30 April - A Lord Keeper of the Great Seal dies from apoplexy

On this day in Tudor history, 30th April 1596, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Sir John Puckering died of apoplexy.
Find out a bit about him, and the trials he was involved in, in this #TudorHistoryShorts.
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:https://youtu.be/oA-WwtjiTAQ
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15 April - Blows and evil words from Elizabeth I

On this day in Tudor history, courtier Sir John Scudamore was laid to rest. His wife served Queen Elizabeth I and appears to have suffered in doing so.
 
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https://youtu.be/WEXDEJXyzYA
 
Find out what happened to Mary Scudamore in this #TudorHistoryShorts video from Claire Ridgway.

Walter Ralegh's colonisation, a war over vestments, an earl who saved the day in 1536, and some burnings

In part two of this week in Tudor history, historian Claire Ridgway talks about Walter Ralegh (Raleigh) being given permission to colonise foreign lands in 1584; a disagreement over the wearing of vestments in 1566 which led to a pamphlet war, protests and ministers losing their parishes; a Tudor earl who saved the day for Henry VIII during the 1536 Pilgrimage of Grace rebellion, and the burnings of three Protestant martyrs in Essex in 1555.
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/rxdS2f7jpXI
 
25th March 1584 - Queen Elizabeth I granted letters patent to explorer Walter Ralegh giving him permission to colonise lands owned by indigenous people and those previously taken by Spain. This led to the founding of the colony on Roanoke Island, also known as the Lost Colony.
 
26th March 1566 - Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Edmund Grindal, Bishop of London, summon 110 ministers to Lambeth Palace to get them to pledge their willingness to wear vestments. 37 of those ministers refused and a pamphlet war broke out.
 
27th March 1539 - The burial of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, at St Peter's, Sheffield. He served as a soldier under Henry VII and Henry VIII, and it appears that his actions and influence in late 1536, during the Pilgrimage of Grace rebellion, led to the failure of the rebellion.
 
28th March 1555 - Protestants Stephen Knight and William Ptgot were burnt at the stake for heresy in Maldon and Braintree, Essex, and William Dighel was burnt at the stake in either Banbury, Oxfordshire, or Danbury, Essex.
 
The Lost Colony - https://youtu.be/DQdSpeYbMvg 
Walter Ralegh - https://youtu.be/ISexLsnGKug   
 
Other Tudor events for these dates:
 
March 25 - Margaret Clitherow, the Pearl of York, and her awful end - https://youtu.be/8RKxaGc4sHE
March 25 - Happy New Year - https://youtu.be/73k_gqClpFQ
March 26 - Robert Carey and his eventful ride to King James - https://youtu.be/dTyL66lKqMo
March 26 - Alchemy, astrology and angels   This man was involved with them all! - https://youtu.be/A5hy__pKZuQ
March 27 - Arrangements are made for Prince Arthur to marry Catherine of Aragon - https://youtu.be/ivJa_K_8dh0
March 27 - Reading the Bible in church could get you into trouble - https://youtu.be/nItFisCuqFU
March 28 - The amazing Raphael - https://youtu.be/S7eQEQttjWs
March 28 - Anne Boleyn's chaplain and almoner John Skip - https://youtu.be/yk_TxLMtiPM 
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A Discovery of Witches and the School of Night - did it exist?

Thank you to Real Tudor Lady for the excellent question on the TV series "A Discovery of Witches" which is adapted from The All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness.
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:https://youtu.be/zoYQO5FQxcI
Real Tudor Lady wanted to know if the School of Night, which included men such as Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh), Thomas Hariot, George Chapman, Matthew Roydon and Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, really existed. 
 
In this video, historian Claire Ridgway gives a brief overview of these men, looks at the origin of the School of Night theory, and examines whether these men were linked and whether they were part of an established group. 
 
