Tudor History with Claire Ridgway

February 27 - The ends of three Catholics at Tyburn

 
On this day in Tudor history, 27th February 1601, Benedictine monk Mark Barkworth (also known by the alias Lambert), Jesuit Roger Filcock, and widow Anne Line were executed at Tyburn.
 
Barkworth and Filcock had been found guilty of treason for being priests and were given the full traitor's death, i.e. they were hanged, drawn and quartered. Anne Line was sentenced to death for harbouring a priest and was hanged. 
 
Find out more about these Catholics, who were victims of Queen Elizabeth I's legislation against Jesuits, in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society.
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
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Also on this day in Tudor history, 27th February 1545, the Battle of Ancrum Moor, part of the War of the Rough Wooing, took place near Jedburgh in Scotland. Find out all about it in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/LMEowRAmMns 
 
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February 26 - The sad ends of loyal men

On this day in Tudor history, 26th February 1552, Sir Thomas Arundell, Sir Michael Stanhope, Sir Miles Partridge and Sir Ralph Fane (or Vane) were executed. The men had been condemned as traitors after being accused of conspiring with Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset and former Lord Protector, against John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, the new man in control of King Edward VI's government.
 
Find out all about these men and how these loyal royal servants came to these sticky ends in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society.
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
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Also on this day in Tudor history, 26th February 1564, poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe was baptised in Canterbury. Find out all about Marlowe in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/QnT2Qp7RuXc 

February 25 - Elizabeth I is excommunicated

On this day in Tudor history, 25th February 1570, Pope Pius V issued the papal bull “Regnans in Excelsis”. This bull not only excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I, it also freed her Catholic subjects from their allegiance to her and called on the English people to disobey her orders, mandates and laws. It threatened excommunication for those who did obey her.
 
It put Elizabeth I in danger and it put Catholics in an impossible situation.
 
Find out more about the bull and its impact in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History".
 
Read the bull of excommunication at https://www.papalencyclicals.net/pius05/p5regnans.htm 
 
Book recommendation - “God’s Traitors: Terror & Faith in Elizabethan England” by Jessie Childs.
 
You can find out more about the Ridolfi Plot in Claire's video - https://youtu.be/_7WjajdaFRw 
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
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Also on this day in Tudor history, 25th February 1601, Elizabeth I's former favourite, Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex was executed by beheading. Find out more in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/lQ0nFNgD74s

February 24 - Katherine Howard, Elizabeth I's good friend

On this day in Tudor history, 24th February 1603, Katherine Howard (née Carey), Countess of Nottingham, died at Arundel House. 
 
Katherine was a close friend of Queen Elizabeth I and it is thought that grief over her friend's death had a major impact on the queen's own health, for she died just a month later.
 
Find out who Katherine was, how she rose to be the queen's good friend, and also hear about a myth associated with her 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:
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Also on this day in history, 24th February 1500, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, was born. Hear some Charles V facts in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/-QVYrBtojOs
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February 23 - Job Throckmorton, a colourful and lucky character

On this day in Tudor history, 23rd February 1601, religious pamphleteer and Member of Parliament, Job Throckmorton, was buried at Haseley in Warwickshire.
 
Job was known for his alleged involvement in the "Marprelate Controversy", a pamphlet war, and also for his colourful Parliamentary speeches, which nearly got him into trouble. He was lucky to escape imprisonment and worse!
 
Find out more about Job Throckmorton 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/URAyKk4Qodw
 
Also on this day in Tudor history, 23rd February 1554, Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, father of Lady Jane Grey, was beheaded. Find out more about what led him to his end, and also hear a story about his mummified head, in last year's video - https://youtu.be/xkyb5qTHSBU
 
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February 22 - Marie de Guise, who avoided marrying Henry VIII!

On this day in Tudor history, 22nd February 1540, twenty-four-year-old Marie de Guise, or Mary of Guise, queen consort of King James V of Scotland, was crowned queen at Holyrood Abbey.
 
Did you know that Henry VIII was keen on making Marie de Guise his fourth wife? She declined, saying that her neck was small! Instead she married James V.
 
Marie was, of course, the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots, and you can find out more about her 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:
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Also on this day in Tudor history, 22nd February 1511, fifty-two-day-old Henry, Duke of Cornwall, son of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, died. Find out more in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/uk3mpMrm_ak 

February 21 - Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick

On this day in Tudor history, 21st February 1590, Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, Master of the Ordnance and Privy Councillor, died at Bedford House on the Strand. 
 
Ambrose had been a loyal royal servant and was a member of that famous Tudor family, the Dudleys, with his father being John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, and his brother being Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.
 
Find out more about Ambrose Dudley's life and career 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/VWSw1uwMvq8
 
Also on this day in Tudor history, 21st February 1595, Jesuit priest, poet and writer Robert Southwell was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. Find out more in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/i-lJgaY975Q 
 
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February 20 - The hanging of Lady Hungerford

On this day in Tudor history, 20th February 1523, Agnes, or Alice, Lady Hungerford, was hanged at Tyburn. 
 
Agnes was said to have "procured" her servants to murder her first husband, John Cotell, who was strangled before being thrown into the furnace of Castle Farley. A dastardly deed.
 
Find out exactly what happened 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/EjFZCHtXyfc
 
Also on this day in Tudor history, 20th February 1547, Edward VI was crowned king at Westminster Abbey. Find out all about his coronation in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/OZubBZP3-B4
 
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