Tudor History with Claire Ridgway

March 4 - William Bullokar and his 40-letter alphabet

 
On this day in history, 4th March 1609, Tudor spelling reformer and grammarian William Bullokar died at Chichester in West Sussex. 
 
William Bullokar is known for writing the first grammar book of English, the "Pamphlet for Grammar", and for his work reforming the alphabet to improve literacy. Find out more about him and what he did in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History".
 
Link to read “Bullokar’s booke at large, for the amendment of orthographie for English speech” - https://archive.org/details/bullokarsbookeat00bull/page/n6/mode/2up 
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
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Also on this day in Tudor history, 4th March 1522, at the court of Henry VIII, the Chateau Vert pageant took place. Anne Boleyn and Mary Boleyn were two of the participants in this lavish pageant, and you can find out all about it in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/ChANxD0evtM
 
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March 3 - Edward IV's son dies of a heart attack in the Tower of London

On this day in Tudor history, 3rd March 1542, Arthur Plantagenet, Lord Lisle, courtier, soldier, diplomat, administrator and illegitimate son of Edward IV, died of a heart attack after being informed of his release from the Tower of London. How very sad!
 
Find out all about Lord Lisle's background, his career in Henry VII and Henry VIII's reign, and how he came to imprisoned in the Tower of London, when he was probably innocent, 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/vcXWPbCLJ9w
 
3rd March is also one of the dates given in the French contemporary sources for the secret marriage of Mary Tudor, Queen of France, and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, in 1515. Claire looked into this in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/yPlUHeSNi40 
 
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March 2 - Sir Thomas Bodley and the Bodleian Library

 
On this day in Tudor history, 2nd March 1545, scholar, diplomat and founder of the Bodleian Library, Sir Thomas Bodley, was born in Exeter. 
 
Sir Thomas Bodley served as a diplomat in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, but he is most known for his re-founding of Oxford University Library and the Bodleian Library, and all the work he did on it. Find out all about him and his library in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society.
 
The Bodleian Library is world famous and you can have a virtual tour of this Oxford landmark in this video - https://youtu.be/TRscTmxMkfs
 
Also on this day in Tudor history, 2nd March 1522, there was a Shrovetide joust with the theme of unrequited love at the court of Henry VIII. You can find out more about this joust, and whether it had anything to do with Mary Boleyn, in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/PEK-M0CLInA 
 
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March 1 - George Wishart, a man with close friends and bitter enemies

On this day in Tudor history, 1st March 1546, Scottish evangelical preacher and martyr George Wishart was hanged and burned at St Andrews, Scotland. 
 
Wishart had been charged with 18 counts of heresy and although he answered each one he was condemned to death.
 
Find out more about this Scottish preacher, what he was accused of and his sad end 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/EQhEftMQuCc
 
Also on this day in Tudor history, 1st March 1620, Tudor poet, composer and physician Thomas Campion died and was laid to rest. Find out more in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/PEzda2lwj9Y 
 
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February 29 - Elizabeth I's "white gift" and "little black husband"

On this day in Tudor history, 29th February 1604, John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, died at at Lambeth Palace, the archbishop’s palace in London. He was the last Archbishop of Canterbury in Queen Elizabeth I's reign, and the queen called him her "white gift" and her "little black husband".
 
He is known for his religious disagreement, but also had a real heart for the poor. Find out more about Archbishop John Whitgift in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author on "On This Day in Tudor History".
 
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5lYNqM2RdM
Also on this day in Tudor history, 29th February 1528, Scotland’s first Protestant martyr was burned to death – theologian Patrick Hamilton. See last year’s video for 28th and 29th February - https://youtu.be/UBeu4Gz9CNM
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February 28 - Thomas Forret, a chief heretic and teacher of heresy

On this day in Tudor history, 28th February 1540, Protestant Thomas Forret was burned at the stake in Castle Hill, Edinburgh, in the presence of King James V.
 
Forret was a former Augustinian monk and had spent his career teaching the common people and helping those in need. How did he come to this awful end in Edinburgh? Find out all about Thomas Forret, and why he was accused of heresy, 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/f3_SnmqCcmk
 
Also on this day in history, 28th February 1525, the wizard earl, Gerald Fitzgerald, 11th Earl of Kildare, was born. He spent much of his life on the run and I tell you all about it in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/UBeu4Gz9CNM 

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:
https://youtu.be/zsUSrhyWnwA
 
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:
https://youtu.be/tSH2feVoYHQ
 
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