The Tudor Fair Blog
Tudor Minute August 14: Happy Birthday Margaret Pole
Today in 1473 Margaret Pole was born. She was a Yorkist princess, the daughter of Edward IV’s brother George, the Duke of Clarence. Her life...
Tudor Minute August 13: Mary marries Louis by proxy
Today in 1514 princess Mary Tudor, sister to Henry VIII, married Louis XII by proxy in Greenwich Palace. She was 18 when she married Louis, and...
Tudor Minute August 12: Spain Sails Away
Today in 1588 the dramatic several weeks of Spanish invasion came to an end when Commander of the English fleet Lord Howard of Effingham calle...
Tudor Minute August 11: Greenwich Friars Evicted
Today in 1534 140 Friars Observant were evicted from their religious house in Greenwich by Henry VIII over their support for Katherine of Arago...
Tudor Minute August 10: RIP Thomas Knyvett
Today in 1512 Thomas Knyvett died. Thomas Knyvett was an English nobleman who was a close friend of Henry VIII, shortly after Henry came to the...
Tudor Minute August 7: A Shakespearean Villain is buried
Today in 1600 Sir Thomas Lucy was buried in Warwickshire. He was a magistrate and Member of Parliament, but he is best known as a Shakespearian...
Tudor Minute August 6: Happy Birthday Matthew Parker
Today is the birthday, in 1504 of Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury. Born in Norwich, he was the son of a weaver, and was ordained in 15...
Tudor minute August 5: Humphrey Gilbert Claims Newfoundland
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for August 5. Today in 1583 Sir Humphrey Gilber...
Tudor Minute August 4: RIP Cecil
Today in 1598 William Cecil, the first Baron Burghley, died. He was the chief advisor to Queen Elizabeth for the majority of her reign, he w...
Tudor Minute August 2: Mary Triumphs
On August 3 1553 Mary I triumphed over the Protestant revolt started with her half brother Edward VI’s death, with Lady Jane Grey as its figu...
Tudor Minute July 31: Kett's Rebellion starts to turn
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for July 31.
Today in 1549 the rebellion in No...
Tudor Minute July 30: Henry goes on holiday
Today in 1541 Henry VIII and Catherine Howard left for their progress to the North. Henry wanted to meet with his nephew, James V of Scotland, ...