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
September 27 - Catherine of Aragon leaves Spain
On this day in Tudor history, 27th September 1501, Catherine of Aragon, daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, set sail for England from Laredo, Spain.
Catherine was leaving…
00:09:13 |
Thu 26 Sep 2019
September 26 - Sir Francis Drake, the Golden Hind and a whole lot of treasure
On this day in Tudor history, 26th September 1580, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Drake returned from his 3-year circumnavigation of the Globe. Drake landed at the port of Plymouth, i…
00:04:31 |
Wed 25 Sep 2019
September 25 - A pope, death cap mushrooms and poisoned candles
On this day in Tudor history, 25th September 1534, Pope Clement VII (Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici) died in Rome. It was rumoured that he died from eating death cap mushrooms or from fumes from poiso…
00:06:52 |
Tue 24 Sep 2019
September 24 - Prince Arthur's christening
On this day in Tudor history, 24th September 1486, Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales and son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, was christened at a lavish ceremony at Winchester Cathedral.
His mother…
00:07:47 |
Mon 23 Sep 2019
September 23 - Bishop taken ill while preaching
On this day in Tudor history, 23rd September 1571, after being taken ill while preaching a sermon in Lacock, Wiltshire, forty-nine-year-old John Jewel, Bishop of Salisbury, died at Monkton Farleigh M…
00:06:44 |
Sun 22 Sep 2019
September 22 - Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of Henry VIII
This day in Tudor history, 22nd September 1515, is the traditional birthdate of Anne of Cleves, or Anna von Jülich-Kleve-Berg, a woman who would become King Henry VIII's fourth wife and queen consort…
00:04:53 |
Sat 21 Sep 2019
September 21 - Robert Dudley's secret marriage
On this day in Tudor history, Sunday 21st September 1578, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, married Lettice Dereveux (née Knollys) in a secret marriage at his house…
00:04:58 |
Fri 20 Sep 2019
September 20 - Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales
On this day in Tudor history, 20th September 1486, King Henry VII's wife, Elizabeth of York, gave birth to the couple's first child at Winchester.
The baby was a boy and was baptised Arthur, named af…
00:06:22 |
Thu 19 Sep 2019
September 19 - Robert Glover and Cornelius Bungey, two of the Coventry Martyrs
On this day in Tudor history, 19th September 1555, in the reign of the Catholic Queen Mary I, Protestants Robert Glover and Cornelius Bungey, were burned at the stake for heresy at a site in Little P…
00:07:21 |
Wed 18 Sep 2019
September 18 - A victorious Henry VIII
On this day in Tudor history, 18th September 1544, Henry VIII rode triumphantly through the streets of Boulogne after the French surrendered it to him.
This English victory came after the first sie…
00:04:38 |
Tue 17 Sep 2019
September 17 - A loyal courtier dies of plague
On this day in Tudor history, 17th September 1563, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, courtier and soldier Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, died during an outbreak of the plague, which was rife in…
00:03:58 |
Mon 16 Sep 2019
September 16 - Henry VIII and Catherine Howard get lots of money!
On this day in Tudor history, 16th September 1541, King Henry VIII entered the city of York as part of his Northern Progress with his fifth wife, Catherine Howard.
This was a chance for the people …
00:05:52 |
Sun 15 Sep 2019
September 15 - A Tudor taxman
On this day in Tudor history, 15th September 1500, in the reign of King Henry VII, John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury, cardinal and Henry’s Lord Chancellor, died at Knole in Kent.
John Morton wa…
00:05:28 |
Sat 14 Sep 2019
September 14 - Henry VIII the shrine destroyer
Yes, on this day in Tudor history, 14th September 1538, a religious shrine which had stood since the early 12th century, was destroyed on the orders of King Henry VIII. The Shrine of Our Lady of Cave…
00:04:36 |
Fri 13 Sep 2019
September 13 - William Cecil, Elizabeth I's "spirit"
On this day in Tudor history, 13th September 1520, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley and Queen Elizabeth I's chief advisor, was born in Bourne in Lincolnshire.
In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, aut…
00:07:23 |
Thu 12 Sep 2019
September 12 - Thomas Cranmer is in big trouble!
On this day in Tudor history, Thursday 12th September 1555, in the reign of Catholic Queen Mary, the trial of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, began in Oxford.
Archbishop Cranmer, who had…
00:06:48 |
Wed 11 Sep 2019
September 11 - Mary, Queen of Scots' Eventful Progress
On this day in Tudor history, 11th September 1561, eighteen-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, began her first royal progress in Scotland. Mary had been in Scotland for less than a month, having returned…
00:03:46 |
Tue 10 Sep 2019
September 10 - Elizabeth I's christening
On this day in Tudor history, 10 September 1533, King Henry VIII and Queen Anne Boleyn's daughter, Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth I), was christened at the Church of Observant Friars in Greenw…
00:08:01 |
Mon 09 Sep 2019
September 9 - Catherine of Aragon and the mystery of James IV's body
On this day in Tudor history, 9th September 1513, during the reign of King Henry VIII, English and Scottish forces clashed at the bloody Battle of Flodden.
Henry VIII was campaigning in France at t…
00:05:34 |
Sun 08 Sep 2019
September 8 - The mysterious death of Amy Robsart, wife of Robert Dudley
On this day in Tudor history, 8th September 1560, the body of Amy Dudley (née Robsart), wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, was found at the bottom of some stairs in her rented home, Cumnor Pla…
00:07:28 |
Sat 07 Sep 2019
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