The Tudor Fair Blog
Tudor Minute September 22: Happy Birthday Anne of Cleves
Today in 1515 Anne of Cleves was born. She is most famous for being Henry VIII’s fourth wife, the one he deemed too ugly for him. The marriage ...
Tudor Minute September 21: Happy Anniversary Robert and Lettice
Today in 1578 Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, married Lettice Knollys. Ever since the death of his wife, Amy Robsart, under suspicious circumst...
Tudor Minute September 18: Happy Birthday Henry Brandon
Today in 1535 Charles Brandon and his wife, his ward Katherine Willoughby, had a son called Henry. Charles Brandon was famous for having marr...
Tudor Minute September 17: RIP Heinrich Bullinger
Today we mark the death, in 1575, of Heinrich Bullinger, one of the leading Swiss Protestant Reformers. He was born in 1504, and interestingly, ...
Tudor Minute September 16: Henry's Great Progress
Today in 1541 Henry VIII was on his famous Progress to the North, and entered the city of York where the most important people in the city beg...
Tudor Minute September 15: Wolsey is Archbishop of York
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for September 15.
Today in 1514 Thomas Wols...
Tudor Minute September 11: The Pope Gives Thanks
Today in 1572 Pope Gregory XIII ordered a commemoration both for the defeat of the Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Lepanto in October 1571, a...
Tudor Minute September 10: Elizabeth is Christened
Today in 1533 the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth, was christened at the church of observant friars in Greenwich. She was t...
Tudor Minute September 8: Who Killed Amy Robsart!?
Today in 1560 Amy Dudley, also known as Amy Robsart died in her home, found at the bottom of a flight of steps in her home in Oxfordshire. She w...
Tudor Minute September 7: Happy Birthday Elizabeth
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 ...
Tudor Minute September 4: Robert Dudley Dies
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. Eliz...
Tudor Minute September 3: RIP Elizabethan Clown, Richard Tarlton
Today we mark the death, in 1588, of one of the most well known actors of the Elizabethan period, a clown called Richard Tarlton.
He was ...