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
October 29 - Henry VIII bids farewell to his "loving brother"
October 28 - Ivan the Terrible writes a rude letter to Elizabeth I
October 27 - She shot pistols, flirted and took tobacco!
October 26 - Rain stops rebels going to battle
October 25 - Twin saints and a local legend
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October 24 - Roanoke, the lost colony
October 23 - The Dissolution of the Monasteries and its sad impact
On this day in Tudor history, 23rd October 1538, Thomas Goldwell, Prior of Christchurch, Canterbury, wrote to Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII’s chief advisor, regarding the forthcoming dissolution of his…
October 22 - Treason or a malicious woman making things up
October 21 - A herald, armed peasants and a rebel leader
October 20 - A countess twice over
Mary is an interesting Tudor lady. Not only did she serve at least two of Henr…
October 19 - An important European marriage
October 18 - Freedom for Elizabeth at last!
On this day in Tudor history, 18th October 1555, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, finally received permission from her half-sister, Queen Mary I, to leave court and travel to her ow…
October 17 - An English spy who suffered torture and execution in Rome
Marsh came to a sticky end, being burned to death in Rome's Campo de…
October 16 - A meeting between two kings is arranged
October 15 - A Welsh teacher and poet is executed
On this day in Tudor history, 15th October 1584, schoolteacher and Welsh language poet, Richard Gwyn (Richard White), was hanged, drawn and quartered for high treason at Wrexham in Wales due to his C…
October 14 - Sir Thomas Chaloner and his very strong teeth!
On this day in Tudor history, 14th October 1565, diplomat and poet, Sir Thomas Chaloner the Elder, died at his home in Clerkenwell, London. He was just forty-four years old. He’d served four Tudor mo…
October 13 - Mary I's secret meetings with ambassadors in disguise
October 12 - A revenge assassination by bandits in Wales
On this day in Tudor history, 12th October 1555, Lewis Owen, member of Parliament and administrator in Wales, was assassinated on Dugoed Mawddwy, a mountain pass.
Owen was murdered by a group of ban…
October 11 - Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn set sail for Calais
October 10 - The funeral of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, Elizabeth I's favourite
On this day in Tudor history, 10th October 1588, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, was buried in the Beauchamp Chapel of the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick, according to his instructions.
His …