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Tudor Minute November 20: RIP Sir Christopher Hatton
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for November 20. Today in 1591 Sir Christopher Hatton died. He is remembered for being the Lord Chancellor of England, and he was a favorite of Elizabeth. He first caught Elizabeth’s attention in the…
Tudor Minute November 19: Happy Birthday Charles I
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for November 19. 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 England upon…
Tudor Minute November 16: Spanish troops occupy Zutphen
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for November 16. Today in 1572 Spanish troops under Don Frederik (the Spanish General Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo) occupied and plundered Zutphen in the Netherlands. This would eventually drag Elizabeth into the conflict to…
Tudor Minute November 15: RIP Robert Holgate
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for November 15. Today in 1555 Robert Holgate died. He was the Archbishop of York, and in his life he brought to the fore one of the major issues between Protestants and Catholics, which…
Tudor Minute November 13: Lady Jane Grey’s trial begins
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for November 13. 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 having claimed the throne during the short…
Tudor Minute November 12: Gardiner Passes and England is Catholic Again
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for November 12. Today we mark two events that are related. On November 12, 1555, Mary I’s Parliament reestablished the Catholic faith in England and was reunited with the Pope. It’s also the day…
Tudor Minute November 9: Catherine’s last pregnancy
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for November 9. 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 tenth of November saying, “In the…
Episode 113: Remember, Remember
I’ve been meaning to do an episode on the Gunpowder Plot in early November for ages, but I always seem to forget. So this year I put it in my trusty Tudor Planner (see how I worked that in there?) and boom, I was ready Remember, if you…
Tudor Minute November 8: Henry makes a move at Bridewell Palace
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for November 8. Today in 1528 Henry VIII spoke to the “nobility, judges, councillors, and divers other persons,” at Bridewell Palace. He wanted to talk about his troubled conscience, because he believed that his…
Tudor Minute November 2: Bad News for Catherine Howard
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for November 2. Today in 1541 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer left a letter for Henry VIII in the chapel at Hampton Court giving details about his wife Catherine Howard’s past. Henry had married Catherine thinking…
Tudor Minute November 1: RIP Edmund Tudor
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for November 1. Today in 1456 Edmund Tudor died in Carmarthen Castle, likely from the plague, though rumors persist that he was poisoned. He was the son of Owen Tudor and Catherine of Valois…
Tudor Minute October 31: The Reformation Begins
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for October 31. Today marks the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther wrote to the Archbishop of Mainz, and the Bishop of Brandenburg, protesting against the sale of indulgences…