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Tudor Minute November 19: Happy Birthday Charles I

Tudor Minute November 19: Happy Birthday Charles I
    Today in 1600 James VI of Scotland and his wife Anne of Denmark, had a son, Charles. This second son of James - who would become James I of En...

November 17 - the Queen is Dead, Long Live the Queen

November 17 - the Queen is Dead, Long Live the Queen
    Today in 1558 Mary I died, aged 42 years old. She had made a will at Easter believing herself to be pregnant, but her husband Philip I left ...

Tudor Minute November 16: Spanish troops occupy Zutphen

Tudor Minute November 16: Spanish troops occupy Zutphen
Today in 1572 Spanish troops under Don Frederik (the Spanish General Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo) occupied and plundered Zutphen in the Netherla...

Tudor Minute November 13: Lady Jane Grey’s trial begins

Tudor Minute November 13: Lady Jane Grey’s trial begins
  Today in 1553 Lady Jane Grey’s trial started at London’s Guildhall, along with her husband Guilford Dudley. She was, of course, being tried for...

Tudor Minute November 12: Gardiner Passes and England is Catholic Again

Tudor Minute November 12: Gardiner Passes and England is Catholic Again
    Today we mark two events that are related. On November 12, 1555, Mary I’s Parliament reestablished the Catholic faith in England and was reu...

Tudor Minute November 10: RIP Richard Chancellor

Tudor Minute November 10: RIP Richard Chancellor
  Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for November 10. Today in 1556 Richard Chanc...

Tudor Minute November 9: Catherine’s last pregnancy

Tudor Minute November 9: Catherine’s last pregnancy
   Today in 1518 Catherine of Aragon gave birth to a girl, to the great disappointment of everyone. The Venetian Ambassador wrote a letter on the ...

November 6 - When Arthur Met Katherine

November 6 - When Arthur Met Katherine
    Today in 1501 Katherine of Aragon met Prince Arthur Tudor, her betrothed, for the first time. She had been traveling for nearly six months, t...

Tudor Minute November 3: Henry gets a new job

Tudor Minute November 3: Henry gets a new job
    Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for November 3. Today in 1534 the English P...

Tudor Minute November 2: Bad News for Katherine Howard

Tudor Minute November 2: Bad News for Katherine Howard
    Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for November 2. Today in 1541 Archbishop T...

Tudor Minute October 27 - a great writer and arts patroness is born...

Tudor Minute October 27 - a great writer and arts patroness is born...
    Today in 1561 Mary Sidney Herbert was born. She is remembered for being a literary patron, writer, and translator in her own right, and as t...

Tudor Minute October 26: Geoffrey Pole is Questioned in the Tower

Tudor Minute October 26: Geoffrey Pole is Questioned in the Tower
Today in 1538 Geoffrey Pole was interrogated in the Tower. Geoffrey Pole was the fourth son of Sir Richard Pole and Margaret Pole, the Countess o...