Tudor History with Claire Ridgway

March 25 - Margaret Clitherow, the Pearl of York, and her awful end

On this day in Tudor history, 25th March 1586, Good Friday and also Lady Day, the Feast of the Annunciation, Catholic martyr Margaret Clitherow (née Middleton), known as “the Pearl of York”, was pressed to death at the toll-booth on Ouse Bridge in York, under 7 or 8 hundredweight. She was executed for harbouring Catholic priests.
Warning - Claire shares an eye-witness account from Margaret's confessor and it gets quite graphic towards the end.
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:https://youtu.be/8RKxaGc4sHE
25th March, Lady Day, was the start of the calendar year in Tudor times. Here's a link to last year’s video - https://youtu.be/73k_gqClpFQ 

March 24 - Robert Rich and Penelope Devereux, an unhappy marriage

On this day in history, 24th March 1619, Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick, Tudor nobleman and politician, died at his London home, Warwick House in Holborn. He was laid to rest at Felsted Church in Essex. 
 
Rich was an incredibly wealthy man and a good catch for Penelope Devereux, sister of the Earl of Essex, but their marriage was unhappy and she had an affair. Find out more about Rich and his marriage in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History".
 
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Also on this day in Tudor history, 24th March 1603, Queen Elizabeth I died and King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England. Find out more about Elizabeth’s death in last year’s video, which I’ll give you a link to. https://youtu.be/9DNLNzDijSE
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March 23 - The last abbey is dissolved

On this day in Tudor history, 23rd March 1540, Waltham Abbey, an Augustinian house in Essex, was surrendered to the Crown. It was the last abbey to be dissolved in Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell's dissolution of the monasteries. 
 
Find out more about this historic abbey, its origins and what's left today, and also who profited from its lands, in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "Tudor Places of Great Britain".
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
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Also on this day in Tudor history, 23rd March 1534, the Pope issued a bull proclaiming Catherine of Aragon to be England's true queen and Mary the heir to the throne, while the English Parliament declared Anne Boleyn to be England's rightful queen and her daughter, Elizabeth, the heir. Find out more about this strange situation in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/h_j-UCM8V6E 

March 22 - William Bourne, his life and his submarine

On this day in Tudor history, 22nd March 1582, gunner, mathematician and writer, William Bourne was buried at Gravesend in Kent. 
 
This popular author, who was able to explain technical matters for the common man in his books, was also a gunner, mathematician and inventor, yet he received no university education. He also drew plans for a submarine, although he never built it.
 
Find out more about the fascinating William Bourne and his works 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/m_Q6DgGntbM
 
Also on this day in Tudor history, 22nd March 1519, Catherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk and wife of Charles Brandon, Henry VIII’s best friend, was born. You can find out more about her, and hear a story about her little dog, in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/dVz3KEzvYso 
 
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March 21 - Elizabeth I takes to her bed

On this day in Tudor history, 21st March 1603, a dying Queen Elizabeth I finally took to her bed.
 
Elizabeth I had been queen since November 1558, but now she was dying. She had deep-rooted melancholy, couldn't sleep and was refusing to eat. She spent her days lying on cushions in her withdrawing chamber. But on 21st March, she was finally persuaded to go to bed.
 
Find out more about these last days in this talk from Claire Ridgway, author of several Tudor history books.
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
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Link to last year’s video from 24th March for more details on Queen Elizabeth I’s final days and death, and also some of her achievements as queen - https://youtu.be/9DNLNzDijSE 
 
Also on this day in Tudor history, 21st March 1556, Thomas Cranmer, former Archbishop of Canterbury, was burnt at the stake for heresy in Oxford. Find out more in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/7P-aGWg92qk 
 
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March 20 - St Cuthbert Mayne, an Elizabethan priest and martyr

 
On this day in Tudor history, 20th March 1544, Cuthbert Mayne (Main/Maine) or St Cuthbert Mayne, Roman Catholic priest and martyr, was baptised in Youlston in North Devon.
Cuthbert Mayne has gone down in history as the first seminary priest to be martyred. He was hanged, drawn and quartered at Launceston on 30th November 1577, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
Let Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society, tell you a bit more about this Elizabethan martyr.
Also on this day in Tudor history, 20th March 1549, Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron of Sudeley, was executed by beheading on Tower Hill. Find out more about his sticky end in last year's video - https://youtu.be/-NROmIAjYUY 

March 19 - Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell

On this day in Tudor history, 19th March 1568, Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell, died. She was around fifty years old at her death. 
 
Elizabeth was the sister of a queen, and a lord protector, and two of her brothers were executed as traitors, but what else do we know about Elizabeth Seymour and how is she linked to the Cromwell family and a portrait once thought to be of Queen Catherine Howard?
 
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:
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Also on this day in Tudor history, 19th March 1563, Arthur Brooke, the man who wrote the very first version of the story of Romeo and Juliet in English, died in a shipwreck off the coast of Sussex. Find out more about him and his version of the story in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/JPWurAHjsGw
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March 18 - Elizabeth I is arrested

On this day in Tudor history, 18th March 1554, Palm Sunday, the twenty-year-old Lady Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth I) was escorted by barge from her home at Whitehall Palace along the River Thames to the Tower of London, and imprisoned there. 
 
Elizabeth had been implicated in Wyatt's Rebellion, a rebellion that sought to depose Queen Mary I and put Elizabeth, the queen's half-sister, on the throne in her place.
 
Where was Elizabeth imprisoned? What happened to her? Find out more about Elizabeth's arrest and her time in the Tower of London in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History".
 
Book recommendation: "Elizabeth: Apprenticeship" by David Starkey.Link to read "The Miraculous Preservation...." - https://www.exclassics.com/foxe/foxe431.htm May 19 – Elizabeth’s release from the Tower - https://youtu.be/QFJx0u3nx_s 
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
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Also on this day in Tudor history, 18th March 1496, Henry VIII's beloved sister, Mary Tudor, Queen of France, was born at Richmond Palace. Find out all about her in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/Caoll3Fhv7s