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
January 3 - Martin Luther is excommunicated
On this day in Tudor history, 3rd January 1521, Pope Leo X excommunicated Reformer, German priest and professor of theology Martin Luther from the Catholic Church.
In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, …
00:06:06 |
Thu 02 Jan 2020
January 2 - A visit for the dying Catherine of Aragon
On this day in Tudor history, 2nd January 1536, imperial ambassador, Eustace Chapuys, visited his good friend, Catherine of Aragon, first wife of King Henry VIII and a woman who was now officially ca…
00:06:02 |
Wed 01 Jan 2020
January 1 - Henry VIII's disastrous meeting with Anne of Cleves
In today's "on this day in Tudor history talk", Claire Ridgway, author of several Tudor history books, puts you out of your misery from the cliffhanger she left you with on 27th December, by telling …
00:12:11 |
Tue 31 Dec 2019
December 31 - The bishop who angered Elizabeth I
On this day in Tudor history, 31st December 1559, Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of Carlisle, died while under house arrest in London. He was buried at St Dunstan-in-the-West on 6th January 1560.
Oglethor…
00:05:52 |
Mon 30 Dec 2019
December 30 - Roger Ascham, Elizabeth I's tutor
On this day in Tudor history, 30th December 1568, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Roger Ascham, scholar and royal tutor, died. He was laid to rest in the St Stephen’s chapel of St Sepulchre withou…
00:05:57 |
Sun 29 Dec 2019
December 29 - Japanese Pirates
On this day in history, 29th (or 30th) December 1605, in the reign of King James I, Elizabethan navigator and explorer, John Davis (also spelt Davys) died near Bintang, off the coast of Borneo.
Da…
00:08:13 |
Sat 28 Dec 2019
December 28 - Childermas or Holy Innocents' Day
Today, 28th December, is Childermas or Holy Innocents' Day, which was an important part of the Twelve Days of Christmas in Tudor times.
In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudo…
00:06:40 |
Fri 27 Dec 2019
December 27 - Anne of Cleves arrives in England
On this day in Tudor history, 27th December 1539, Anne of Cleves landed at Deal in Kent in preparation for her forthcoming marriage to King Henry VIII. Anne of Cleves would be King Henry VIII's fourt…
00:03:20 |
Thu 26 Dec 2019
December 26 - Boxing Day and Henry VIII's will
Happy St Stephen's Day! Happy Boxing Day!
In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History", explains how St Stephen's Day was celebrated in Tudor times and why it's known …
00:04:43 |
Wed 25 Dec 2019
December 25 - Christmas Day and Lettice Knollys
Merry Christmas! A very Happy Christmas to you and yours!
In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society, explains how Tudor people would have celebrated Christmas, before moving on …
00:07:12 |
Tue 24 Dec 2019
A Christmas Message from Claire
Happy Christmas! Just a quick message to wish you and all your loved ones a wonderful day. Thank you for supporting me in my research of Tudor History, and I hope you'll continue to follow me into th…
00:00:21 |
Tue 24 Dec 2019
December 24 - Henry VIII, mumpsimus and sumpsimus
On this day in Tudor history, 24th December 1545, Christmas Eve, King Henry VIII made his final speech to Parliament.
The king was concerned about the religious divisions in his realm and so chasti…
00:07:15 |
Mon 23 Dec 2019
December 23 - Nicholas Udall and the White Falcon
On this day in Tudor history, 23rd December 1556, in the reign of Queen Mary I, Nicholas Udall (Yevedale), schoolmaster, cleric, humanist and playwright, was buried at St Margaret's, Westminster.
…
00:04:20 |
Sun 22 Dec 2019
December 22 - Bishop Fisher begs for a shirt
On this day in Tudor history, 22nd December 1534, John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, who was a prisoner in the Tower of London, wrote to Thomas Cromwell.
In his letter to Cromwell, the poor bishop …
00:05:43 |
Sat 21 Dec 2019
December 21 - Jasper Tudor
On this day in Tudor history, 21st December 1495, Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford and 1st Earl of Pembroke, died at his manor at Thornbury at the age of around sixty-four.
Jasper Tudor was the un…
00:06:28 |
Fri 20 Dec 2019
December 20 - Catherine Howard's stepgrandmother begs forgiveness from the king
On this day in Tudor history, 20th December 1541, a “very sickly” Agnes Tilney, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, begged King Henry VIII for forgiveness.
The dowager duchess had been arrested and taken t…
00:05:56 |
Thu 19 Dec 2019
December 19 - A clash with a mob causes the death of an abbess
On this day in Tudor history, 19th December 1576, Katherine Palmer, Abbess of Syon, died in Mechelen in Belgium. Her death came just over a month after she had confronted a mob that had broken into h…
00:03:58 |
Wed 18 Dec 2019
December 18 - Heretic John Philpott's sad end
On this day in Tudor history, 18th December 1555, John Philpott, former Archdeacon of Winchester, was burned at the stake for heresy at Smithfield.
Philpott had done a lot in his 40 years, includin…
00:06:09 |
Tue 17 Dec 2019
December 17 - Henry VIII is excommunicated
On this day in Tudor history, 17th December 1538, Pope Paul III announced the excommunication of King Henry VIII.
Henry VIII had been threatened with excommunication several times, but his desecrat…
00:05:55 |
Mon 16 Dec 2019
December 16 - The birth of Catherine of Aragon
Happy birthday to Catherine of Aragon! Yes, this first wife of King Henry VIII and Spanish princess was born on this day in Tudor history, 16th December 1485.
In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, autho…
00:06:32 |
Sun 15 Dec 2019
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