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
- 1041
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
October 16 - Oxford Martyrs Latimer and Ridley meet their ends
Warning: John Foxe's account is pretty horrible.
On this day in Tudor history, 16th October 1555, in the reign of Queen Mary I, Protestants Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley were burned at the stake…
00:08:05 |
Tue 15 Oct 2019
October 15 - Edward VI's christening and who was there
On this day in Tudor history, 15th October 1537, Prince Edward ( future King Edward VI), son of King Henry VIII and his third wife, Queen Jane Seymour, was christened in a lavish ceremony in the Chap…
00:05:25 |
Mon 14 Oct 2019
October 14 - The trial of Mary, Queen of Scots
On this day in Tudor history, 14th October 1586, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots, began at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire.
Although Mary did not recogn…
00:09:13 |
Sun 13 Oct 2019
October 13 - The beginning of the end for Edward Seymour
This day in Tudor history, 13th October 1549, was the beginning of the end for Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset and Edward VI's uncle, for it was on this day that the king's council abolished both hi…
00:06:36 |
Sat 12 Oct 2019
October 12 - Jane Seymour gives birth to Edward
On this day in Tudor history, 12th October 1537, the eve of the Feast of St Edward the Confessor, Queen Jane Seymour, third wife of King Henry VIII, gave birth to a baby who would become King Edward …
00:09:52 |
Fri 11 Oct 2019
October 11 - A procession and prayers for Queen Jane Seymour
On this day in Tudor history, 11th October 1537, poor Jane Seymour was in labour with her first and only child, Edward VI.
It was a long and difficult labour, and on 11th October, there was a solem…
00:03:48 |
Thu 10 Oct 2019
October 10 - Elizabeth I comes down with smallpox
On this day in Tudor history, 10th October 1562, twenty-nine-year-old Queen Elizabeth I was taken ill at Hampton Court Palace, with what was thought to be a bad cold. However, Elizabeth actually had …
00:06:16 |
Wed 09 Oct 2019
October 9 - Mary Tudor and Louis XII get married
On this day in Tudor history, 9th October 1514, eighteen-year-old Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII and daughter of the late Henry VII, married fifty-two year-old King Louis XII of France at Abbeville…
00:06:44 |
Tue 08 Oct 2019
October 8 - Lady Margaret Douglas
On this day in Tudor history, 8th October 1515, Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox and niece of King Henry VIII, was born at Harbottle Castle in Northumberland.
Margaret Douglas was the daug…
00:06:30 |
Mon 07 Oct 2019
October 7 - The man who helped Robert Dudley propose to Elizabeth I
On this day in Tudor history, 7th October 1577, author, poet, courtier and soldier George Gascoigne died in Stamford, Lincolnshire.
Gascoigne was a gifted poet and was hired in 1575 by Robert Dudl…
00:07:56 |
Sun 06 Oct 2019
October 6 - The end of William Tyndale
his day in Tudor history, 6th October 1536, is the traditional date given for the execution of William Tyndale, reformer, scholar and Bible translator. One of Tyndale's works had helped King Henr…
00:04:02 |
Sat 05 Oct 2019
October 5 - A betrothal for Princess Mary (Mary I)
On this day in Tudor history, 5th October 1518, two-year-old Princess Mary, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, became betrothed to François, the Dauphin of France, who was just a few mo…
00:05:48 |
Fri 04 Oct 2019
October 4 - The Pilgrimage of Grace Rebellion is underway!
On this day in Tudor history, Wednesday 4th October 1536, trouble erupted in Horncastle, Lincolnshire. This was part of what we know as the Lincolnshire Rising which, in turn, was part of the famous …
00:08:52 |
Thu 03 Oct 2019
October 3 - Thomas Wolsey, a mass, a treaty and a lavish masque
On this day in Tudor history, 3rd October 1518, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Henry VIII’s Lord Chancellor, sang a mass to Henry VIII and the French ambassadors at St Paul's Cathedral in celebration of a t…
00:04:50 |
Wed 02 Oct 2019
The Other Boleyn Girl - Is it accurate?
In this latest instalment of her "Questions about Anne Boleyn" series, Claire Ridgway, author of "The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown", looks at Philippa Gregory's best-selling novel, "The Other Bol…
00:50:23 |
Wed 02 Oct 2019
October 2 - William Tyndale, Anne Boleyn and a book for "all Kings to read"
On this day in Tudor history, 2nd October 1528, reformer and Bible translator William Tyndale’s book "The Obedience of a Christian Man" was published in Antwerp.
A copy of this book owned by Anne B…
00:07:10 |
Tue 01 Oct 2019
October 1 - Mary I's coronation and a sumptuous feast
On this day in Tudor history, Sunday 1st October 1553, Mary I was crowned queen at Westminster Abbey by Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester.
It was a moment of real triumph for Mary and she was …
00:08:15 |
Mon 30 Sep 2019
September 30 - A coronation procession for Mary I
On this day in Tudor history, Saturday 30th September 1553, Queen Mary I processed through the streets of London, from the Tower of London to Westminster on her coronation procession.
The processio…
00:06:10 |
Sun 29 Sep 2019
September 29 - Elizabeth I tickles Robert Dudley while making him an earl!
On this day in Tudor history, 29th September 1564, Michaelmas, the queen’s favourite, Robert Dudley, was made Earl of Leicester and Baron Denbigh in front of the Scottish ambassador, Sir James Melvil…
00:07:17 |
Sat 28 Sep 2019
September 28 - Mary and Elizabeth travel to the Tower
On this day in Tudor history, 28th September 1553, thirty-seven-year-old Queen Mary I, daughter of King Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, travelled in a decorated barge to the Tower…
00:04:33 |
Fri 27 Sep 2019
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