Tudor History with Claire Ridgway
On this day in Tudor history podcasts from Claire Ridgway.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 6 minutes
- Episodes
- 1041
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
December 8 - Anne Boleyn's Master of the Horse
On this day in Tudor history, 8th December 1538, courtier and Master of the Horse to Queens Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour, Sir William Coffin, died at Standon in Hertfordshire.
It is thought that h…
00:07:35 |
Mon 07 Dec 2020
December 7 - A rebel (or courageous leader) comes to a sticky end
On this day in Tudor history, 7th December 1549, rebel leader Robert Kett was hanged from the walls of Norwich Castle after being found guilty of treason. His brother William was hanged the same day,…
00:06:07 |
Sun 06 Dec 2020
December 6 - An important man who managed to die a natural death
On this day in Tudor history, 6th December 1573, soldier and administrator, Sir Hugh Paulet, died at his home in Hinton St George in Somerset.
He distinguished himself as a soldier in Henry VIII's…
00:07:07 |
Sat 05 Dec 2020
December 5 - Mary Queen of Scots' husband dies of an ear infection
On this day in Tudor history, 5th December 1560, King Francis II of France, died at the age of just 15. Francis was King Consort of Scotland, as the husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, and his father ha…
00:07:05 |
Fri 04 Dec 2020
December 4 - Murder made to look like suicide!
On this day in Tudor history, 4th December 1514, merchant tailor and leading member of the Lollard community in London, Richard Hunne died while imprisoned in the Lollard's Tower at St Paul's.
Hun…
00:08:06 |
Thu 03 Dec 2020
December 3 - Roger North, a man close to Robert Dudley and Queen Elizabeth I
On this day in Tudor history, 3rd December 1600, sixty-nine-year-old peer and politician Roger North, 2nd Baron North, died at his London home.
North was a good friend of Robert Dudley, Earl of Lei…
00:08:06 |
Wed 02 Dec 2020
December 2 - Elizabeth I relents and agrees to execute Mary, Queen of Scots
On this day in Tudor history, 2nd December 1586, following a joint petition from the Houses of Lords and Commons, Elizabeth I finally agreed to a public proclamation of sentence against Mary, Queen o…
00:08:57 |
Tue 01 Dec 2020
December 1 - A Catholic priest is tortured then executed
On this day in Tudor history, 1st December 1581, twenty-five year old Roman Catholic priest Alexander Briant was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, along with Ralph Sherwin and Edmund Campion.
…
00:07:01 |
Mon 30 Nov 2020
November 30 - Elizabeth I's Golden Speech brings men to tears
On this day in Tudor history, 30th November 1601, sixty-eight-year-old Queen Elizabeth I delivered her famous Golden Speech to the House of Commons.
In this final speech to Parliament, Elizabeth s…
00:14:23 |
Sun 29 Nov 2020
November 29 - A courtier who served in four monarchs' reign and died a natural death!
On this day in Tudor history, 29th November 1528, nobleman and courtier, Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, was born.
Montagu began his court career with the help of his father in Henry VIII's r…
00:08:30 |
Sat 28 Nov 2020
November 28 - A drowned agent carrying gold for Mary, Queen of Scots
On this day in Tudor history, 28th November 1565, member of Parliament and political agent Francis Yaxley set sail for Scotland from Antwerp.
Sadly, Yaxley's ship was wrecked in a storm and he nev…
00:07:20 |
Fri 27 Nov 2020
November 27 - Former monk burnt at stake for importing books
On this day in Tudor history, 27th November 1531, former Benedictine monk and reformist, Richard Bayfield, was burnt at the stake at Smithfield for heresy after Sir Thomas More had caught him importi…
00:08:11 |
Thu 26 Nov 2020
November 26 - The first men executed under Elizabeth I's new law
On this day in Tudor history, 26th November 1585, Catholic priest Hugh Taylor and his friend Marmaduke Bowes were hanged at York.
They were the first men executed under Elizabeth I's 1585 statute w…
They were the first men executed under Elizabeth I's 1585 statute w…
00:04:50 |
Wed 25 Nov 2020
November 25 - A vicious man who saved an archbishop
On this day in Tudor history, 25th November 1545, lawyer, member of Parliament, diplomat and ecclesiastical administrator, Sir Thomas Legh, died.
Legh was a faithful servant to King Henry VIII, but…
Legh was a faithful servant to King Henry VIII, but…
00:06:39 |
Wed 25 Nov 2020
November 24 - John Knox, famous Scottish reformer and royal chaplain
On this day in Tudor history, 24th November 1572, John Knox, the Scottish clergyman, famous Reformer , royal chaplain, and founder of Presbyterianism, died at his home in Edinburgh as his second wife…
00:10:06 |
Mon 23 Nov 2020
November 23 - A plot to poison Elizabeth i's saddle and Essex's chair
On this day in Tudor history, 23rd November 1598, scrivener and sailor Edward Squire was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn for treason after being accused of plotting with Jesuits in Seville to p…
00:06:35 |
Sun 22 Nov 2020
November 22 - Explorer Sir Martin Frobisher dies of gangrene
On this day in Tudor history, 22nd November 1594, naval commander, privateer and explorer, Sir Martin Frobisher, died at Plymouth. He died of gangrene after having been shot in the thigh during hand-…
00:10:07 |
Sat 21 Nov 2020
November 21 - John Bale, a churchman and playwright who courted controversy
On this day in Tudor history, 21st November 1495, churchman, Protestant playwright, historian and Bishop of Ossory, John Bale was born in Suffolk.
Bale wrote twenty-four plays, and a book on famou…
00:08:16 |
Fri 20 Nov 2020
November 20 - Elizabeth I's godson and his flush toilet
On this day in history, 20th November 1612, in the reign of King James I, courtier and author Sir John Harington died.
Why am I talking about a man who died in the Stuart period?
Well, because he …
Why am I talking about a man who died in the Stuart period?
Well, because he …
00:07:42 |
Thu 19 Nov 2020
November 19 - Lord John Grey and how he escaped the axeman
On this day in Tudor history, 19th November 1564, Lord John Grey, youngest son of Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, died.
He's not the Lord John Grey of the wonderful Outlander series, but he i…
00:06:31 |
Wed 18 Nov 2020
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