Henry VIII
Henry VIII



Monday Jun 26, 2023
The Mysterious Fall of Blessed Adrian Fortescue - #MondayMartyr
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Monday Jun 26, 2023
In this week's #MondayMartyr, Claire talks about Blessed Adrian Fortescue, a courtier at the court of Henry VIII whose fall is shrouded in mystery. #henryviii



Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
A cartoon-like Anne Boleyn - #PortraitTuesday
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
This week's #PortraitTuesday image of Anne Boleyn is a contemporary sketch, a drawing of Anne Boleyn from Harley MS 41, her coronation banquet seating plan.



Monday Jun 12, 2023
The botched execution of a royal godmother and governess - #MondayMartyr
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
The innocent Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, suffered a truly awful end - a botched beheading. #tudorhistory #toweroflondon
Find out more at https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/the-execution-of-margaret-pole-countess-of-salisbury/
You can find my books on Amazon at http://viewauthor.at/claireridgway



Monday May 29, 2023
The Holy Maid of Kent - #MondayMartyr
Monday May 29, 2023
Monday May 29, 2023
This week's Monday Martyr is religious visionary Elizabeth Barton, who managed to upset King Henry VIII with her visions concerning him.
#tudorhistory #henryviii



Wednesday May 24, 2023
Anne Boleyn was a catalyst for the English Reformation - #WednesdayFact
Wednesday May 24, 2023
Wednesday May 24, 2023
Claire Ridgway talks about how Anne Boleyn showed Henry VIII he didn't need the pope.
#anneboleyn #henryviii #reformation #englishhistory #churchofengland
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Monday May 22, 2023
Lollard Thomas Harding - #MondayMartyr
Monday May 22, 2023
Monday May 22, 2023
This week's Monday Martyr is Lollard Thomas Harding who was condemned to death, to be burnt at the stake, in 1532, in the reign of Henry VIII.



Monday May 15, 2023
Blessed Hugh Faringdon - #MondayMartyr
Monday May 15, 2023
Monday May 15, 2023
This week's #MondayMartyr is the Abbot of Reading who went from royal chaplain to being hanged at his abbey.
#dissolution #tudorhistory #readingabbey #henryviii
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Thursday May 11, 2023
A Royal Union - The Marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon Part 1
Thursday May 11, 2023
Thursday May 11, 2023
Henry VIII's great matter, his quest for an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, caused him to break with Rome and was the beginning of the English Reformation. However, Henry chose to marry Catherine and their marriage was happy for many years.
In this talk, Claire Ridgway explores how they came to be married, the early years of their marriage, and how and when it began to go wrong.