September 6 - Timothy Bright and shorthand

On this day in history, 6th September 1615, in the reign of King James I, Tudor physician, clergyman and inventor of modern shorthand, Timothy Bright, was buried at St Mary's Church, Shrewsbury.  
 
Bright is known for works published in Queen Elizabeth I's reign, including his 1588 "Characterie: an Arte of Shorte, Swifte, and Secrete Writing by Character" in which he explains his invention, a system of straight lines, circles and half circles as shorthand. Bright's work has, of course, helped people the world over.
 
In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History", shares some facts about Timothy Bright, an interesting Tudor man.
 
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September 4 - The death of Robert Dudley and Elizabeth I's reaction

On this day in Tudor history, 4th September 1588, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, died at Cornbury while on his way to Buxton to take the waters for his health.
The death of her favourite, and the man that is considered to be her 'true love', was a devastating blow to Elizabeth I and her reaction to the news shows just how much she loved her "sweet Robin".
Leicester wrote to his queen just days before his death and "His Last Letter" was something that Elizabeth I treasured for the rest of her life.
Find out more about Leicester's death, his last letter and Elizabeth's grief in today's video from Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
 
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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.
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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
 
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