Tudor History with Claire Ridgway

February 10 - Catherine Howard goes to the Tower

On this day in Tudor history, 10th February 1542, Catherine Howard, King Henry VIII’s fifth wife, was escorted by barge from Syon House, where she’d been kept since November 1541, to the Tower of London in preparation for her execution.
 
Sadly, the queen would have seen the heads of her former lover, Francis Dereham, and her sweetheart, Thomas Culpeper, as she made her way to the Tower - a reminder of her own fate.
 
Find out more 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/jYbD8-Qua-s
 
Also on this day in history, 10th February 1567, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, was murdered. You can find out more about what happened to him in last year's video - https://youtu.be/wEJqXONguns 

February 9 - An awful end for a bishop

Warning - Contains a description of a burning at the stake
 
On this day in history, 9th February 1555, Protestant John Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester, and former Cistercian monk, was burned at the stake for heresy in Gloucester. 
 
It was an awful execution due to green faggots being used, and John Foxe writes of there being three attempts over a period of 45 minutes. Awful, just awful.
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/dE_mtQMSHVA
 
Also on this day in history, 9th February 1542, Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford, was taken to the Tower of London to prepare for her execution. Find out more in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/53HVn-dfMyk 

February 7 - Sir Thomas More

On this day in history, 7th February 1477 or 1478, Sir Thomas More, Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor, was born in London.
 
More had once wanted to be a monk, but ended up being one of the most well-known statesmen of the Tudor period. Unfortunately, Sir Thomas More came to a sticky end after refusing to sign the oath recognising Henry VIII as the supreme head of the church in England, and was executed in 1535 as a traitor.
 
Find out all about More's rise to power, how he fell, and what he told his son-in-law about the king, in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History".
 
Also on this day in Tudor history, 7th February 1526, Henry VIII took part in the traditional Shrovetide joust at Greenwich. I tell you all about it, and also about a nasty accident that one courtier suffered at it, in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/jvtMdu75V1E 
 
Further videos on Sir Thomas More:
October 26 - Sir Thomas More is sworn in as Lord Chancellor - https://youtu.be/OkTYfRASu1I April 13- Sir Thomas More gets into trouble - https://youtu.be/p1bUl1i-rgEJune 3 - Sir Thomas More is interrogated - https://youtu.be/bd65f6g2eisJune 26 - St Thomas More the Traitor - https://youtu.be/kPmBz6T7oJI 
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/zQedjkLjjzo

February 6 - Thomas Cutwode and his dodgy works

On this day in Tudor history, 6th February 1561, poet Tailboys Dymoke (pseudonym Thomas Cutwode) was baptised at Kyme in Lincolnshire.Dymoke, or Cutwode, is known for his allegorical poem, The Bumble Bee, a political satire which was apparently rather dodgy! He also got into trouble for writing a slanderous play and poem. An interesting man who liked to play with fire!
 
You can read The Bumble Bee on Google Books at Google Books https://books.google.es/books/about/Caltha_Poetarum_Or_The_Bumble_Bee.html?id=xwxEAQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
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Also on this day in Tudor history, 6th February 1557, the remains of Protestants Martin Bucer and Paul Fagius were exhumed and publicly burned, after being posthumously found guilty of heresy. Find out more in last year's video - https://youtu.be/lwVXkWK3q-k  
 
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February 5 - Elizabeth under investigation

On this day in Tudor history, 5th February 1549, in the reign of King Edward VI, fifteen-year-old Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth I, was summoned to appear before Sir Robert Tyrwhitt, who was keeping her under house arrest at Hatfield while the Crown investigated Thomas Seymour.
 
Edward VI's privy council were investigating whether Elizabeth was secretly plotting to marry Thomas Seymour, Edward VI's uncle, helped by her servants, Katherine Ashley and Thomas Parry.
 
Parry and Ashley had made confessions, but what had they said? And what would happen to them all?
 
Find out in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society.
 
You can read the confessions of Thomas Parry, Katherine Ashley and Elizabeth at https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_YitDAAAAcAAJ/page/n109/mode/2up p. 95 to 103.Book recommendation: The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor by Elizabeth Norton.
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/Z7nodYmM8UY
Also on this day in Tudor history, 5th February 1537, in the reign of King Henry VIII, diplomat Sir Henry Brooke was born. Find out all about him in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/L-rtOllJOkE 
 
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February 4 - Mary Boleyn gets married

 
On this day in Tudor history, Saturday 4th February 1520, Mary Boleyn, sister of Anne Boleyn, got married to William Carey in the Chapel Royal at Greenwich Palace, in a service attended by King Henry VIII.
 
Find out more about Mary Boleyn and William Carey in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of several books on the Boleyn family.
 
Here is a link to Claire's Mary Boleyn Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLepqWJ7TpkrKSxTbgPHf6SjqFnqv_-pQ-
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/d4C2oGQNfCs
 
Also on this day in Tudor history, the first English Protestant martyr was burned in the reign of Queen Mary I. His name was John Rogers. Find out more in last year's video - https://youtu.be/5FMzvIhxasM 
 
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February 3 - Silken Thomas

On this day in Tudor history, 3rd February 1537, in the reign of King Henry VIII, Thomas Fitzgerald, 10th Earl of Kildare (known as Silken Thomas), his five uncles and Sir John Burnell, were executed as traitors at Tyburn in London. What led these men to these awful ends and why was Thomas known as "Silken Thomas".
 
Find out more 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/JA5hsZk0G3k
 
Also on this day in Tudor history, 3rd February 1587, the Privy Council met in William Cecil, Lord Burghley’s chambers at Greenwich and agreed to send Mary, Queen of Scots’ signed death warrant to Fotheringhay. You can find out more about that in last year’s video and my video from 1st February.https://youtu.be/cIEZJXK9q8M 

February 2 - Sir Francis Bryan, the Vicar of Hell

On this day in Tudor history, 2nd February 1550, Sir Francis Bryan, died suddenly in Ireland. He was a rather colourful Tudor character, known as much for his drinking, gambling and all-round bad behaviour, as his diplomacy, royal favour and gift for poetry.
 
Find out more about this one-eyed courtier and his nickname, "the vicar of hell", in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of several Tudor history books.
 
Book recommendation: Sir Francis Bryan, Henry VIII's most notorious ambassador, by Sarah-Beth Watkins.
 
Today is also Candlemas, and you can find out more about that feast day and how it was celebrated in Tudor times in Claire's video from last year - https://youtu.be/sXj14xV4gCE