The Tudor Society
  • 11 May – The doctor who saved a queen

    On this day in Tudor history, 11th May 1560, royal physician Dr Thomas Wendy, died at his home, the manor of Haslingfield, in Cambridgeshire.

    He attended three Tudor monarchs at their death and had a long and loyal service as a royal physician, but what interests Claire, in particular, is his role in saving Queen Catherine Parr, Henry VIII’s sixth wife, from a plot by Catholic conservatives in 1546.

    Find out more Dr Thomas Wendy, his life, career, and the plot in today’s talk.

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