Tudor History with Claire Ridgway

12 Facts about Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford

Most history lovers know that Jane Boleyn (née Parker), Lady Rochford, was the wife of George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, the sister-in-law of Queen Anne Boleyn and that she was executed with Catherine Howard in February 1542, but in this talk, historian and author Claire Ridgway shares 12 lesser-known facts about Jane...
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/ZCHUZJ90_RE
 
Jane Boleyn - Did she help bring down Anne Boleyn? - https://youtu.be/aL2QqvKNTLA
January 21 - The Act of Attainder against Catherine Howard and Jane Boleyn - https://youtu.be/jxxcTAxn0_k
February 9 - Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford, is taken to the Tower - https://youtu.be/53HVn-dfMyk
13 February - The Executions of Catherine Howard and Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford - https://youtu.be/4nGL47QKe4k
Catherine Howard's execution - What happened? - https://youtu.be/jZsmPArUBTg
The George Boleyn Interviews Part 3: Was George Forced into Marrying Jane Parker? - https://youtu.be/A-CGVk70WVM
 
Book recommendations:
 
Jane Boleyn: The True Story of the Infamous Lady Rochford by Julia Fox
George Boleyn: Tudor Poet, Courtier and Diplomat by Clare Cherry and Claire Ridgway
 Jane Parker: The Downfall Of Two Tudor Queens? by Charlie Fenton
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A mathematician, Call Me Risley, and a scapegoat

In this second part of This week in Tudor history, historian Claire Ridgway introduces mathematician and inventor William Oughtred, tells you about the life of Thomas Wriothesley, the man known as “Call me Risley” in Hilary Mantel’s novels, and shares about Germaine Gardiner, a bishop’s nephew who was executed as a scapegoat.
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/OxmJtyiWnz4
 
5th March 1575 - Baptism of mathematician William Oughtred at Eton College. Oughtred is responsible for developing a straight slide-rule, a gauging rod and various sundials. He also introduced the "×" symbol for multiplication and the abbreviations "sin" and "cos" for the sine and cosine functions.
 
6th March 1547 - Former Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII, Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, lost the Great Seal of his Lord Chancellorship and was confined to his home at Ely Place for abusing his authority. 
 
7th March 1544 - Germaine Gardiner and priest John Larke were hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. Historian Diarmaid MacCulloch believes that Germaine was a scapegoat for the actions of his uncle and master, Bishop Stephen Gardiner.
 
The American Oughtred Society - http://www.oughtred.org/
 
Other Tudor history events for 5th, 6th and 7th March:
 
March 5 - Tobacco comes to Europe - https://youtu.be/D1mtHYLJtXc
March 5 - Thomas Seymour and 33 counts of treason - https://youtu.be/YNPqZ5fHNh8
March 6 - The Dissolution of the Monasteries - https://youtu.be/aELw2ss-xM8
March 6 - Juan Luis Vives and the young Mary I - https://youtu.be/B18CK9M_glg 
March 7 - The Pope threatens Henry VIII - https://youtu.be/Y-N3cSyx4dA
March 7 - The Great Comet - https://youtu.be/acdhc-kzXnM
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Teasel's Tudor Trivia - Tudor Fabrics

In this edition of Teasel's Tudor trivia, Teasel the dog and author and historian Claire Ridgway talk about the different fabrics that were used to make clothes during the medieval and Tudor period - linen, wool, lawn, buckram, silk, velvet, taffeta, satin, sarsenet (sarcenet), damask, cloth of gold, cloth of silver, cloth of tissue and caffa, as well as the furs, ermine and miniver.
 
It is highly recommended that you view this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/yaT9dPqDvrE
 
Videos mentioned: 
Which colours did Anne Boleyn like? - https://youtu.be/AhfdKtqKxBQ
What did Tudor children wear? - Part 1 – Tudor babies - https://youtu.be/wj0ONpmSt10What did Tudor children wear - Part 2 - Toddlers - https://youtu.be/A-7sJeCqeSA
Teasel's Tudor Trivia - What did Tudor children wear - Part 3 - Girls and Boys - https://youtu.be/dQbI0Z1Jlv0
 
