Tudor History with Claire Ridgway

On this day in Tudor history, 12th December 1546, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, son of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was led through the streets of London from Ely Place, where he had been held since his arrest on 2nd December, to the Tower of London.    It was meant to be a humiliating walk for the earl, but it seems that the citizens of London were actually sympathetic to his plight, and didn't boo him.   Find out what happened on this day, and also what happened to his father, who had also been arrested, in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History".   You can see this podcast as a video at the following link: https://youtu.be/EyE7_5CMfKI   You can find out more about the earl's arrest in Claire's video from 2nd December - https://youtu.be/qgOp-iremGg - and his execution in her talk from 19th January - https://youtu.be/2oXbiq5Tj6c   You can find Claire at: https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com  https://www.tudorsociety.com https://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles/ https://www.facebook.com/tudorsociety/ https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFiles  https://twitter.com/thetudorsociety  https://www.instagram.com/tudor.society/  https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynfiles/

  On this day in history, 11th December 1608, one of Queen Elizabeth I’s former ladies and a lover of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, was buried at St Margaret's Church, Westminster. Her name was Douglas Sheffield (née Howard), Lady Sheffield, and she was the mother of Leicester's illegitimate son, Sir Robert Dudley.   Find out more about Douglas Sheffield, who claimed to be Leicester's legal wife, in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History".    You can see this podcast as a video at the following link: https://youtu.be/rhP-Z89CbEg   You can find Claire at: https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com  https://www.tudorsociety.com https://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles/ https://www.facebook.com/tudorsociety/ https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFiles  https://twitter.com/thetudorsociety  https://www.instagram.com/tudor.society/  https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynfiles/

On this day in Tudor history, 10th December 1541, Thomas Culpeper, a gentleman of the privy chamber, and Francis Dereham, a member of the queen’s household, were executed at Tyburn.   They had been found guilty of high treason for intending to do ill with Queen Catherine Howard, i..e intending to commit adultery with her, and had been sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered. Dereham suffered the full traitors' death, while Culpeper was beheaded.   Find out more about what happened from a primary source account shared by Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society.   You can see this podcast as a video at the following link: https://youtu.be/zmWYSqtrVT0   You can find out more in the following videos: December 1 - Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham found guilty - https://youtu.be/3vf3zSxkDf0 February 13 - The Executions of Catherine Howard and Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford - https://youtu.be/4nGL47QKe4kJanuary 21 - The Act of Attainder against Catherine Howard and Jane Boleyn - https://youtu.be/jxxcTAxn0_kNovember 11 - Queen Catherine Howard is moved to Syon House - https://youtu.be/y9k104vsC6INovember 7 - Queen Catherine Howard confesses - https://youtu.be/cJcDEoccZfoNovember 6 - Henry VIII abandons Catherine Howard - https://youtu.be/eeQx3R6f0DoNovember 2 - The Beginning of the End for Catherine Howard - https://youtu.be/vZe2DtALUsc   You can find Claire at: https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com  https://www.tudorsociety.com https://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles/ https://www.facebook.com/tudorsociety/ https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFiles  https://twitter.com/thetudorsociety  https://www.instagram.com/tudor.society/  https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynfiles/

On this day in Tudor history, 9th December 1538, Sir Edward Neville, courtier, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber and son of George Neville, 2nd Baron Bergavenny, was beheaded on Tower Hill.   He had been condemned to death for treason, accused of conspiring against the king in the Exeter Conspiracy of 1538, along with members of the Pole family. He was also accused of saying "The King is a beast and worse than a beast", which is not a wise thing to be overheard saying in Tudor England.   Find out more about Neville's life and downfall in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History".   You can see this podcast as a video at the following link: https://youtu.be/B97vIS-UFRAHere are some more videos on those involved in this alleged plot:The sad story of Geoffrey Pole - https://youtu.be/HWWQReXzcUY Executions of Henry Pole and Henry Courtenay - https://youtu.be/HfaT6DE86ZQ Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury - https://youtu.be/0oIPgbQ68lY

