Mary I
Mary I
Saturday Jun 13, 2020
June 14 - Two courtiers in trouble for supporting Mary
Saturday Jun 13, 2020
Saturday Jun 13, 2020
On this day in Tudor history, 14th June 1536, not long after the fall of Anne Boleyn, two courtiers, Sir Anthony Browne and Sir Francis Bryan, were interrogated regarding their alleged support of Mary, daughter of King Henry VIII by Catherine of Aragon.
Both men had been involved with the Catholic conservatives and Seymours who had worked to bring Anne Boleyn down and who wanted Mary restored to the succession, but now they found themselves in a spot of trouble.
What happened and how did Bryan and Browne get out of trouble?
Find out more in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society.
https://youtu.be/iBaK2npqPwY
Book recommendation - Sir Francis Bryan: Henry VIII's Most Notorious Ambassador by Sarah-Beth Watkins. Sarah-Beth is also the June 2020 expert speaker for the Tudor Society and her talk is on Bryan.
Also on this day in Tudor history, 14th June 1571, Sir Christopher Danby died. He died a natural death even though he’d been implicated in a rebellion. How did he survived that? Find out in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/FrOKqwN5eSE
Friday May 22, 2020
Friday May 22, 2020
On this day in Tudor history, 23rd May 1554, Elizabeth, daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, arrived at the Palace of Woodstock in Oxfordshire, where she was placed under house arrest.
Elizabeth remained under house arrest there for just under a year, and she didn't make it easy for her gaoler, Sir Henry Bedingfield, and neither did her servants.
Find out why Elizabeth was under house arrest and what happened in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History".
https://youtu.be/OAZzfipAj6k
Also on this day in Tudor history, 23rd May 1533, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer declared the sentence of the special court that had met at Dunstable Priory in Bedfordshire to rule on the case for the annulment of King Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon. Find out more about this in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/i01ih2JcyGo
Saturday May 02, 2020
May 3 - A man who served 3 monarchs and kept his head
Saturday May 02, 2020
Saturday May 02, 2020
On this day in Tudor history, 3rd May 1568, courtier, member of Parliament, and privy councillor, Sir Edward Rogers, died.
Rogers had a long and successful royal career, serving three of the Tudor monarchs, and he managed to keep his head too.
Find out more about him, and how he even survived being implicated in rebellion and opposing Mary I, 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/PE5dT0xO4Fs
Also on this day in history, 3rd May 1580, poet, farmer and agricultural writer Thomas Tusser died. In last year’s video, Claire shared his verses for the month of May so please do watch that - https://youtu.be/px5PSyryEnA
And on 3rd May 1536, following the arrest of Queen Anne Boleyn and prominent courtiers, a shocked Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, wrote to King Henry VIII. Find out what was going on in the video for 3rd May 1536 - https://youtu.be/7CokGrvX3HE
Saturday Mar 28, 2020
March 29 - Children encourage John Laurence at his sad end
Saturday Mar 28, 2020
Saturday Mar 28, 2020
On this day in Tudor history, 29th March 1555, in the reign of Queen Mary I, Protestant and former Dominican priest, John Laurence, was burned at the stake for heresy in Colchester.
At his burning, young children encouraged him with their prayers.
Find out more about his John Laurence's sad end 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/ToYVgj9hQqI
Also on this day in Tudor history, 29th March 1551, Mary Dudley, eldest daughter of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, married Henry Sidney. Find out more about them, and also how Mary suffered so terribly with smallpox after nursing Queen Elizabeth I, in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/OkBlboV2G8o
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Tuesday Mar 17, 2020
March 18 - Elizabeth I is arrested
Tuesday Mar 17, 2020
Tuesday Mar 17, 2020
On this day in Tudor history, 18th March 1554, Palm Sunday, the twenty-year-old Lady Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth I) was escorted by barge from her home at Whitehall Palace along the River Thames to the Tower of London, and imprisoned there.
Elizabeth had been implicated in Wyatt's Rebellion, a rebellion that sought to depose Queen Mary I and put Elizabeth, the queen's half-sister, on the throne in her place.
Where was Elizabeth imprisoned? What happened to her? Find out more about Elizabeth's arrest and her time in the Tower of London in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History".
Book recommendation: "Elizabeth: Apprenticeship" by David Starkey.Link to read "The Miraculous Preservation...." - https://www.exclassics.com/foxe/foxe431.htm May 19 – Elizabeth’s release from the Tower - https://youtu.be/QFJx0u3nx_s
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/-V45UijJ2yg
Also on this day in Tudor history, 18th March 1496, Henry VIII's beloved sister, Mary Tudor, Queen of France, was born at Richmond Palace. Find out all about her in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/Caoll3Fhv7s
Friday Mar 13, 2020
March 14 - A man who served 4 monarchs and kept his head
Friday Mar 13, 2020
Friday Mar 13, 2020
On this day in Tudor history, 14th March 1555, courtier, envoy and landowner, Sir John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, died at his London residence on the Strand aged around 70.
Russell was an important Tudor man who served four Tudor monarchs - Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I - AND he managed to keep his head, dying a natural death at a good age.
Find out more about this Earl of Bedford, his life, his rise and his career at the royal court, 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/_Lrjhj8v-So
Also on this day in Tudor history, 14th March 1540, Sir John Port died at Bewdley. Port is remembered for mumbling in a case and changing the outcome, and you can find out more about what happened in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/w2UTIzSv5uw
Saturday Feb 08, 2020
February 9 - An awful end for a bishop
Saturday Feb 08, 2020
Saturday Feb 08, 2020
Warning - Contains a description of a burning at the stake
On this day in history, 9th February 1555, Protestant John Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester, and former Cistercian monk, was burned at the stake for heresy in Gloucester.
It was an awful execution due to green faggots being used, and John Foxe writes of there being three attempts over a period of 45 minutes. Awful, just awful.
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/dE_mtQMSHVA
Also on this day in history, 9th February 1542, Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford, was taken to the Tower of London to prepare for her execution. Find out more in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/53HVn-dfMyk
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
January 24 - Can jousting heal the problems between Englishmen and Spaniards?
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
On this day in Tudor history, 24th January 1555, in the reign of Queen Mary I, a great joust was held at Westminster between English and the Spanish knights. It was one of the events planned by Philip of Spain, Queen Mary I's husband, to try and tackle the problems between Englishmen and Spaniards in London. Tensions had even led to violence and murder.
Find out more about the problems, and how King Philip tried to tackle them, 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/0bWU7BmVQc8
Also on this day in Tudor history, 24th January 1536, the forty-four-year-old King Henry VIII had a jousting accident at Greenwich Palace. Find out more in last year's video - https://youtu.be/J7GPXEtMWow