The Tudor Society

Names – How do you pronounce them?

History books and primary sources are full of names that can catch you out - Wriothesley, Beauchamp, Blount, Lisle, St John... to name just a few - so how do you pronounce them?

In this week's video, Claire gives the pronunciations of over 100 names and has some fun with the English language.

Note: Do keep watching after Claire says goodbye as Tim points out a name that Claire missed, and it's an important one!

P.S. On this day in history, 17th February 1547, Edward Seymour became Duke of Somerset - click here to read more.

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