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
March 4 - William Bullokar and his 40-letter alphabet
On this day in history, 4th March 1609, Tudor spelling reformer and grammarian William Bullokar died at Chichester in West Sussex.
William Bullokar is known for writing the first grammar book of E…
00:03:32 |
Tue 03 Mar 2020
March 3 - Edward IV's son dies of a heart attack in the Tower of London
On this day in Tudor history, 3rd March 1542, Arthur Plantagenet, Lord Lisle, courtier, soldier, diplomat, administrator and illegitimate son of Edward IV, died of a heart attack after being informed…
00:06:43 |
Mon 02 Mar 2020
March 2 - Sir Thomas Bodley and the Bodleian Library
On this day in Tudor history, 2nd March 1545, scholar, diplomat and founder of the Bodleian Library, Sir Thomas Bodley, was born in Exeter.
Sir Thomas Bodley served as a diplomat in the reign of Q…
00:04:55 |
Sun 01 Mar 2020
March 1 - George Wishart, a man with close friends and bitter enemies
On this day in Tudor history, 1st March 1546, Scottish evangelical preacher and martyr George Wishart was hanged and burned at St Andrews, Scotland.
Wishart had been charged with 18 counts of here…
00:09:18 |
Sat 29 Feb 2020
February 29 - Elizabeth I's "white gift" and "little black husband"
On this day in Tudor history, 29th February 1604, John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, died at at Lambeth Palace, the archbishop’s palace in London. He was the last Archbishop of Canterbury in Qu…
00:06:09 |
Fri 28 Feb 2020
February 28 - Thomas Forret, a chief heretic and teacher of heresy
On this day in Tudor history, 28th February 1540, Protestant Thomas Forret was burned at the stake in Castle Hill, Edinburgh, in the presence of King James V.
Forret was a former Augustinian monk a…
00:04:24 |
Thu 27 Feb 2020
February 27 - The ends of three Catholics at Tyburn
On this day in Tudor history, 27th February 1601, Benedictine monk Mark Barkworth (also known by the alias Lambert), Jesuit Roger Filcock, and widow Anne Line were executed at Tyburn.
Barkworth and…
00:06:50 |
Wed 26 Feb 2020
February 26 - The sad ends of loyal men
On this day in Tudor history, 26th February 1552, Sir Thomas Arundell, Sir Michael Stanhope, Sir Miles Partridge and Sir Ralph Fane (or Vane) were executed. The men had been condemned as traitors aft…
00:05:19 |
Tue 25 Feb 2020
February 25 - Elizabeth I is excommunicated
On this day in Tudor history, 25th February 1570, Pope Pius V issued the papal bull “Regnans in Excelsis”. This bull not only excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I, it also freed her Catholic subjects fro…
00:05:13 |
Mon 24 Feb 2020
February 24 - Katherine Howard, Elizabeth I's good friend
On this day in Tudor history, 24th February 1603, Katherine Howard (née Carey), Countess of Nottingham, died at Arundel House.
Katherine was a close friend of Queen Elizabeth I and it is thought t…
00:05:48 |
Sun 23 Feb 2020
February 23 - Job Throckmorton, a colourful and lucky character
On this day in Tudor history, 23rd February 1601, religious pamphleteer and Member of Parliament, Job Throckmorton, was buried at Haseley in Warwickshire.
Job was known for his alleged involvement …
00:04:05 |
Sat 22 Feb 2020
February 22 - Marie de Guise, who avoided marrying Henry VIII!
On this day in Tudor history, 22nd February 1540, twenty-four-year-old Marie de Guise, or Mary of Guise, queen consort of King James V of Scotland, was crowned queen at Holyrood Abbey.
Did you know…
00:05:19 |
Fri 21 Feb 2020
February 21 - Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick
On this day in Tudor history, 21st February 1590, Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, Master of the Ordnance and Privy Councillor, died at Bedford House on the Strand.
Ambrose had been a loyal ro…
00:04:05 |
Thu 20 Feb 2020
February 20 - The hanging of Lady Hungerford
On this day in Tudor history, 20th February 1523, Agnes, or Alice, Lady Hungerford, was hanged at Tyburn.
Agnes was said to have "procured" her servants to murder her first husband, John Cotell, w…
00:02:55 |
Wed 19 Feb 2020
February 19 - The Rose Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse
On this day in Tudor history, 19th February 1592, the Rose Theatre, an Elizabethan play house built by Philip Henslowe, was opened on Bankside in London.
Plays performed at the theatre included Sha…
00:04:05 |
Tue 18 Feb 2020
February 18 - The Ridolfi Plot against Elizabeth I
On this day in history, 18th February 1612, Italian banker Roberto di Ridolfi died in Florence, Italy, aged 80.
Amazingly, he died a natural death even though he'd been the brains behind the Ridol…
00:04:36 |
Mon 17 Feb 2020
February 17 - Love at first sight for Mary, Queen of Scots?
Well, ok, perhaps love at second or third sight!
On this day in Tudor history, Saturday 17th February 1565, Mary, Queen of Scots, met and fell in love with Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, at Wemyss Ca…
00:03:25 |
Sun 16 Feb 2020
February 16 - Sir William Stanley is executed
On this day in Tudor history, 16th February 1495, Sir William Stanley, administrator and landowner, was executed for treason on Tower Hill.
Stanley is, of course, remembered for his key role at the…
00:05:10 |
Sat 15 Feb 2020
February 15 - Galileo, the Father of Modern Science
On this day in Tudor history, 15th February 1564, the Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, Galileo Galilei, was born in Pisa, Italy.
Galileo was one of the central figures…
00:04:08 |
Fri 14 Feb 2020
February 14 - Being a royal favourite doesn't save you
On this day in Tudor history, 14th February 1539, Sir Nicholas Carew, a royal favourite for over 20 years, was tried for treason after being implicated in the Exeter Conspiracy.
Spoilers - his trial …
00:05:28 |
Thu 13 Feb 2020
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