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
February 13 - Bess of Hardwick
On this day in history, 13th February 1608, prominent Tudor noblewoman and one of the richest people in England, Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury, more commonly known as Bess of Hardwick, die…
00:07:28 |
Wed 12 Feb 2020
February 12 - Blanche Parry, a mother figure to Elizabeth I
On this day in Tudor history, 12th February 1590, Blanche Parry, died at the age of 82. She had served Queen Elizabeth I loyally from Elizabeth's birth in 1533, and had been a constant in the queen's…
00:06:05 |
Tue 11 Feb 2020
February 11 - Success for George Boleyn
On this day in Tudor history, 11 February 1531, the ecclesiastical assembly known as convocation granted King Henry VIII the title of “singular protector, supreme lord, and even, so far as the law of…
00:06:07 |
Mon 10 Feb 2020
February 10 - Catherine Howard goes to the Tower
On this day in Tudor history, 10th February 1542, Catherine Howard, King Henry VIII’s fifth wife, was escorted by barge from Syon House, where she’d been kept since November 1541, to the Tower of Lon…
00:05:29 |
Sun 09 Feb 2020
February 9 - An awful end for a bishop
Warning - Contains a description of a burning at the stake
On this day in history, 9th February 1555, Protestant John Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester, and former Cistercian monk, was bur…
00:08:08 |
Sat 08 Feb 2020
February 7 - Sir Thomas More
On this day in history, 7th February 1477 or 1478, Sir Thomas More, Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor, was born in London.
More had once wanted to be a monk, but ended up being one of the most well-know…
00:04:35 |
Thu 06 Feb 2020
February 6 - Thomas Cutwode and his dodgy works
On this day in Tudor history, 6th February 1561, poet Tailboys Dymoke (pseudonym Thomas Cutwode) was baptised at Kyme in Lincolnshire.
Dymoke, or Cutwode, is known for his allegorical poem, The Bumb…
Dymoke, or Cutwode, is known for his allegorical poem, The Bumb…
00:03:28 |
Wed 05 Feb 2020
February 5 - Elizabeth under investigation
On this day in Tudor history, 5th February 1549, in the reign of King Edward VI, fifteen-year-old Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth I, was summoned to appear before Sir Robert Tyrwhitt, who was k…
00:05:31 |
Tue 04 Feb 2020
February 4 - Mary Boleyn gets married
On this day in Tudor history, Saturday 4th February 1520, Mary Boleyn, sister of Anne Boleyn, got married to William Carey in the Chapel Royal at Greenwich Palace, in a service attended by King Henry…
00:04:36 |
Mon 03 Feb 2020
February 3 - Silken Thomas
On this day in Tudor history, 3rd February 1537, in the reign of King Henry VIII, Thomas Fitzgerald, 10th Earl of Kildare (known as Silken Thomas), his five uncles and Sir John Burnell, were executed…
00:07:11 |
Sun 02 Feb 2020
February 2 - Sir Francis Bryan, the Vicar of Hell
On this day in Tudor history, 2nd February 1550, Sir Francis Bryan, died suddenly in Ireland. He was a rather colourful Tudor character, known as much for his drinking, gambling and all-round bad beh…
00:08:13 |
Sat 01 Feb 2020
February 1 - Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots' death warrant
On this day in Tudor history, 1st February 1587, Queen Elizabeth I called her secretary, William Davison, to her and asked him to bring her the death warrant of Mary, Queen of Scots. She then signed …
00:05:03 |
Fri 31 Jan 2020
January 31 - The great devil of all
On this day in history, 31st January 1606, Gunpowder Plot conspirators Thomas Winter, Ambrose Rookwood, Robert Keyes, and Guy Fawkes were executed for treason at the Old Palace Yard, Westminster.
Two…
00:04:45 |
Thu 30 Jan 2020
January 30 - Four Gunpowder Plotters come to sticky ends
On this day in history, 30th January 1606, Gunpowder plotters Everard Digby, Robert Wintour, John Grant and Thomas Bates were executed for treason at St Paul’s Churchyard.
Find out how they came to t…
00:07:35 |
Wed 29 Jan 2020
January 29 - Queen Anne Boleyn miscarries
On this day in Tudor history, 29th January 1536, the same day that Catherine of Aragon was buried at Peterborough Abbey, Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII suffered a miscarriage.
Co…
00:04:07 |
Tue 28 Jan 2020
January 28 - Elizabeth I, friend of the Ottoman Empire
On this day in Tudor history, 28th January 1598, diplomat Edward Barton died of dysentery on the island of Heybeli Ada, in the Sea of Marmara, off the coast of Istanbul. Barton and his predecessor, W…
00:08:28 |
Mon 27 Jan 2020
January 27 - The fate of the Gun Powder Plotters
On this day in Tudor history, 27th January 1606, in the reign of King James I, the eight surviving conspirators of the November 1605 Gunpowder Plot were tried at Westminster for high treason.
Why is…
Why is…
00:08:00 |
Sun 26 Jan 2020
January 26 - Justice Spelman and Anne Boleyn's trial
On this day in Tudor history, 26th January 1546, judge of assize and law reporter, Sir John Spelman, died.
Now, you may never have heard of Justice John Spelman, but his reports on the legal cases …
00:09:12 |
Sat 25 Jan 2020
January 25 - Bonfires, torches, bells ringing...
25th January is the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul, an important day in Tudor times. It celebrated the conversion of Saul, a man known for his persecution of Christians, on the road to Damascus.
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00:06:33 |
Fri 24 Jan 2020
January 24 - Can jousting heal the problems between Englishmen and Spaniards?
On this day in Tudor history, 24th January 1555, in the reign of Queen Mary I, a great joust was held at Westminster between English and the Spanish knights. It was one of the events planned by Phili…
00:06:43 |
Thu 23 Jan 2020
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