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Tudor Minute December 24: Henry gives his Last Speech to Parliament
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for December 24. Today in 1545 Henry VIII made his final speech to Parliament. A member of Parliament wrote: On 24 December the king’s majesty came into the parliament house, to give his royal…
Tudor Minute December 21: RIP Jasper Tudor
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for December 21. Today in 1495 Jasper Tudor died. He was the uncle of Henry Tudor, Henry VII, and it was largely due to his work protecting his nephew that Henry survived and was…
Tudor Minute December 20: Agnes Tilney Imprisoned
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for December 20. Today in 1541 Agnes Tilney was imprisoned in the Tower of London. She was 64 years old, and the reason she was in prison was because of the lax care she…
Tudor Minute December 19: The beginning of Jamestown
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for December 19. Today in 1606, just three years after Elizabeth’s death, three ships left England.They were called the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery, and they were carrying the settlers who would…
Tudor Minute December 18: Death of Two Religious Martyrs
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for December 18. Today is a big day in religious martyrs. Today in 1555 John Philpott, a Protestant martyr, was burned at Smithfield, as Mary I tried to bring England back into the Catholic…
Tudor Minute December 17: Henry VIII is Excommunicated
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for December 17. Today in 1538 Henry VIII was excommunicated by Pope Paul III over his divorce from Catherine of Aragon. The timing is interesting because this was already a year and a half…
Episode 115: A chat with Tony Riches on Charles Brandon
Author Tony Riches dropped by the podcast to talk about Charles Brandon. And look, I’ll admit it, I’m not a huge fan of Charles Brandon. He’s not my favorite. But I *am* a huge fan of Tony Riches, and so I decided to give Charles a chance. And I’m happy…
Tudor Minute December 14: RIP James V
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for December 14. Today in 1542 James V of Scotland died, after becoming ill when his army was defeated at the Battle of Solway Moss about three weeks before. He had already taken to…
Tudor Minute December 13: Bon Voyage Francis Drake
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for December 13. Today in 1577 Francis Drake left for his voyage around the world. He would go on to successfully circumnavigate the globe, the first English explorer to do so, on a journey…
Tudor Minute December 12: Happy Birthday Anne of Denmark
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for December 12. Today in 1574 Anne of Denmark was born. She would become the Queen Consort of James VI/I and would become Queen of England. She was born at Skanderborg Castle in Denmark,…
Tudor Minute December 11: Aftermath of Executions
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for December 11. Today in 1541 London was reeling from the executions of Thomas Culpepper and Francis Dereham, that happened yesterday. Dereham had been arrested after Thomas Cranmer let Henry know that his fifth…
Tudor Minute December 7: Happy Birthday Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for December 7. Today is the birthday of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, who was the grandson of Margaret Tudor by her second husband, Archibald Douglas. While he had a claim to both the English…