On this day in Tudor history, 23rd July 1584, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Protestant printer, bookseller and publisher John Day died.
Find out more about this Protestant printer and the famous works he printed in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts…
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In this Friday’s video, historian Brigitte Webster talks to us about herbs and the new Elizabethan craze for salads.
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On this day in history, 22nd July 1437 or 38, soldier and royal councillor John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton, was born.
Find out more about Scrope and his service to the Yorkists, and later imprisonment, in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts…
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On this day in Tudor history, 20th July 1554, Philip of Spain, son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, arrived in England to prepare for his marriage to Queen Mary I.
Find out more in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts…
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Mary Boleyn is known for being Henry VIII’s mistress at one point, and you can find out a bit more about her in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts…
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On this day in Tudor history, 18th July 1565, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, the queen’s close friend and loyal servant, Kat Ashley, died.
Find out more about Kat (also known as Katherine Ashley, Katherine Astley and Katherine Champernowne) in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts…
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This week’s Sunday puzzle tests your knowledge of Tudor historians, i.e. historians that have written books or presented documentaries on the Tudor period, rather than historians from the 16th century!
Test your knowledge of these experts with this fun word search. The words go in 3 different directions.
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Mary I was the daughter of King Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and she was Queen of England from July 1553 to November 1558, but how much do you know about her?
In this latest edition of my “facts about…” series, I share 21 interesting facts about Mary I.
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On this day in history, 17th July 1537, in Scotland during the reign of King James V, Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis, was burnt to death.
She was accused of plotting to poison the king!
Find out more about what happened, and why James V hated her family, in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts…
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I just wanted to remind you that I’m doing a Facebook Live talk tomorrow. This is the second part of my look at Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon’s marriage and will take us from the start of the Great Matter in 1527 to Catherine’s death in 1536.
Here are the times in different time zones. If your time zone isn’t listed you can use https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html to convert the London time to your zone.
[Read More...]On this day in Tudor history, 15th July 1573, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, architect and theatre designer Inigo Jones was born.
Find out more about this famous architect and the buildings he designed in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts…
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On this day in Tudor history, 14th July 1514, in the reign of King Henry VIII, Cardinal Christopher Bainbridge died in Rome.
Who was this cardinal? Who claimed to have poisoned him and why?
Find out more in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts…
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Today is the anniversary of the birth of John Dee, the astrologer, mathematician, alchemist, antiquary, spy, philosopher, geographer and adviser to Elizabeth I and influential statesmen. He was born on 13th July 1527 in the reign of King Henry VIII.
Hear a few facts about John Dee in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts…
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On this day in Tudor history, 10th July 1561, Queen Elizabeth I visited the royal mint at the Tower of London to check on her new coins. Why was she producing new coins? What was the problem with the previous coinage?
Find out in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts…
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On this day in Tudor history, 9th July 1575, Queen Elizabeth I visited Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire, home of her favourite, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Her stay would be a long one, 19 days!
Find out a bit more about her stay at Kenilworth Castle in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts…
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This week something a little different – Tim is taking us behind the scenes at Tudor Society headquarters.
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On this day in Tudor history, 8th July 1549, in the reign of King Edward VI, a rebellion began in East Anglia. It was Kett’s Rebellion.
Find out more about Kett’s Rebellion, why it began, what happened next and what happened to the rebels leaders, in this latest edition of #TudorHistoryShorts…
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I’m just putting the finishing touches to a course I’ve written for MedievalCourses.com on the fascinating 16th-century queen, Mary, Queen of Scots.
The course goes live on 1st September 2021, but you can pre-order it right now and save $25 with coupon code MQS2021 by going to…
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On this day in Tudor history, 7th July 1553, in the short reign of Queen Jane (Lady Jane Grey), Mary, eldest daughter of King Henry VIII, received news of her half-brother King Edward VI’s death.
Where was Mary when she received the news? What was she doing and what happened next?
Find out in this latest edition of #TudorHistoryShorts…
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On this day in Tudor history, 6th July 1570, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Margaret Clement (née Giggs), adopted daughter of Sir Thomas More, died in Mechelen.
Find out more about Margaret Clement, what Sir Thomas More had bequeathed her, and how she had helped some imprisoned priests, in this latest edition of #TudorHistoryShorts…
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In this latest edition in my “Facts about…” series, I share 18 interesting facts about Lady Jane Grey, or Queen Jane, who is also known as “The Nine Day Queen”.
Find out more about the fourth Tudor monarch…
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On this day in Tudor history, 5th July 1583, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, shoemaker John Copping was executed.
He’d been in trouble before due to his radical views, but what had he done this time?
Find out more about John Copping in this latest edition of #TudorHistoryShorts…
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In going through our resources, we came across this wonderful recording of John Guy talking about Mary, Queen of Scots. This was recorded on the Executed Queens tour of 2012.
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On 4th July 1623, Elizabethan composer William Byrd died.
Find out about William Byrd, his association with Thomas Tallis, and his works, in this latest edition of #TudorHistoryShorts…
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