Saturday Feb 29, 2020
March 1 - George Wishart, a man with close friends and bitter enemies
On this day in Tudor history, 1st March 1546, Scottish evangelical preacher and martyr George Wishart was hanged and burned at St Andrews, Scotland.
Wishart had been charged with 18 counts of heresy and although he answered each one he was condemned to death.
Find out more about this Scottish preacher, what he was accused of and his sad end 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/EQhEftMQuCc
Also on this day in Tudor history, 1st March 1620, Tudor poet, composer and physician Thomas Campion died and was laid to rest. Find out more in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/PEzda2lwj9Y
You can find Claire at:
https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynfiles/
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