The Tudor Fair Blog
Tudor Minute September 10: Elizabeth is Christened
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for September 10. Today in 1533 the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth, was christened at the church of observant friars in Greenwich. She was three days old. The mayor, and…
Tudor Minute September 7: The Time they Had to Add An Extra S to the Birth Announcement
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for September 7. Today in 1533 a little girl was born in Greenwich, less than two weeks after her mother had gone into confinement. The parents were so sure that she would be a…
Tudor Music Hour Episode 015: The Music of the Peterhouse Partbooks
The Tudor Music Hour this week (Sundays at 9am UK Time, available on Mad Wasp Radio, on TuneIn) featured the mass by Robert Jones, from the Peterhouse Partbooks, recorded by Blue Heron. The Peterhouse Partbooks are an extraordinary example of English polyphonic music from the mid 16th century, just as…
Tudor Minute September 6: The Golden Hinde Enters the Pacific
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for September 6. Today in 1578 a ship called the Pelican sailed into the Pacific ocean on a trip that would ultimately lead to a circumnavigation of the globe. Already over a year…
Tudor Minute September 5: RIP Katherine Parr
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for September 5. Today in 1548 Katherine Parr died. She was Henry VIII’s final wife, having outlived him, but only for just over a year. Childbed fever caught her, the way it did so…
Tudor Minute September 4
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for September 4. Today in 1588 Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, died. After being part of the defeat of the Spanish Armada, he had been sick for a while. Elizabeth gave him permission…
Tudor Minute August 31: Robert Samuel, Ipswich Martyr, executed
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for August 31. Today on 1555 Robert Samuel was executed. He was one of the famous Ipswich Martyrs, and John Foxe’s Book of Martyrs ensures his place in history. He was a minister…
Tudor Minute August 30: Mary Seymour is born
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for August 30. Today in 1548 Mary Seymour was born. She was the daughter ofatherine Parr to Thomas Seymour. There are plenty of rumors that Katherine Parr had had a thing with Thomas…
Tudor Minute August 29: RIP Lucas de Heere
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for August 29. Today in 1584 Lucas De Heere died. De Heere was a Flemish portrait painter, poet, and writer who was a leading artist of the Tudor court after fleeing the Netherlands during…
Tudor Minute August 28: Mary Warned about Mass
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for August 28. Today in 1551 Edward VI’s Lord Chancellor Richard Rich visited Edward’s Half sister Mary to tell her she needed to stop celebrating the Catholic Mass. This was a constant thorn in…
Tudor Minute August 27: RIP Josquin des Prez
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for August 27. Today marks the death, in 1521 of Josquin des Prez, and while this isn’t directly Tudor related, the music of Josquin greatly influenced our Tudor composers. In the 16th century he…
Tudor Minute August 23: Stephen Gardiner becomes Lord Chancellor
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for August 23. Today in 1553 Mary Tudor made Stephen Gardiner her Lord Chancellor. Gardiner born around 1483, and had met with Erasmus, and other humanists. He rose to prominence under Cardinal Wolsey, and…