August 14 - William Parr, brother of Queen Catherine Parr

On this day in Tudor history, 14th August 1513, William Parr, Marquess of Northampton and brother of Queen Catherine Parr, was born. 

 

William Parr is a fascinating man. He had a wonderful court career, his first wife eloped and left him, his divorce was granted and then rescinded, he was imprisoned in the Tower but then released, his marital happiness was rather shortlived... but he died a natural death!

 

Find out more about William Parr 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/LNqvW3K5JZY

 

Also on this day in Tudor history, 14th August 1473, Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, was born. Margaret Pole is an interesting lady - the niece of Edward IV, Countess of Salisbury in her own right, governess to Mary I... and she came to a rather awful and sticky end. You can find out more about her in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/0oIPgbQ68lY