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
- 1042
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
August 31 - The Bloody Flux
On this day in Tudor history, 31st August 1545, a contagious disease known as the 'Bloody flux' hit the port of Portsmouth, killing many of the men serving on the ships in its port.
But what was th…
00:05:55 |
Sun 30 Aug 2020
August 30 - The Treaty of the More
On this day in Tudor history, 30th August 1525, the Treaty of the More was agreed between King Henry VIII of England and Louise of Savoy, who was acting as regent for her son, King Francis I of Franc…
00:04:46 |
Sat 29 Aug 2020
August 29 - The Feast of the beheading of St John the Baptist
Today, 29th August, is the Feast of the beheading of St John the Baptist. Lovely!
In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History", shares the story behind this Tudor holy …
00:04:40 |
Fri 28 Aug 2020
August 28 - Robert Dudley's last letter to Elizabeth I
On this day in Tudor history, 28th August 1588, an ailing Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, wrote his final letter to his queen and childhood friend, Elizabeth I. He wrote it while on his way to Buxt…
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Thu 27 Aug 2020
August 27 - The Battle of St Quentin
On this day in Tudor history, 27th August 1557, St Quentin was stormed by English and Imperial forces. Admiral de Coligny and his French troops, numbering only a thousand, were overcome by around 60,…
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Wed 26 Aug 2020
August 26 - A devastated Mary I prepares to be abandoned
On this day in Tudor history, 26th August 1555, Queen Mary I and her husband, Philip of Spain, departed from Whitehall in preparation for Philip's return to the Low Countries.
This was an awful tim…
00:10:33 |
Tue 25 Aug 2020
August 25 - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk and uncle of two queens
On this day in history, 25th August 1554, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, magnate, soldier and uncle of Queens Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, died of natural causes at his home of Kenninghall …
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Mon 24 Aug 2020
August 24 - Cecily of York, daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville
On this day in Tudor history, 24th August 1507, Cecily of York, Viscountess Welles, died at Hatfield in Hertfordshire. She was buried at “the friars”.
Cecil was, of course, the daughter of King Edw…
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Sun 23 Aug 2020
August 23 - The Siege of Haddington
On this day in Tudor history, 23rd August 1548, Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, arrived at the Siege of Haddington, in East Lothian, Scotland, with a large army. This siege was part of the An…
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Sat 22 Aug 2020
August 22 - The end of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland
On this day in Tudor history, 22nd August 1553, John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, was beheaded on Tower Hill for his part in putting his daughter-in-law, Lady Jane Grey, on the throne. Northumberl…
00:06:32 |
Fri 21 Aug 2020
August 21 - A sad end to a bishop whose career spanned the reigns of three kings
On this day in Tudor history, 21st August 1536, two months after he was forced to resign his bishopric, Robert Sherborne (Sherborn), former Bishop of Chichester, died at Chichester. He was buried in …
00:08:53 |
Thu 20 Aug 2020
August 20 - A proxy wedding for King James VI in Denmark
On this day in Tudor history, 20th August 1589, twenty-three-year-old King James VI of Scotland married fourteen-year-old Anne of Denmark by proxy at Kronborg Castle, Helsingør, Denmark.
James had …
00:06:28 |
Wed 19 Aug 2020
August 19 - A defiant but polite Mary I
On this day in Tudor history, 19th August 1551, Princess Mary, the future Mary I, wrote to her half-brother King Edward VI regarding orders that he had sent, orders that she was not going to obey.
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00:08:48 |
Tue 18 Aug 2020
August 18 - The trial of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland
On this day in Tudor history, 18th August 1553, less than a month after his daughter-in-law, Lady Jane Grey or Queen Jane, had been overthrown by Queen Mary I, John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, wa…
00:06:36 |
Mon 17 Aug 2020
August 17 - Henry VIII's Latin secretary dies of sweating sickness
On this day in Tudor history, 17th August 1517, Italian humanist scholar, cleric and poet, Andreas Ammonius died in London from sweating sickness. He was laid to rest at St Stephen's, Westminster.
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Sun 16 Aug 2020
August 16 - The Norrises lose another two sons in the Queen's service
On this day in Tudor history, 16th August 1599, soldier and Lord President of Munster in Ireland, Sir Thomas Norris, died at his home, Mallow Castle, in Cork, as a result of an injury he’d sustained …
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Sat 15 Aug 2020
August 15 - The Oaten Hill Martyrs
On his day in Tudor history, 15th August 1588, Catholics Robert Wilcox, Edward Campion, Christopher Buxton and Robert Widmerpool were examined while imprisoned in the Marshalsea prison in Southwark, …
00:05:04 |
Fri 14 Aug 2020
August 14 - William Parr, brother of Queen Catherine Parr
On this day in Tudor history, 14th August 1513, William Parr, Marquess of Northampton and brother of Queen Catherine Parr, was born.
William Parr is a fascinating man. He had a wonderful court car…
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Thu 13 Aug 2020
August 13 - The sad ends of Friar Conn O'Rourke and Partick O'Healey, Bishop of Mayo
On this day in Tudor history, 13th August 1579, Roman Catholics Friar Conn, or Connatius, O'Rourke and Patrick O'Healy, Bishop of Mayo, were hanged just outside Kilmallock, co. Limerick.
So despera…
00:05:27 |
Wed 12 Aug 2020
August 12 - Ursula Pole, Baroness Stafford, daughter of Margaret Pole
On this day in Tudor history, 12th August 1570, Lady Ursula Stafford died. She was the daughter of the late Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, sister of Cardinal Reginald Pole, and wife of Henry S…
00:04:02 |
Tue 11 Aug 2020
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