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
June 12 - Thomas Cromwell's quaking hand and most sorrowful heart
On this day in Tudor history, 12th June 1540, a clearly frightened Thomas Cromwell, who was imprisoned in the Tower of London following his arrest on 10th June for treason, wrote to King Henry VIII r…
00:05:41 |
Thu 11 Jun 2020
June 11 - St Barnabas Day and garlands
Happy St Barnabas Day!
Yes, 11th June is the Feast of St Barnabas, a feast day that was celebrated by the Tudors by decorating churches with garlands of flowers.
Find out more about St Barnabas a…
00:04:32 |
Wed 10 Jun 2020
June 10 - Elizabeth I's Frog
On this day in Tudor history, 10th June 1584, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Francis, Duke of Anjou and Alençon, died in Paris. It is thought that he died of malaria.
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00:07:20 |
Tue 09 Jun 2020
June 9 - William Paget, a man who served 4 monarchs
On this day in Tudor history, 9th or 10th June 1563, William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, diplomat and administrator, died, probably at his estate of West Drayton in Middlesex.
By his death, he'd serve…
00:07:16 |
Mon 08 Jun 2020
June 8 - Elizabeth Woodville
On this day in Tudor history, 8th June 1492, in the reign of King Henry VII, Elizabeth Woodville, died at Bermondsey Abbey.
Elizabeth Woodville was the wife of King Edward IV and mother of Elizabet…
00:08:52 |
Sun 07 Jun 2020
June 7 - A water pageant for Jane Seymour
On this day in Tudor history, 7th June 1536, there were celebrations for England’s new queen, Jane Seymour, third wife of King Henry VIII.
The celebrations consisted of a river pageant on the River T…
00:03:55 |
Sat 06 Jun 2020
June 6 - Trouble brews in Bodmin
On this day in Tudor history, 6th June 1549, an army of rebels assembled at Bodmin in Cornwall, and there was a town meeting in which the rebels' demands were put forward.
What were these rebels rebe…
00:06:15 |
Fri 05 Jun 2020
June 5 - Maria de Salinas, Catherine of Aragon's friend
On this day in Tudor history, 5th June 1516, Spaniard Maria de Salinas married William, 10th Lord Willoughby of Eresby.
Maria and William were the parents of Catherine Willoughby, who went on to ma…
00:04:31 |
Thu 04 Jun 2020
June 4 - Lightning strikes St Paul's
On the afternoon of this day in Tudor history, Wednesday 4th June 1561, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, London was hit by a tremendous thunderstorm. Fires caused by lightning strikes destroyed one…
00:07:04 |
Wed 03 Jun 2020
June 3 - The Royal Supremacy
On this day in Tudor history, 3rd June 1535, Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's vicar-general, issued orders regarding the royal supremacy to the bishops of the kingdom.
But what was the royal supr…
00:04:59 |
Tue 02 Jun 2020
June 2 - Queen Jane Seymour
On this day in Tudor history, 2nd June 1536, Jane Seymour made her first public appearance at Greenwich Palace.
She'd married King Henry VIII on 30th May, and this public appearance was just two week…00:05:24 |
Mon 01 Jun 2020
June 1 - Christopher Marlowe's death and inquest
On this day in Tudor history, 1st June 1593, the inquest into the death of playwright, poet and translator Christopher Marlowe took place.
Twenty-nine-year-old Marlowe, writer of such famous works…
00:06:55 |
Sun 31 May 2020
May 31 - Henry VIII's annulment and a special Blackfriars court
On this day in Tudor history, 31st May 1529, a special legatine court opened at Blackfriars in London. The court’s purpose was to hear the case for an annulment of Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine …
00:04:58 |
Sat 30 May 2020
May 30 - Knights of the Bath for Anne Boleyn's coronation
On this day in Tudor history, on the night of 30th/31st May 1533, as part of the celebrations for Queen Anne Boleyn’s coronation, which was scheduled for 1st June, eighteen men were created Knights o…
00:04:33 |
Fri 29 May 2020
May 29 - John Penry and his scandalous writings
On this day in Tudor history, 29th May 1593, Welsh religious controversialist, and a man regarded by Welsh historians as the pioneer of Welsh nonconformity, John Penry was hanged at St Thomas-a-Water…
00:07:42 |
Thu 28 May 2020
May 28 - The Spanish Armada sets sail
On this day in Tudor history, 28th May 1588, the Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon in Portugal bound for the Spanish Netherlands.
With the Pope's blessing, King Philip II was going to invade Engl…
00:06:33 |
Wed 27 May 2020
May 27 - Margaret Pole's botched execution
On this day in Tudor history, 27th May 1541, the frail sixty-seven-year-old Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, was executed at the Tower of London.
The former governess of Princess Mary had an a…
00:05:50 |
Tue 26 May 2020
May 26 - Henry VIII and Charles V meet
On this day in Tudor history, 26th May 1520, in the lead-up to King Henry VIII’s meeting with Francis I of France at the Field of Cloth of Gold, the English king met with his nephew Charles V, Holy R…
00:04:27 |
Mon 25 May 2020
May 25 - A great shaking of the ground - a Tudor earthquake
On this day in Tudor history, 25th May 1551, at around noon, Croydon and several Surrey villages, in the south of England, experienced a “great shaking of the ground”, in other words, an earthquake.
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00:09:23 |
Sun 24 May 2020
May 24 - The Life of Anne Askew
On this day in Tudor history, 24th May 1546, letters were sent from the Privy Council to the future Protestant martyr Anne Askew and her estranged husband Thomas Kyme.
The couple were ordered to a…
00:09:14 |
Sat 23 May 2020
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