26 May - A wife and mother of poets

On this day in history, 26th May 1621, Barbara Sidney (née Gamage), Countess of Leicester, was buried at Penshurst.

Find out about this Tudor lady, whose marriage was the concern of several prominent Tudor men and who ended up marrying an Elizabethan poet.

You  can view this short on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9rKJBsk_oj4