Further reading:
The Tudor Tailor
Rosalie Gilbert's Medieval Woman website - https://rosaliegilbert.com/fabricnames.html
See cloth of silver at https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/213111
Velvet at https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/velv/hd_velv.htm, https://trc-leiden.nl/trc-digital-exhibition/index.php/velvet/item/173-a-brief-history-of-velvet , http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/workbox/exttex16.htm  
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A Grand Prior, Anne of Denmark, Margaret Tudor's third marriage and Mary Boleyn's son

In the first part of her “This week in Tudor history” for the week beginning 1st March, historian Claire Ridgway is going to be introducing you to Thomas Tresham, grand prior of the Order of St John of Jersualem, and Anne of Denmark, James I’s queen consort, as well as talking about another unhappy marriage for Margaret Tudor, and the birth of Mary Boleyn’s son.
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/1d3E0LZgREE
 
1st March 1559 - Death of Thomas Tresham, landowner, Catholic politician and Grand Prior of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England.
 
2nd March 1619 - Death of Anne of Denmark, queen consort of King James VI of Scotland/King James I of England. She died of dropsy and consumption at Hampton Court Palace aged 44.
 
3rd March 1528 - Margaret Tudor, widow of King James IV of Scotland and sister of King Henry VIII, married for a third time. She married Henry Stuart, Lord Methven. It was not a happy marriage.
 
4th March 1526 - Birth of courtier and administrator, Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, son of Mary Boleyn and her first husband, William Carey.
 
Teasel's Tudor Trivia video on St David's Day can be found at https://youtu.be/xGPFqRCnBxY
Other videos on Margaret Tudor:
August 6 - – Margaret Tudor’s Secret Marriage - https://youtu.be/CEE88HDbM4M  October 18 - Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland - https://youtu.be/4MyX4SfN5IE 
Find out more about Henry Carey in this video - https://youtu.be/gcYG4d-6QeU
 
Videos about other Tudor events for these dates:
March 1 - George Wishart, a man with close friends and bitter enemies - https://youtu.be/EQhEftMQuCc 
March 1 - Thomas Campion died and was laid to rest - https://youtu.be/PEzda2lwj9Y
March 2 - Henry VIII and his motto "She has wounded my heart" - https://youtu.be/PEK-M0CLInA 
March 2 - Sir Thomas Bodley and the Bodleian Library - https://youtu.be/cDR9V-OH7s0
March 3 - A secret marriage for Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon? - https://youtu.be/yPlUHeSNi40
March 3 - Edward IV's son dies of a heart attack in the Tower of London - https://youtu.be/vcXWPbCLJ9w
March 4 - Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and Mary Boleyn star in the spectacular Chateau Vert Pageant - https://youtu.be/ChANxD0evtM
March 4 - William Bullokar and his 40-letter alphabet - https://youtu.be/n_GKQMR2myA  
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Catherine Howard's Execution - Fan Q&A

A big thank you to Naomi for her question regarding the executions of Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII, and Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford.
In Showtime's "The Tudors" series, it shows Jane Boleyn being executed first, but was that really the case?
Author and historian Claire Ridgway looks at what really happened on 13th February 1542 and also looks at whether Catherine really saw the heads of Francis Dereham and Thomas Culpeper on her way into the Tower, whether she practised with the block the night before her execution, and what the two women said as they addressed the crowd from the scaffold.
Book recommendation: Young and Damned and Fair by Gareth Russell, an excellent book on Catherine Howard.
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:https://youtu.be/jZsmPArUBTg

A literary patron and her husband, a chaplain dies at sea, and a pragmatic reformer pleases nobody

In this second part of This week on Tudor history for the week beginning 22nd February, historian and author Claire Ridgway introduces a literary patron and her husband, a clergyman who ended up dying on a voyage far from home and being buried at sea, and a famous reformer whose peacemaking and pragmatic approach failed to heal rifts and please people. Oh and he ended up being dug up and posthumously tried for heresy, and burnt!
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/ED-IG_znvZs
 
24th or 25th February 1618 - Death of Elizabeth Carey (née Spencer), Lady Hunsdon. Elizabeth was a renowned literary patron and was one of the Spencers of Althorp.
 
26th February 1548 - Birth of Elizabeth Carey's husband, Sir George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, and grandson of Mary Boleyn.
 
27th February 1583 - Death of clergyman and diarist Richard Madox at sea, near Espirito Santo harbour, near Vitória, Brazil. Madox was on a trading voyage at the time and kept a diary which is a wonderful source of the lead-up to the voyage and tthe voyage itself.
 
