Tudor History with Claire Ridgway

November 20 - Sir Christopher Hatton - Elizabeth I's mouton and lids

On this day in Tudor history, 20th November 1591, Sir Christopher Hatton, Elizabeth I’s Lord Chancellor and favourite, died aged fifty-one. He was such a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I that he had a dazzling career and was constantly at her side.
 
Find out more about Sir Christopher Hatton, his career and accomplishments, his patronage of learned men and explorers, and his special relationship with Elizabeth I, 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/IzhdmD7Lgm8
 
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November 19 - An important member of the Catholic underground dies

 
On this day in Tudor history, 19th November 1587,Henry Vaux died of what was probably consumption at Great Ashby, the home of his sister, Eleanor Brooksby. 
 
Henry Vaux is a fascinating Tudor man. He started out as a precocious child and poet, and grew up to be an important member of the Catholic underground. He was a Catholic recusant and priest harbourer, helping Jesuit priests in the Protestant reign of Queen Elizabeth I, both financially and by giving them a roof over the heads.
 
In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History", introduces Henry Vaux and what happened to him in Queen Elizabeth I's reign.
 
Book Recommendation: One of Claire's very favourite history books is "God's Traitors: Terror and Faith in Elizabethan England" by Jessie Childs.
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/ewJxPRqbELw
 
You can find Claire at:
https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com 
https://www.tudorsociety.com
https://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles/
https://www.facebook.com/tudorsociety/
https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFiles 
https://twitter.com/thetudorsociety 
https://www.instagram.com/tudor.society/ 
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November 18 - Cuthbert Tunstall, an imprisoned bishop

On this day in Tudor history, 18th November 1559, eighty-five-year-old Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, died while in the custody of Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Lambeth Palace.
Cuthbert Tunstall had an amazing career which spanned the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I, and he was imprisoned in two of those monarchs' reigns. In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society, gives an overview of this bishop's interesting life and career.  
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:https://youtu.be/zChSizjHXWg

November 17 - The queen is dead! Long live the queen!

On this day in Tudor history, 17th November 1558, forty-two-year-old Queen Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, died at St James’s Palace in London. She passed the throne on to her twenty-five-year-old half-sister, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, who became Queen Elizabeth I.
In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History", tells of the accession of Queen Elizabeth I and the traditional story of Elizabeth finding out that she was queen at Hatfield.
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:https://youtu.be/93Gtppjj8C4

November 16 - A strange Elizabethan plot

On this day in history, 16th November 1612, Elizabethan conspirator, William Stafford, died. He's an interesting Tudor character because he had Plantagenet blood and also because he was allegedly the chief plotter in the Stafford Plot, a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I, but he was only imprisoned for a short time and lived the rest of his life quietly in Norfolk, dying a natural death.
 
How and why did William Stafford escape serious punishment for the Stafford Plot and what did Sir Francis Walsingham have to do with it all? 
 
Find out about William Stafford and the Stafford Plot 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/-C4qyueA30o
 
You can find Claire at:
https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com 
https://www.tudorsociety.com
https://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles/
https://www.facebook.com/tudorsociety/
https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFiles 
https://twitter.com/thetudorsociety 
https://www.instagram.com/tudor.society/ 
https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynfiles/

November 15 - The pope threatens Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn

On this day in Tudor history, 15th November 1532, a rather cross Pope Clement VII threatened King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn with excommunication.
 
Why? Well, because Henry VIII had defied the pope's instructions and previous threats, and gone his own way, setting aside Catherine of Aragon and living with Anne Boleyn. The pope was not impressed with this disobedient king.
 
In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, author of "The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown", shares excerpts of the pope's letter, along with an explanation of the context and what happened next.
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/E578mJ6f9Y0
 
You can see more examples of the pope getting exasperated with Henry in the following videos:
 
March 7 - The Pope threatens Henry VIII - https://youtu.be/Y-N3cSyx4dA
January 5 - Pope Clement VII and Henry VIII - https://youtu.be/culFjoE6dWw
July 11 - The Pope's had enough of Henry VIII! - https://youtu.be/WepPlD4RW60

Launch of The Anne Boleyn Collection III and some Anne Boleyn gifts

Today is the release day of my latest book, The Anne Boleyn Collection III - yay! It's a collection of some of my favourite Anne Boleyn and Tudor history articles from the Anne Boleyn Files, and also talks that I've done over the past few years. A celebrating of 10 years of the Anne Boleyn Files and talking Tudor! I do hope you enjoy these articles.
 
As a thank you to my loyal readers, I'm giving away some Anne Boleyn themed gifts:
- Free access to my “The Life of Anne Boleyn” online course (18 video/audio lessons, worth $75) which includes the audio book version of my best-selling book "The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown"
- AND two digital magazines: The Boleyns Tudor Life edition from May 2019 and Anne Boleyn Tudor Life edition from May 2015. 
You’ll be ‘Boleyned’ out!
The offer ends on 30th November and you can find out all the details at https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/anne-boleyn-gifts-for-you/

November 14 - Anne Boleyn and Catherine of Aragon get married (but not to each other)

On this day in Tudor history, 14th November and the Feast of St Erkenwald, there may have been two royal Tudor weddings. We know that Catherine of Aragon married Arthur, Prince of Wales, on 14th November 1501, but chronicler Edward Hall gives 14th November 1532 as the date of a secret wedding for King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Marquess of Pembroke, in Dover.
Let Claire Ridgway, author of The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown (and many other Tudor history books), tell you all about the weddings of Catherine of Aragon and Arthur Tudor, and Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:https://youtu.be/WJD7rGXLCUs