlet and why Greene, or whoever wrote it, launched an attack of the Bard, 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/03qT91wY9FQ
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September 2 - Sir Richard Grenville and the loss of The Revenge

On this day in Tudor history, 2nd September 1591, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, naval commander and explorer Sir Richard Grenville died at sea from injuries sustained while commanding his ship, The Revenge, in the Battle of Flores in the Azores. 
 
Unfortunately, Grenville's death was a result of him disobeying orders and doing his own thing.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, wrote about the battle and the loss of The Revenge in his “The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet", and in today's talk, Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society, shares excerpts from Tennyson's poem and explains what exactly happened at the battle.
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:https://youtu.be/ideGMFpNrv4
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August 24 - St Bartholomew's Day Massacre

On this day in Tudor history, 24th August 1572, on the Feast of St Bartholomew, an awful massacre too place in Paris, and it was followed by further atrocities in other towns and cities.
Those who suffered were Huguenot men, women and children, French Protestants. But what happened and why?
Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History", explains all in today's talk.
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:https://youtu.be/1DmTMXr0TcQ
You can find Claire at:
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August 21 - Humphrey Llwyd, a Welshman who should be remembered

On this day in Tudor history, 21st August 1568, antiquary, translator and cartographer Humphrey Llwyd died from a fever. 
 
Llwyd is known as the Inventor of Britain and a key figure in the Renaissance in Wales, but what exactly did he do to deserve such recognition?
 
In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History", shares some facts about this interesting, but little-known, Tudor Welshman.
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/gmS6hr2dgWE
 
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August 20 - Elizabeth I gives thanks for the Protestant Wind!

On this day in Tudor history, 29th August 1588, there was a thanksgiving service at St Paul's to thank God for his divine intervention when England defeated the Spanish Armada. It was thought that God had sent his Protestant Wind to save England from Catholic Spain.
Find out more about this in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of several Tudor history books.
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:https://youtu.be/wwCKaBRmA_4
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August 18 - Virginia Dare and the lost colony

On this day in Tudor history, 18th August 1587, the first child born to English settlers in the New World was born in the Roanoke Colony. Her name was Virginia Dare.
 
This colony has become known as the lost colony because all 115 colonists disappeared. 
 
Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society, explains what happened in today's talk. The article she mentions can be found at https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/carolinas-lost-colony-the-fate-of-the-first-british-settlers-in-america-was-a-mystery-until-now-10457335.html
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/lZDaYgPfxoQ
 
You can find Claire at:
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August 15 - Mary Scudamore and the hot-tempered Elizabeth I

On this day in Tudor history, 15th August 1603, Lady Mary Scudamore (née Shelton), a member of Elizabeth I's Privy Chamber and one of her favourite sleeping companions, was buried at Holme Lacy in Herefordshire.
 
Mary was very close to the queen but suffered the queen's wrath at one point. Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society, explains all in today's "on this day" talk.
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/SFbnuab0u0k
 
You can find Claire at:
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August 12 - Thomas Phaer and some interesting Tudor remedies!

On this day in Tudor history, 12th August 1560, Thomas Phaer (Fair), translator, lawyer, physician and paediatrician, made his will after suffering an accident.
Phaer has become known as the “Father of English Paediatrics” for his works, which include “The Book of Children”. In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History", gives a few more details about this man and shares some of his rather interesting remedies for caring for children.
Here's a link to The Book of Children:https://archive.org/details/thomasphaerbokeo00boweuoft/page/ii
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:https://youtu.be/iKcEJ9ezXR8
You can find Claire at:
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