May 29 - John Penry and his scandalous writings

On this day in Tudor history, 29th May 1593, Welsh religious controversialist, and a man regarded by Welsh historians as the pioneer of Welsh nonconformity, John Penry was hanged at St Thomas-a-Watering in Surrey. 

 

John Penry was linked to the Martin Marprelate tracts and the resulting Marprelate Controversy, not for writing them, but for helping to run the secret press that printed them.

 

You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:

https://youtu.be/HAvUa2rgtek

 

Find out more about Penry, his life and his work, and his involvement with these tracts, and how appealing to William Cecil didn't save him from the hangman's noose, in today's talk from historian Claire Ridgway.

February 23 - Job Throckmorton, a colourful and lucky character - https://youtu.be/URAyKk4Qodw  

 

Martin Marprelate Press and Controversy - http://people.umass.edu/marprelate/index.html 

 

Also on this day in Tudor history, 29 May 1533, the celebrations for Queen Anne Boleyn’s coronation kicked off with a spectacular river pageant on the Thames. Find out more in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/971Y88EauTA