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 7 - Birth of Queen Elizabeth I, Gloriana
On this day in Tudor history, 7th September 1533, at Greenwich Palace, Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, gave birth to a daughter who would grow up to be Queen Elizabeth I, the Virgi…
September 6 - Timothy Bright and shorthand
September 5 - Death of Catherine Parr, Sixth wife of Henry VIII
On this day in Tudor history, 5th September 1548, the sixth and final wife of the late King Henry VIII, Catherine Parr, died at Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire.
At the time of her death, Catherine …
September 4 - The death of Robert Dudley and Elizabeth I's reaction
On this day in Tudor history, 4th September 1588, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, died at Cornbury while on his way to Buxton to take the waters for his health.
The death of her favourite, and the …
September 3 - Robert Greene and the Upstart Crow, William Shakespeare
On this day in Tudor history, 3rd September 1592, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Elizabethan writer and playwright Robert Greene died in London.
Greene was a prolific writer, but he is best know…
September 2 - Sir Richard Grenville and the loss of The Revenge
September 1 - Anne Boleyn becomes Marquess of Pembroke
August 31 - The end of Robert Samuel in the reign of Queen Mary I
On this day in Tudor history, 31st August 1555, in the reign of Queen Mary I, the queen who has gone down in history as "Bloody Mary", Robert Samuel, a former minister, was burned at the stake in Ips…
August 30 - Little Mary Seymour, a Tudor mystery
August 29 - The sad story of Geoffrey Pole
August 28 - Mary defies Edward VI
On this day in Tudor history, 28th August 1551, the thirty-five-year-old Mary, future Mary I, received a visit from a delegation of men sent by her half-brother, thirteen-year-old King Edward VI.
Ma…
August 27 - The Battle of Dussindale
On this day in Tudor history, 27th August 1549, the Battle of Dussindale took place near Norwich, in East Anglia. It ended Kett’s Rebellion once and for all.
Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in…
August 26 - Queen Anne Boleyn takes her chamber to prepare for childbirth
August 25 - Kett's Rebellion causes trouble
August 24 - St Bartholomew's Day Massacre
On this day in Tudor history, 24th August 1572, on the Feast of St Bartholomew, an awful massacre too place in Paris, and it was followed by further atrocities in other towns and cities.
Those who su…
August 23 - Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn visit a royal favourite
August 22 - The Battle of Bosworth Field and the beginning of the Tudor dynasty
August 21 - Humphrey Llwyd, a Welshman who should be remembered
Tudor & Stuart Witchcraft & Medicine Tour - open for bookings!
August 20 - Elizabeth I gives thanks for the Protestant Wind!
On this day in Tudor history, 29th August 1588, there was a thanksgiving service at St Paul's to thank God for his divine intervention when England defeated the Spanish Armada. It was thought that Go…