March 4 - William Bullokar and his 40-letter alphabet

March 4 - William Bullokar and his 40-letter alphabet

On this day in history, 4th March 1609, Tudor spelling reformer and grammarian William Bullokar died at Chichester in West Sussex. William Bullokar is known for writing the first grammar book of English, the "Pamphlet for Grammar", and for his work reforming the alphabet to improve literacy. Find out more about him and what he did in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History". Link to read “Bullokar’s booke at large, for the amendment of orthographie for English speech” - https://archive.org/details/bullokarsbookeat00bull/page/n6/mode/2up You can see this podcast as a video at the following link: https://youtu.be/n_GKQMR2myA Also on this day in Tudor history, 4th March 1522, at the court of Henry VIII, the Chateau Vert pageant took place. Anne Boleyn and Mary Boleyn were two of the participants in this lavish pageant, and you can find out all about it in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/ChANxD0evtM You can find Claire at: https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com https://www.tudorsociety.com https://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles/ https://www.facebook.com/tudorsociety/ https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFiles https://twitter.com/thetudorsociety https://www.instagram.com/tudor.society/ https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynfiles/

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The Mysterious Fall of Blessed Adrian Fortescue - #MondayMartyr

The Mysterious Fall of Blessed Adrian Fortescue - #MondayMartyr

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Anne Boleyn’s French Style - #WednesdayFact

Anne Boleyn’s French Style - #WednesdayFact

Anne Boleyn preferred the French style of dress over the English style, but what was the French style?

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Anne Boleyn and Mary Boleyn Portraits - #PortraitTuesday

Anne Boleyn and Mary Boleyn Portraits - #PortraitTuesday

Claire looks at a pair of portraits of sisters Anne and Mary Boleyn from Hever Castle's collection.

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On 23rd June 1592, Robert (Roger) Ashton was hanged, drawn and quartered after being found in possession of a papal dispensation. But what actually happened?

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Anne Boleyn’s deal for the defiant Mary - #Wednesday Fact

Anne Boleyn’s deal for the defiant Mary - #Wednesday Fact

Did you know that Mary would have been better off accepting the deal offered her by Anne Boleyn than what she got while Jane Seymour was queen? #anneboleyn #janeseymour #tudorhistory #maryI #henryviii...

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A cartoon-like Anne Boleyn - #PortraitTuesday

A cartoon-like Anne Boleyn - #PortraitTuesday

This week's #PortraitTuesday image of Anne Boleyn is a contemporary sketch, a drawing of Anne Boleyn from Harley MS 41, her coronation banquet seating plan.

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The botched execution of a royal godmother and governess - #MondayMartyr

The botched execution of a royal godmother and governess - #MondayMartyr

The innocent Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, suffered a truly awful end - a botched beheading. #tudorhistory #toweroflondon Find out more at https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/the-execution-of-m...

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Anne Boleyn and the Crown of St Edward - #WednesdayFact

Anne Boleyn and the Crown of St Edward - #WednesdayFact

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