On this day in Tudor history, 8th December 1542, Mary Stuart (Stewart), or Mary, Queen of Scots, was born at Linlithgow Palace in Scotland.   Mary was the daughter of King James V of Scotland and his second wife, Marie de Guise, and she became Queen of Scotland when she was just six days old.   Find out about the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, including her three marriages and abdication, her imprisonment and downfall in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History".   You can see this podcast as a video at the following link: https://youtu.be/OGhYsl8cL1MMore talks on Mary, Queen of Scots:Mary, Queen of Scots gets married (for the first time) - https://youtu.be/Xe3v6dVwwac Mary, Queen of Scots returns to Scotland - https://youtu.be/pcZjTw1_mp4 Mary, Queen of Scots' Eventful Progress - https://youtu.be/IW98y2cX2e4Mary, Queen of Scots gets married - https://youtu.be/0ewKrNxNoRQMary, Queen of Scots' secretary is murdered in front of her! - https://youtu.be/xrry1M7NC70Mary, Queen of Scots, marries for the third time - https://youtu.be/7keV_p9U7JM Mary, Queen of Scots abdicates - https://youtu.be/Mq_BR9YRvQEThe Casket Letters and Mary, Queen of Scots - https://youtu.be/siFD5VFJ6jQMary, Queen of Scots escapes - https://youtu.be/ozLwv3LaRY0Mary, Queen of Scots, from one prison to another - https://youtu.be/4yTyXPTu72sThe Trial of Mary, Queen of Scots - https://youtu.be/XZ8LNew3oTwThe Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots - https://youtu.be/sd3hP9Qb8Yk

Today, 7th December, is the traditional date given for the birth of Henry Stuart (Stewart), Duke of Albany and Lord Darnley, in 1545.   Lord Darnley was the son of Margaret Douglas and grandson of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland, and her second husband, Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, but he is more known as the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots.   Find out about Lord Darnley's rather colourful life, his unhappy marriage, his role in a murder, AND his own sticky end, in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society.   You can find out about Darnley's murder in this video - https://youtu.be/wEJqXONguns   You can see this podcast as a video at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1og2l2acXRM   You can find Claire at: https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com  https://www.tudorsociety.com https://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles/ https://www.facebook.com/tudorsociety/ https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFiles  https://twitter.com/thetudorsociety  https://www.instagram.com/tudor.society/  https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynfiles/

Today, 6th December is the Feast of St Nicholas, or St Nicholas of Myra, the 4th century Bishop of Myra. In medieval and Tudor times, it was the traditional day for the election of a boy bishop would undertake all of the duties of a bishop from the 6th December until 28th December, Childermas (Holy Innocents' Day).   You can find out about the tradition of Boy Bishop, and how and why Henry VIII put an end to it, and how it's been revived today, in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society.   You can see this podcast as a video at the following link: https://youtu.be/QLtx-l95is0   You can find Claire at: https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com  https://www.tudorsociety.com https://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles/ https://www.facebook.com/tudorsociety/ https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFiles  https://twitter.com/thetudorsociety  https://www.instagram.com/tudor.society/  https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynfiles/

On this day in Tudor history, 5th December 1556, Anne de Vere (née Cecil) was born, She was the daughter of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, ahd his second wife, Mildred Cooke.   Anne only lived until she was 31 years old, but in her short life she managed to impress scholard, have five children, and have a rather eventful and unhappy marriage with Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, who didn't treat her at all well and even refused to recognise their first daughter as his own, at one point. If only she gad married Philip Sidney instead!   Find out more about the life of William Cecil's daughter, Anne de Vere, Countess of Oxford, in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History".   You can see this podcast as a video at the following link: https://youtu.be/pUXSKiNLXo8   You can find Claire at: https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com  https://www.tudorsociety.com https://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles/ https://www.facebook.com/tudorsociety/ https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFiles  https://twitter.com/thetudorsociety  https://www.instagram.com/tudor.society/  https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynfiles/

On this day in Tudor history, 4th December 1555, in Rome, papal sentence was passed on Thomas Cranmer, resulting in Cranmer being deprived of his archbishopric. Permission was also granted for his fate to be decided by the secular authorities.   In today's "on this day in history", Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History", explains what led Cranmer to this day and also what happened next. Thomas Cranmer went on to recant his Protestant faith on several occasions but was still executed by being burned at the stake. Why?   Find out more in today's talk.   Here are links to videos on his trial and execution:   Trial - https://youtu.be/GaDQduKl0nA Execution - https://youtu.be/7P-aGWg92qk 

