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
July 22 - Playwright Edward Sharpham and his Cupid's Whirligig
On this day in Tudor history, 22nd July 1576, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, playwright and pamphleteer, Edward Sharpham, was baptised at Colehanger, East Allington, in Devon. Sharpham is thought…
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Tue 21 Jul 2020
July 21 - The arrest of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland
On this day in Tudor history, 21st July, 1553, just days after he’d left London with an army to apprehend Mary, half-sister of the late king, Edward VI, John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland was arrest…
00:08:31 |
Mon 20 Jul 2020
July 20 - Queen Claude of France
On this day in history, 20th July 1524, Queen Claude of France, consort of Francis I, died at the age of just twenty-four at the Royal Chateau of Blois. She was temporarily laid to rest there and the…
00:05:51 |
Sun 19 Jul 2020
July 19 - The sinking of the Mary Rose
On this day in Tudor history, 19th July 1545, Henry VIII’s flagship, the Mary Rose, sank right in front of his eyes in the Battle of the Solent between the English and French fleets.
But why did th…
00:06:10 |
Sat 18 Jul 2020
July 18 - Queen Jane is betrayed and Queen Mary wins
On this day in Tudor history, 18th July 1553, while her father-in-law and his forces made their way from Cambridge to Bury St Edmunds to stand against the forces of Mary, and Jane was busy writing to…
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Fri 17 Jul 2020
July 17 - Richard Carew, a multi-talented man
On this day in Tudor history, 17th July 1555, Richard Carew, was born at Antony House, Torpoint, in Cornwall.
As well as serving his county and country in several offices, Carew was also an antiqua…
00:04:16 |
Thu 16 Jul 2020
July 16 - The death of Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of Henry VIII
On this day in Tudor history, 16th July 1557, forty-one-year-old Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of King Henry VIII, died at her home, Chelsea Old Manor. She'd been ill for a few months.
Anne of Cleves…
00:05:28 |
Wed 15 Jul 2020
July 15 - The Newbury Martyrs
On this day in Tudor history, 15th July 1556, the trial of Julins Palmer, John Gwyn and Thomas Robyns, men now known as the Newbury Martyrs, opened at St Nicholas Church in Newbury. The men were accu…
00:05:39 |
Tue 14 Jul 2020
July 14 - Richard Taverner and his Bible
On this day in Tudor history, 14th July 1575, evangelical reformer and translator, Richard Taverner, died at Woodeaton in Oxfordshire. He was laid to rest in the parish church at Woodeaton.
Richard…
00:05:23 |
Mon 13 Jul 2020
July 13 - Unease among Queen Jane's councillors
On this day in Tudor history, 13th July 1553, while John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, was preparing to leave London to apprehend the late Henry VIII’s daughter, Mary, members of the new Queen Jane…
00:04:24 |
Sun 12 Jul 2020
July 12 - Men flock to Mary's cause and Jane makes a mistake
On this day in Tudor history, 12th July 1553, Mary (future Mary I) moved from Kenninghall to Framlingham and set about rallying support. Sir Thomas Cornwallis was able to intercept her on her journey…
00:04:27 |
Sat 11 Jul 2020
July 11 - Men change sides from Queen Jane to Mary
On this day in history, 11th July 1553, in Ipswich, Suffolk, Sir Thomas Cornwallis, sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, Lord Thomas Wentworth, and some other prominent Suffolk gentlemen declared for Quee…
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Fri 10 Jul 2020
July 10 - The Throckmorton Plot against Elizabeth I
On this day in Tudor history, 10th July 1584, Catholic conspirator, Francis Throckmorton, was executed at Tyburn for high treason after the Throckmorton Plot had been discovered.
The Throckmorton P…
00:05:40 |
Thu 09 Jul 2020
July 9 - Mary wants to avoid bloodshed and vengeance
On this day in Tudor history, 9th July 1553, three days after the death of her half-brother, King Edward VI, and the day after she'd proclaimed herself queen at her estate at Kenninghall, Mary (futur…
00:06:25 |
Wed 08 Jul 2020
July 8 - Thomas Boleyn's important duty
On this day in Tudor history, on 8th July 1503, during the reign of King Henry VII, Thomas Boleyn, father of Anne Boleyn, left Collyweston in Northamptonshire to undertake an important job for the ki…
00:04:55 |
Tue 07 Jul 2020
July 7 - William Turner, Father of English botany
On this day in Tudor history, 7th July 1568, naturalist, herbalist, ornithologist, reformer and physician, William Turner, died. Turner is known as “the father of English botany and of ornithology”, …
00:06:39 |
Mon 06 Jul 2020
July 6 - The execution of Sir Thomas More
On this day in Tudor history, Tuesday 6th July 1535, Henry VIII’s former friend and Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, was beheaded on Tower Hill as a traitor.
In today's talk, historian Claire Rid…
00:08:39 |
Sun 05 Jul 2020
July 5 - Sir Thomas More's last letter
On this day in Tudor history, 5th July 1535, Henry VIII’s former Lord Chancellor and good friend, Sir Thomas More, wrote his final letter.
More's last letter was addressed to his beloved daughter M…
00:09:09 |
Sat 04 Jul 2020
July 4 - Gregory Cromwell - who was he?
On this day in Tudor history, 4th July 1551, Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell, died of sweating sickness at Launde Abbey in Leicestershire. He was laid to rest at the abbey’s chapel on 7th July.
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00:05:53 |
Fri 03 Jul 2020
July 3 - Pretender Perkin Warbeck lands
On this day in Tudor history, 3rd July 1495, the pretender Perkin Warbeck landed at Deal in Kent with men and ships. In the ensuing battle, the Battle of Deal, with Kentish men who supported King Hen…
00:06:29 |
Thu 02 Jul 2020
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