January 24 - Can jousting heal the problems between Englishmen and Spaniards?

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

January 22 - Wyatt's Rebellion is planned

 
On this day in Tudor history, 22nd January 1554, Thomas Wyatt the Younger met with fellow conspirators at his home of Allington Castle in Kent. The purpose of their meeting was to make final plans for their uprising against Queen Mary I and her decision to marry Philip of Spain.
 
This rebellion would come to be known as Wyatt's Rebellion, although the leader at the start appears to have been Sir James Croft.
 
Find out all about Wyatt's Rebellion and what happened in this 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/8P_Fhj7t8Bk
 
Also on this day in Tudor history, 22nd January 1552, Edward Seymour, former Lord Protector, was executed. Find out more in Claire's video from last year - https://youtu.be/yrztjxs92B0
February 1 - Mary I's Rousing Speech - https://youtu.be/hwf3CbwYjWM February 12 - The executions of Lady Jane Grey and Lord Guildford Dudley - https://youtu.be/qf7up1CHfJA February 23 - What happened to Henry Grey's head? - https://youtu.be/xkyb5qTHSBU April 11 - The end of rebel Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger - https://youtu.be/HCKNH7_NFsU

December 23 - Nicholas Udall and the White Falcon

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. 
 
In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History", introduces this Tudor man and also shares a ballad he wrote for Queen Anne Boleyn's coronation celebrations in 1533. His ballad was about Anne Boleyn's falcon badge and how it related to the queen.
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/22JA60AlzA8
 
You can find Claire at:
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December 18 - Heretic John Philpott's sad end

On this day in Tudor history, 18th December 1555, John Philpott, former Archdeacon of Winchester, was burned at the stake for heresy at Smithfield.
 
Philpott had done a lot in his 40 years, including studying in Italy, upsetting Bishop Gardiner, and supporting fellow Protestants from his prison cell, and he died a courageous death at Smithfield in the reign of Queen Mary I. Find out more about him in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society.
 
You can read records of his examinations, the ones he smuggled out of prison, at https://www.exclassics.com/foxe/foxe328.htm
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/cPM-lq1D8Po
 
You can find Claire at:
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December 15 - Cardinal Pole is laid to rest

On this day in Tudor history, 15th December 1558, Cardinal Reginald Pole, Mary I’s Archbishop of Canterbury and her chief advisor, was buried at Canterbury Cathedral. Coincidentally, Cardinal Pole had died the same day as his queen, on 17th November 1558.
 
Find out a bit more about Cardinal Pole, his background, death and burial, 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/g2NwZSWd5T8
 
You can find Claire at:
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December 14 - Mary I is buried

On this day in Tudor history, 14th December 1558, Queen Mary I was buried at Westminster Abbey. 
 
Mary had died on 17th November 1558 and had left instructions for Catherine of Aragon's remains to be moved from Peterborough and for them to be reinterred with Mary's remains so that mother and daughter could be together. 
 
Did this happen?
 
Find out all about Mary I's burial, and who did join her in death, 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/EY1t9Ysn10U
 
You can find Claire at:
https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com 
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November 18 - Cuthbert Tunstall, an imprisoned bishop

On this day in Tudor history, 18th November 1559, eighty-five-year-old Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, died while in the custody of Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Lambeth Palace.
Cuthbert Tunstall had an amazing career which spanned the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I, and he was imprisoned in two of those monarchs' reigns. In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society, gives an overview of this bishop's interesting life and career.  
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:https://youtu.be/zChSizjHXWg

November 17 - The queen is dead! Long live the queen!

On this day in Tudor history, 17th November 1558, forty-two-year-old Queen Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, died at St James’s Palace in London. She passed the throne on to her twenty-five-year-old half-sister, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, who became Queen Elizabeth I.
In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History", tells of the accession of Queen Elizabeth I and the traditional story of Elizabeth finding out that she was queen at Hatfield.
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:https://youtu.be/93Gtppjj8C4