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
July 12 - Henry VIII gets married for the sixth and final time
On this day in Tudor history, 12th July 1543, Henry VIII got married for the sixth and final time.
The fifty-two-year-old king married thirty-one-year-old Catherine Parr, Lady Latimer, in the Queen'…
00:06:22 |
Thu 11 Jul 2019
July 11 - The Pope's had enough of Henry VIII!
There's only so much a pope can take from a misbehaving king, isn't there? And Pope Clement VII had had enough of Henry VIII by 11th July 1533.
But how had this English king gone from being lauded …
00:04:23 |
Wed 10 Jul 2019
July 10 - Queen Jane and the boy with no ears
On this day in Tudor history, 10th July 1553, Lady Jane Grey was officially proclaimed "Queen Jane" at the Tower of London, in Cheapside and Fleet Street. However, one young man could not keep quiet …
00:04:17 |
Tue 09 Jul 2019
July 9 - Anne of Cleves, "right entirely beloved sister"
On this day in history, 9th July 1540, Anne of Cleves went from being Henry VIII's queen consort to being his "right dear and right entirely beloved sister" after their marriage was annulled.
Why w…
00:10:39 |
Mon 08 Jul 2019
July 8 - Mary declares herself queen!
On this day in Tudor history, 8th July 1553, two days after her half-brother King Edward VI's death and one day after hearing news of his death, Mary, daughter of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Ara…
00:05:48 |
Sun 07 Jul 2019
July 7 - The Dudley Conspiracy and plotters
On this day in Tudor history, 7th July 1556, in the reign of Queen Mary I, Henry Peckham and John Danyell were hanged, drawn and quartered after being found guilty of treason for their involvement in…
00:11:10 |
Sat 06 Jul 2019
July 6 - The king is dead, long live the queen!
On this day in Tudor history, 6th July 1553, fifteen-year-old King Edward VI died at Greenwich Palace leaving the throne to his cousin's eldest daughter, Lady Jane Grey.
Claire Ridgway, author of "…
00:10:09 |
Fri 05 Jul 2019
Boleyn or Bullen - What was Anne Boleyn's real name?
In this instalment of her "Questions about Anne Boleyn" series, Claire Ridgway, author of several books on Anne Boleyn, answers the question "What was Anne Boleyn's real name?" by looking at how her …
00:15:47 |
Thu 04 Jul 2019
July 5 - The Essex Witches
On this day in Tudor history, 5th July 1589, three Essex women were hanged at Chelmsford, Essex, after being found guilty of murder by witchcraft. Their names were Joan Cunny, Joan Prentice and Joan …
00:07:53 |
Thu 04 Jul 2019
July 4 - The awful ends of John Frith and Andrew Hewet
On this day in Tudor history, 4th July 1533, two men were burnt at the stake at Smithfield for heresy: reformer and theologian John Frith, for his belief that Purgatory didn't exist and that his view…
00:09:30 |
Wed 03 Jul 2019
July 3 - Catherine of Aragon, you're not queen
Oh dear! Catherine of Aragon, first wife of King Henry VIII, had a bit of a bad day on this day in Tudor history, 3rd July 1533. Not only had she trodden on a pin and was suffering with a bad cough, …
00:06:47 |
Tue 02 Jul 2019
July 2 - 13 things you probably didn't know about Thomas Cranmer
Today is the anniversary of the birth of that famous Tudor clergyman, statesman, theologian, scholar and highly intelligent man, Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury. He was born on 2nd July 1489…
00:09:21 |
Mon 01 Jul 2019
July 1 - An interesting marriage agreement and rough wooing!
On this day in Tudor history, 1st July 1543, in the reign of King Henry VIII, the Treaties of Greenwich were signed.
These treaties were between the kingdoms of Scotland and England, and, amongst o…
00:10:21 |
Sun 30 Jun 2019
June 30 - Henry VIII and Catherine Howard's ill-fated northern progress
Things seemed all peachy as King Henry VIII and his fifth wife, Queen Catherine Howard, set off on their progress to the north of England on this day in Tudor history, 30th June 1541. Little did the …
00:09:52 |
Sat 29 Jun 2019
June 29 - Lady Margaret Beaufort
Today is the anniversary of the death of sixty-six-year-old Lady Margaret Beaufort on 29th June 1509, just four days after she enjoyed the coronation celebrations of her grandson King Henry VIII and …
00:10:39 |
Fri 28 Jun 2019
June 28 - Happy Birthday King Henry VIII
Yes, on this day in Tudor history, 28th June 1491, King Henry VIII, the second monarch of the Tudor dynasty, was born at Greenwich Palace.
This second son, the spare, of King Henry VII and Queen E…
00:07:59 |
Thu 27 Jun 2019
June 27 - Prince Henry breaks up with Catherine of Aragon
On this day in Tudor history, 27th June 1505, thirteen-year-old Henry, Prince of Wales, only surviving son of King Henry VII, broke up with nineteen-year-old Catherine of Aragon, daughter of Ferdinan…
00:09:40 |
Wed 26 Jun 2019
June 26 - Sir Thomas More the traitor
On this day in Tudor history, 26th June 1535, in the reign of King Henry VIII, a new commission of oyer and terminer was appointed in the case against Sir Thomas More, Henry VIII's former Lord Chance…
00:06:27 |
Tue 25 Jun 2019
June 25 - The death of Mary Tudor, Queen of France
On this day in Tudor history, 25th June 1533, Mary Tudor, former Queen of France, wife of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and sister of King Henry VIII, died at her home in Suffolk. She was just th…
00:10:57 |
Mon 24 Jun 2019
Midsummer and St John the Baptist
24th June is the Feast of St John the Baptist, an important celebration in the medieval and Tudor periods, with it coinciding with Midsummer.
Fairies, fires, dancing, feasting and drinking were all p…00:09:56 |
Mon 24 Jun 2019
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