August 21 - A sad end to a bishop whose career spanned the reigns of three kings

On this day in Tudor history, 21st August 1536, two months after he was forced to resign his bishopric, Robert Sherborne (Sherborn), former Bishop of Chichester, died at Chichester. He was buried in the cathedral there. 

 

He was around 82 years of age and it seems a sad end to a man who had done his best to keep his bishopric in order and to serve his king and country.

 

Find out more about Robert Sherborne, Bishop of Chichester, and what led to his forced resignation, in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of several Tudor history books.

 

Also on this day in Tudor history, 21st August 1568, antiquary, translator and cartographer Humphrey Llwyd died from a fever. Llwyd is known as the Inventor of Britain and a key figure in the Renaissance in Wales, but what exactly did he do to deserve such recognition? Find out in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/gmS6hr2dgWE