28th February/1st March 1551 - Death of Martin Bucer, the famous theologian and Protestant reformer at Cambridge. As well as his reform and works, Bucer was known for his peacemaking and pragmatic approach. He had good intentions, wanting to avoid schism, but he ended up not pleasing anyone.
 
Claire's video on the burning of the remains of Bucer and Fagius can be viewed at 
https://youtu.be/lwVXkWK3q-k
More "On this day" events for 25-28 February:
February 25 - The execution of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex - https://youtu.be/lQ0nFNgD74s
February 25 - Elizabeth I is excommunicated - https://youtu.be/sS__T7HLURM
February 26 – Christopher Marlowe – a rather colourful character! - https://youtu.be/QnT2Qp7RuXc
February 26 - The sad ends of loyal men - https://youtu.be/tSH2feVoYHQ
February 27 - The Battle of Ancrum Moor and a legendary stone - https://youtu.be/LMEowRAmMns
February 27 - The ends of three Catholics at Tyburn - https://youtu.be/zsUSrhyWnwA
February 28 - Thomas Forret, a chief heretic and teacher of heresy - https://youtu.be/f3_SnmqCcmk
February 28 and 29 - The fugitive wizard earl and an awful burning - https://youtu.be/UBeu4Gz9CNM
 
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10 facts about Elizabeth Boleyn, mother of Anne Boleyn

Elizabeth Boleyn was, of course, the mother of Queen Anne Boleyn, aunt of Queen Catherine Howard and grandmother of Queen Elizabeth I, but she's quite a shadowy historical figure.
 
Find out more about this Tudor lady in these 10 facts from Claire Ridgway, founder of The Anne Boleyn Files website and author of several books on the Boleyns. You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/CMX89l5Io9o
 
Claire is the founder of the Tudor Society, an online membership site for those who love Tudor history. There, you can learn from Claire and many other expert historians and authors, enjoy Tudor-focused magazines and live Q&A sessions with experts, and have access to all kinds of talks, articles, quizzes, virtual tours and more. Try it with a 14-day free trial - https://www.tudorsociety.com/signup/
 
Claire has written some bestselling Tudor history books:
 
On This Day in Tudor History - https://amzn.to/3oceahH
The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown - https://amzn.to/3m8KaSi
George Boleyn: Tudor Poet, Courtier and Diplomat - https://amzn.to/2TdwyZr
The Anne Boleyn Collection - https://amzn.to/3kiQc1T
The Anne Boleyn Collection II - https://amzn.to/3o9LUwi
The Anne Boleyn Collection III - https://amzn.to/3kiQc1T
The Life of Anne Boleyn Colouring Books - https://amzn.to/3jkJ5Vz
 
Claire has also done an online history course, The Life of Anne Boleyn, for MedievalCourses.com - https://medievalcourses.com/overview/life-anne-boleyn-mc06/
 
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Broken leg kills translator, Elizabeth of York's funeral, and an earl implicated in murder

In the first part of This Week in Tudor history for the week beginning 22nd February, historian and author Claire Ridgway talks about a translator killed by a broken leg, the lavish funeral of Elizabeth of York, and an earl who rose in the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I, but who was implicated in a murder in his final days.
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/N2Iq_TO5ySE
 
22nd February 1571, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I - The death of translator John Bury after breaking his leg in a fall from his horse.
 
23rd February 1503, in the reign of King Henry VII - The lavish funeral of Elizabeth of York, queen consort of Henry VII and mother of Henry VIII, at Westminster Abbey. It cost £3,000!
 
24th February 1540, in the reign of King Henry VIII - The birth of Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, a man who went through periods of disfavour in Elizabeth I's reign, and was imprisoned five times, but who rose in favour at the end of her reign and into James I's reign, but who, in his final days, was implicated in a murder.
 
Other videos on these dates in Tudor history:
February 22 - Marie de Guise, who avoided marrying Henry VIII! - https://youtu.be/_T0YqQX_-XM
February 22 - Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII lose their baby boy - https://youtu.be/uk3mpMrm_ak
February 23 - Job Throckmorton, a colourful and lucky character - https://youtu.be/URAyKk4Qodw
February 23 - What happened to Henry Grey's head? - https://youtu.be/xkyb5qTHSBU
February 24 - Katherine Howard, Elizabeth I's good friend - https://youtu.be/qvwXYt0kYos
February 24 - The Birth of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor - https://youtu.be/-QVYrBtojOs