Tudor History with Claire Ridgway1 Apr 2021

Poet Thomas Churchyard, Sir Ambrose Cave, Elizabeth Boleyn and the knighting of Francis Drake

In this second part of This Week in Tudor history, which covers 1st to 4th April, historian and author Claire Ridgway talks about Thomas Churchyard, a poet and soldier who kept being imprisoned; Sir Ambrose Cave, a man who joined the Order of St John as early as he possibly could, but survived its dissolution and ended his days serving Elizabeth I; before moving on to the death of Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, mother of Queen Anne Boleyn and grandmother of Queen Elizabeth I, and finishing with the knighting of explorer Francis Drake. You can see this podcast as a video at the following link: https://youtu.be/nFGnnMXqZw0 1st April 1604 - Death of poet and soldier Thomas Churchyard at Westminster in London. 2nd April 1568 - Death of Member of Parliament, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Knight of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, Sir Ambrose Cave, at the Savoy. 3rd April 1538 - Death of Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, at Baynard's Castle in London. 4th April 1581 - The knighting of explorer, sea captain and pirate, Francis Drake, on board the Golden Hind at Deptford. Elizabeth Boleyn is laid to rest - https://youtu.be/GyWTdjzHrK4 10 Facts about Elizabeth Boleyn - https://youtu.be/CMX89l5Io9o December 13 - Sir Francis Drake sets off - https://youtu.be/k7xmAqIGWUw September 26 - Sir Francis Drake, the Golden Hind and a whole lot of treasure - https://youtu.be/j8aQfsG7Zik April 19 - Sir Francis Drake singes the King of Spain's beard - https://youtu.be/cGRGABOd_ss January 27 - Sir Francis Drake - https://youtu.be/LCgBJbxsDds Other Tudor history events for these dates: April 1 - Henry VIII courts Jane Seymour - https://youtu.be/MORzUuPS8ec April 1 - William Harvey, his experiments and blood circulation - https://youtu.be/xxMha0DQle4 April 2 - April 2 - Edward VI catches smallpox and measles - https://youtu.be/165sCxJn3KQ April 2 - The death of Prince Arthur - https://youtu.be/eEanoR-aHRs April 3 - Peace between Elizabeth I, France and the Empire - https://youtu.be/-ay-k25_ZBs April 3 - The burial of Lady Margaret Douglas, "a lady of most pious character" - https://youtu.be/fuWfShWK-rY April 4 - William Strachey and Shakespeare's The Tempest - https://youtu.be/BgGZyY6g2TI April 4 - Mildred Cecil, Lady Burghley - far beyond the race of womankind - https://youtu.be/Jaap4Mj2Jbg

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