  On this day in Tudor history, 3rd December 1536, a proclamation was made to the rebels of the Pilgrimage of Grace offering them a pardon.   Yes, Henry VIII was offering the rebels "free pardons" for their rebellion against him, his advisors and his religious measures.   In today's "on this day in Tudor history", Claire Ridgway, author of several Tudor history books, reminds us what the Pilgrimage of Grace rebellion was about and how, even though a free pardon was offered, prominent rebels ended up being executed.   You can see this podcast as a video at the following link: https://youtu.be/4S_zCy-NMqU   You can find out more about the rebellion in Claire's video from 4th October - https://youtu.be/9WBhp2N3hKM   You can find Claire at: https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com  https://www.tudorsociety.com https://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles/ https://www.facebook.com/tudorsociety/ https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFiles  https://twitter.com/thetudorsociety  https://www.instagram.com/tudor.society/  https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynfiles/

On this day in Tudor history, 2nd December 1546, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, poet, courtier, soldier and the eldest son of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was arrested after Richard Southwell, his former friend, gave evidence against him.    King Henry VIII had just weeks to live and was increasingly paranoid, so Southwell's 'evidence' was just what Surrey's enemies needed to bring the earl down.    Find out more about the Earl of Surrey's downfall, and how his father managed to keep his head, in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of several Tudor history books.   Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, ended up being executed and you can find out more about that in Claire's video from 19th January - https://youtu.be/2oXbiq5Tj6c 

On this day in Tudor history, 1st December 1541, Thomas Culpeper, a member of King Henry VIII’s privy chamber, and Francis Dereham, a secretary to Queen Catherine Howard, were tried for high treason at Guildhall, London. Both men had been linked romantically with the queen.   They were both found guilty of treason and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered.   But what about Catherine Howard and her lady, Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford, who had also been arrested. What was happening with them? Find out more about them, and the trial of Dereham and Culpeper, in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History".

On this day in Tudor history, 30th November 1529, the feast of St Andrew, Henry VIII was reproached by the two women in his life: his wife, Catherine of Aragon, and the woman he wanted to marry, Anne Boleyn.    Catherine of Aragon was not impressed by the way her husband was treating her, and Anne Boleyn didn't like the fact that the king was letting Catherine get the upper hand. They both told the king exactly what they thought. It was not a good day for King Henry VIII.   Find out exactly what happened with Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn on this day in 1529, in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, founder of The Anne Boleyn Files and author of "The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown".   You can see this podcast as a video at the following link: https://youtu.be/eJGHWFhX_Tg   You can find Claire at: https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com  https://www.tudorsociety.com https://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles/ https://www.facebook.com/tudorsociety/ https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFiles  https://twitter.com/thetudorsociety  https://www.instagram.com/tudor.society/  https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynfiles/

On this day in Tudor history, 29th November 1530, at around 8 o’clock in the morning, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Henry VIII’s former Lord Chancellor, died at the Abbey of St Mary de Pratis, Leicester.   Cardinal Wolsey, who was in his fifties, cheated the executioner by dying a natural death while on his way to London to answer charges of treason. He surely would have been tried and executed had he reached the capital.   Find out about Cardinal Wolsey's death, and who ended up being buried in the sarcophagus he'd had commissioned, in today's talk from Tudor history author Claire Ridgway.   You can see this podcast as a video at the following link: https://youtu.be/KtVsZbo9RWs   You can find out more about his downfall and arrest in the November 4th video - https://youtu.be/vyZgnO32sNE   You can find Claire at: https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com  https://www.tudorsociety.com https://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles/ https://www.facebook.com/tudorsociety/ https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFiles  https://twitter.com/thetudorsociety  https://www.instagram.com/tudor.society/  https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynfiles/  

On this day in Tudor history, 28th November 1499, Edward Plantagenet, styled Earl of Warwick, was executed by beheading on Tower Hill.    Warwick was a potential claimant to the throne being the son of George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Kings Edward IV and Richard III, but it was his involvement in a plot by pretender Perkin Warbeck that was his final undoing.   Find out more about his short and sad life, much of it spent in prison, in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society.   You can see this podcast as a video at the following link: https://youtu.be/nqbeu8R3XMw   See November 23rd's video for more on Perkin Warbeck - https://youtu.be/Kdfrn8bj7yA