Here are links to Claire's videos on Marlowe and Ralegh:
 
February 26 – Christopher Marlowe – a rather colourful character! - https://youtu.be/QnT2Qp7RuXc
June 1 - Christopher Marlowe's death and inquest - https://youtu.be/sdttnBCIIJU
Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh) - https://youtu.be/ISexLsnGKug 
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December 29 - Elizabeth I's rogue and champion

On this day in history, 29th December 1605, in the reign of King James I, forty-seven-year-old Tudor nobleman George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Skipton, Yorkshire. Clifford was a courtier, naval commander, privateer, Elizabeth I's champion and a man she called her "rogue".
 
Find out all about this Earl of Cumberland, his unhappy marriage, his voyages and what it meant to be the queen's champion, 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/nwtC7ZZLJ_s
 
You can see photos of his armour at https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/23939
 
Also on this day in history, 29th (or 30th) December 1605, in the reign of King James I, Elizabethan navigator and explorer, John Davis died near Bintang, off the coast of Borneo. He died after being attacked by Japanese pirates. Davis is known for his voyages, for being the first Englishman to document a sighting of the Falkland Islands, for his 1594 “The Seaman's Secrets” and 1595 “The World's Hydrographical Description", and for his invention, the Davis Quadrant, or the backstaff.
Find out more about him, his final voyage and death in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/XKdRcXgxYew 

December 23 - Elizabeth I moves to a property her mother knew well

On this day in Tudor history, 23rd December 1558, just over a month after her accession, England’s new queen, Elizabeth I, daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, moved from Somerset House to Whitehall Palace, which became her principal residence.
 
Whitehall, formerly York Place, had once been home to her mother, Anne Boleyn, and had been the setting of Anne's marriage to Henry VIII. I wonder if Elizabeth felt close to her mother there.
 
Find out more about Whitehall Palace, and also Somerset Place, the property Elizabeth left, 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/B9OmNV9NOQU
 
Also on this day in Tudor history, 23rd December 1556, in the reign of Queen Mary I, Nicholas Udall (Yevedale), schoolmaster, cleric, humanist and playwright, was buried at St Margaret's, Westminster. You can find out more about him and hear a ballad he wrote for Queen Anne Boleyn's coronation celebrations in 1533, in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/22JA60AlzA8  

December 12 - A soldier who had to hide from Elizabeth I

On this day in Tudor history, 12th December 1595, Protestant Welsh soldier and author, Sir Roger Williams, died from a fever with his patron, Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, at his side. He was buried at St Paul's Cathedral. Williams served as a soldier in the Low Countries and France, and was second in command of the cavalry under Essex at Tilbury Fort in 1588. He also wrote the 1590 “A Briefe Discourse of Warre”.
At one point he incurred Queen ELizabeth I's wrath and had to go into hiding for a time.
 
Find out all about Sir Roger Williams' life, career and works 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/tEl9y3fRJF4
 
“A brief discourse of war” can be read at https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A15466.0001.001?view=toc
 
Also 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 last year’s video - https://youtu.be/EyE7_5CMfKI

December 2 - Elizabeth I relents and agrees to execute Mary, Queen of Scots

On this day in Tudor history, 2nd December 1586, following a joint petition from the Houses of Lords and Commons, Elizabeth I finally agreed to a public proclamation of sentence against Mary, Queen of Scots: death.
 
Mary had been found guilty of high treason back in October 1586, but Elizabeth had not wanted to contemplate regicide. However,  Parliament believed that if Mary, Queen of Scots, was not executed, that she'd continue to plot against Elizabeth and would utterly "ruinate and overthrow the happy State and Common Weal of this most Noble Realm". She was too much of a danger and needed dealing with once and for all.
 
Find out what Parliament said and what happened next in today's talk from historian Claire Ridgway.
 
September 26 - The man Elizabeth I wanted to murder Mary, Queen of Scots - https://youtu.be/AH956PwobRs 
 
Also on this day in Tudor history, 2nd December 1546, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, poet, courtier, soldier and the eldest son of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was arrested after a former friend gave evidence against him. King Henry VIII had just weeks to live and was increasingly paranoid, so the 'evidence' was just what Surrey's enemies needed to bring the earl down. Find out more about the Earl of Surrey's downfall, and how his father managed to keep his head in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/qgOp-iremGg