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
May 23 - Elizabeth the prisoner, "Much suspected by me, Nothing proved can be"
On this day in Tudor history, 23rd May 1554, Elizabeth, daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, arrived at the Palace of Woodstock in Oxfordshire, where she was placed under hou…
00:08:03 |
Fri 22 May 2020
May 22 - New Garter Knights
On this day in Tudor history, 22nd May 1541, following their elections on St George’s Day, 23rd April 1541, Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford; Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey; Sir John Gage, and Sir Anth…
00:08:09 |
Thu 21 May 2020
May 21 - 81-year-old Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk
On this day in Tudor history, 21st May 1524, in the reign of King Henry VIII, courtier, magnate and soldier, Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, died at Framlingham Castle in Suffolk. He was about 8…
00:11:36 |
Wed 20 May 2020
May 20 - A cardinal’s hat for a headless man
On this day in Tudor history, 20th May 1535, Pope Paul III made John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale, and arranged to have his cardinal's hat sent to him.
The pope hoped …
00:04:57 |
Tue 19 May 2020
May 19 - A dispensation for Henry VIII to marry wife number three
On this day in Tudor history, 19th May 1536, Queen Anne Boleyn was executed within the confines of the Tower of London.
It must have been an incredibly hard day for the queen's friend, Archbishop T…
00:07:30 |
Mon 18 May 2020
May 18 - Rebel William Thomas comes to a bad end
On this day in Tudor history, 18th May 1554, in the reign of Queen Mary I, scholar and administrator, William Thomas, was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn for his alleged involvement in Wyatt's …
00:06:13 |
Sun 17 May 2020
May 17 - Anthony Bacon, a Tudor spy
On this day in Tudor history, 17th May 1601, Anthony Bacon was buried in St Olave's, London.
You might have heard of Francis Bacon, but his brother, Anthony Bacon, was rather interesting too!
Wh…
00:06:17 |
Sat 16 May 2020
May 16 - The real "John Blackthorne" of Shōgun
On this day in history, 16th May 1620, navigator William Adams died in Hirado, Japan.
Adams is thought to be the first Englishman to have reached Japan (arriving there in 1600) and was the inspirati…
Adams is thought to be the first Englishman to have reached Japan (arriving there in 1600) and was the inspirati…
00:07:38 |
Fri 15 May 2020
May 15 - Two noblemen tried for treason
On this day in Tudor history, 15th May 1537, Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Darcy, and his cousin, John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford, were tried for treason at Westminster after being impli…
00:04:29 |
Thu 14 May 2020
May 14 - Henry VIII's leg problems
On this day in Tudor history, 14th May 1538, the French ambassador, Louis de Perreau, Sieur de Castillon, wrote a dispatch regarding King Henry VIII having been dangerously ill due to a problem with …
00:07:35 |
Wed 13 May 2020
May 13 - A battle between Mary, Queen of Scots, and her half-brother
On this day in Tudor history, 13th May 1568, the forces of Mary, Queen of Scots, met those of her brother, the Regent Moray, at the Battle of Langside in Scotland.
Mary, Queen of Scots was defeated…
00:05:03 |
Tue 12 May 2020
May 12 - A very obstinate friar
On this day in Tudor history, 12th May 1538, a Franciscan friar obstinately refused to make a public recantation of his allegiance to Rome.
Friar John Forest ahd been condemned for heresy and was …
00:05:50 |
Mon 11 May 2020
May 11 - The doctor who saved a queen
On this day in Tudor history, 11th May 1560, royal physician Dr Thomas Wendy, died at his home, the manor of Haslingfield, in Cambridgeshire.
He attended three Tudor monarchs at their death and ha…
00:08:27 |
Sun 10 May 2020
May 10 - A search for the Northeast Passage finds Ivan the Terrible instead
On this day in Tudor history, 10th May 1553, near the end of King Edward VI’s reign, the first expedition of the Company of Merchant Adventurers, left London in search of a Northeast passage for Asia…
00:07:43 |
Sun 10 May 2020
May 9 - Colonist William Bradford
On this day in history, in the Stuart period, 9th May 1657, William Bradford died. He is known as the founder of the Plymouth Colony in America and the writer of a chronicle of its early years: “Of P…
00:08:28 |
Fri 08 May 2020
May 8 - Charles Wriothesley and his chronicle
On this day in Tudor history, 8th May 1508, herald and chronicler Charles Wriothesley was born in London.
Wriothesley’s chronicle is one of the major primary sources for King Henry VIII's reign, so…
Wriothesley’s chronicle is one of the major primary sources for King Henry VIII's reign, so…
00:05:44 |
Thu 07 May 2020
May 7 - The wife Bothwell divorced to marry Mary, Queen of Scots
On 7th May 1567, eight days before James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, married Mary, Queen of Scots, the Catholic court granted him a divorce from his wife, Lady Jean Gordon.
Who was Jean Gordon? Why …
00:06:25 |
Wed 06 May 2020
May 6 - Sir James Tyrell, alleged killer of the Princes in the Tower
On this day in Tudor history, 6th May 1502, in the reign of King Henry VII, Sir James Tyrell, former royal councillor, was executed for treason due to his links to a known traitor.
But it's not for…
00:09:09 |
Tue 05 May 2020
May 5 - Can’t kill him for heresy, let’s try treason...
On this day in Tudor history, 5th May 1543, religious radical, Adam Damplip, also known as George Bucker, was hanged, drawn and quartered in Calais, which was an English territory at the time.
Alth…
00:06:25 |
Tue 05 May 2020
May 4 - A pitiful and strange spectacle
MUCH BETTER TO SEE THIS ONE ON YOUTUBE
https://youtu.be/jNI9os9dvjs On this day in Tudor history, 4th May 1535, in the reign of King Henry VIII, three Carthusian monks, a Bridgettine monk and a par…
https://youtu.be/jNI9os9dvjs On this day in Tudor history, 4th May 1535, in the reign of King Henry VIII, three Carthusian monks, a Bridgettine monk and a par…
00:05:46 |
Sun 03 May 2020
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