The Tudor Fair Blog
Tudor Minute July 29: Battle of Gravelines
Today in 1588 England fought the Spanish Armada in the battle of Gravelines, the decisive battle of the invasion, off the coast of Spanish h...
Tudor Minute July 28: RIP Thomas Cromwell
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for July 28.
Today in 1540 Thomas Cromwell was ...
Tudor Minute July 27 RIP Jane Lumley
Today in 1578 Jane Lumley died at age 41. Born into nobility (she was the daughter of the 19th Earl of Arundel) she was cousins with Lady Jane Gre...
Tudor Minute July 24: Mary Queen of Scots abdicates
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for July 24.
Today in 1567, while imprisoned...
Tudor Minute July 23: Printer John Day Dies
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for July 23.
Today in 1584 John Day died. He wa...
Tudor Minute July 22: RIP Henry Fitzroy
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for July 22.
Today in 1536 Henry VIII’s ill...
Tudor Minute July 21: John Dudley Arrested
Today in 1553 John Dudley, the Duke of Northumberland, was arrested. Dudley is often seen as a Tudor Villain, because he led the plot to put ...
Tudor Minute July 20: Philip arrives to meet his bride
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for July 20.
On July 20 1554 Prince Philip arri...
Tudor Minute July 17: Happy Birthday Richard Carew
Today in 1555 Richard Carew was born in Cornwall. He would become an antiquarian, translator, and poet.
This is from the BBC: Carew trained as a...
Tudor Minute July 16: RIP Anne Askew
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for July 16.
Today Anne Askew was burned at t...
Tudor Minute July 15 - Happy Birthday Inigo Jones
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for July 15.
Today we mark the birthday, in 157...
Tudor Minute July 14: Elizabeth Holidays at Kenilworth
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for July 14.
In 1575 Elizabeth I spent 2 l...