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 11 - Sir Maurice Berkeley and his royal career
On this day in Tudor history, 11th August 1581, Sir Maurice Berkeley, former gentleman usher of Henry VIII's Privy Chamber, died.
You may not have heard of Sir Maurice Berkeley, but he had a wonder…
00:05:58 |
Mon 10 Aug 2020
August 10 - Drownings at London Bridge
On this day in Tudor history, 10th August 1553, the same day that Queen Mary I held requiem mass for the soul of her late half-brother, Edward VI, seven men died at London Bridge. They were drowned.
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00:06:41 |
Sun 09 Aug 2020
August 9 - Elizabeth I's words cause horror among her clergy
On this day in Tudor history, 9th August 1561, while on a visit to Ipswich, in Suffolk, Queen Elizabeth I issued a royal mandate forbidding women to reside in cathedrals and colleges.
Although she wa…
00:05:35 |
Sat 08 Aug 2020
August 8 - Edward VI's Burial
On this day in Tudor history, 8th August 1553, fifteen-year-old King Edward VI was buried in Henry VII’s Lady Chapel in Westminster Abbey in a funeral service performed by Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop …
00:05:30 |
Fri 07 Aug 2020
August 7 - Mary, Queen of Scotland sets off for a new life in France
On this day in Tudor history, 7th August 1548, five-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots set sail from Dumbarton in Scotland bound for France.
A marriage had been agreed between Mary and Francis, the Dau…
00:04:18 |
Thu 06 Aug 2020
August 6 - Margaret Tudor's secret marriage
On this day in Tudor history, 6th August 1514, Margaret Tudor, sister of Henry VIII and Regent of Scotland, married for a second time.
The widow of King James IV of Scotland married Archibald Dougl…
00:07:22 |
Wed 05 Aug 2020
August 5 - Two brothers killed in suspicious circumstances
On this day in Tudor history, 5th August 1600, John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie, and his brother, Alexander Ruthven, Master of Ruthven, were killed in mysterious circumstances at Gowrie House near Pe…
00:06:57 |
Tue 04 Aug 2020
August 4 - Rebels fight most valiantly
On this day in Tudor history, 4th August 1549, in the reign of King Edward VI, the Battle of Woodbury Common, part of the Prayer Book Rebellion, took place on Woodbury Common, near the village of Woo…
00:03:27 |
Mon 03 Aug 2020
August 3 - A notorious Tudor rake!
On this day in Tudor history, 3rd August 1562, Essex magnate and notorious rake, John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford, died at his home, Hedingham Castle in Essex.
Oxford served four Tudor monarchs an…
00:06:46 |
Sun 02 Aug 2020
August 2 - Spaniards land in Cornwall and cause trouble
On 2nd August 1595, as part of the Anglo-Spanish War of 1585-1604, four galleys containing somewhere between 200 and 400 Spanish soldiers landed at Mount's Bay on the coast of western Cornwall.
Th…
00:05:14 |
Sat 01 Aug 2020
August 1 - A young blind woman is burnt for heresy
On this day in Tudor history, 1st August 1556, a blind woman named Joan Waste was burnt in Derby for heresy after she refused to recant her Protestant faith.
Joan was just twenty-two when she died …
00:05:57 |
Fri 31 Jul 2020
July 31 - Henry Grey, father of Lady Jane Grey, is released from the Tower
On this day in Tudor history, 31st July 1553, Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, was “discharged out of the Tower by the Earle of Arundell and had the Quenes pardon.”
Suffolk had, of course, been impriso…
00:07:02 |
Thu 30 Jul 2020
July 30 - Elizabeth leaves Somerset House to meet Mary
On this day in Tudor history, 30th July 1553, Elizabeth, daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, left her new home, Somerset House, to ride to Wanstead and greet her half-sister, Mary, who'd bee…
00:04:51 |
Wed 29 Jul 2020
July 29 - England's clever tactics against the Spanish Armada
On this day in Tudor history, 29th July 1588, the English naval fleet attacked the Spanish Armada in a battle known as the Battle of Gravelines.
England defeated Spain and it was down to the new ta…
00:03:20 |
Tue 28 Jul 2020
July 28 - A botched execution for Thomas Cromwell
On this day in Tudor history, 28th July 1540, the same day that Henry VIII married Catherine Howard, Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, the king’s former chief advisor, was beheaded on Tower Hill having…
00:05:21 |
Mon 27 Jul 2020
July 27 - A Welshman comes to a sticky end on Anglesey
On this day in Tudor history, 27th July 1593, Roman Catholic priest and martyr, Blessed William Davies, was hanged, drawn and quartered at Beaumaris Castle on the Island of Anglesey.
You may not h…
00:07:19 |
Sun 26 Jul 2020
July 26 - Anne Boleyn and St Anne
Today, 26th July, is the feast day of St Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus Christ. Happy St Anne's Day to any Annes or Annas out there! Have a wonderful day!
St Anne was very…
00:04:41 |
Sat 25 Jul 2020
July 25 - A fool gets into big trouble
On this day in Tudor history, 25th July 1535, the Feast of St James, Eustace Chapuys, the imperial ambassador wrote about a furious King Henry VIII who’d apparently been nearly driven to commit murde…
00:04:42 |
Fri 24 Jul 2020
July 24 - Richard Hesketh and his plot to depose Elizabeth I
On this day in Tudor history, 24th July 1553, merchant and conspirator Richard Hesketh was born in Lancashire. Hesketh is known for the Hesketh Plot of 1593, when he urged Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Ear…
00:04:47 |
Thu 23 Jul 2020
July 23 - Baby Mary, Queen of Scots escapes with her mother
On this day in Tudor history, 23rd July 1543, or 24th according to some sources, Marie de Guise and her baby daughter, Mary, Queen of Scots, escaped from Linlithgow Palace, helped by Cardinal David B…
00:05:34 |
Wed 22 Jul 2020
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