Today is Accession Day, a day that was celebrated throughout the reign of Elizabeth I and the reigns of many of her successors. It commemorated the day that Elizabeth I came to the throne on the death of her half-sister, Queen Mary I, on 17th November 1558. You can click here to read about how Accession Day was celebrated, but in today's Claire Chats video I'm talking about the 17th November 1558 and the story of Elizabeth receiving the news that she was queen.
Here is the clip from the film Elizabeth that I mention in my talk:
Notes, Sources and Further Reading
- ed. Nichols, John Gough (1874) The Legend of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, Nichols and Sons, London, p. 36. This can be read online at https://books.google.es/books/about/The_Legend_of_Sir_Nicholas_Throckmorton.html?id=OWxbAAAAQAAJ&redir_esc=y.
- 'Simancas: November 1558', in Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas), Volume 1, 1558-1567, ed. Martin A S Hume (London, 1892), pp. 1-6. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/simancas/vol1/pp1-6 [accessed 14 November 2017].
- Naunton, Robert, ed. Caulfield, James (1814) The court of Queen Elizabeth: originally written by Sir Robert Naunton, under the title of "Fragmenta regalia." With considerable biographical additions, by James Caulfield, G. Smeeton, London. This can be read online at https://archive.org/details/courtqueeneliza00caulgoog
- Harington, John (1804) Nugae antiquae : being a miscellaneous collection of original papers, in prose and verse; written during the reigns of Henry VIII. Edward VI. Queen Mary, Elizabeth, and King James. Selected from authentic remains by the late Henry Harington, and newly arranged, with illustrative notes, Vernor and Hood, London, p. 66-68. Read online at https://archive.org/stream/nugaeantiquaebei01hariuoft#page/66/mode/2up
- Starkey, David (2001) Elizabeth: Apprenticeship, Vintage, p. 241-2.
- "Oak and Hatfield", http://www.hatfield-herts.co.uk/features/oak_hat.html
- "Queen Elizabeth's Oak | a tree of legend" - http://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/behind-the-scenes/blog/queen-elizabeths-oak-tree-legend.