July 11 - Men change sides from Queen Jane to Mary
On this day in history, 11th July 1553, in Ipswich, Suffolk, Sir Thomas Cornwallis, sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, Lord Thomas Wentworth, and some other prominent Suffolk gentlemen declared for Queen...
10 Juli 20205min
July 10 - The Throckmorton Plot against Elizabeth I
On this day in Tudor history, 10th July 1584, Catholic conspirator, Francis Throckmorton, was executed at Tyburn for high treason after the Throckmorton Plot had been discovered. The Throckmorton Pl...
9 Juli 20205min
July 9 - Mary wants to avoid bloodshed and vengeance
On this day in Tudor history, 9th July 1553, three days after the death of her half-brother, King Edward VI, and the day after she'd proclaimed herself queen at her estate at Kenninghall, Mary (future...
8 Juli 20206min
July 8 - Thomas Boleyn's important duty
On this day in Tudor history, on 8th July 1503, during the reign of King Henry VII, Thomas Boleyn, father of Anne Boleyn, left Collyweston in Northamptonshire to undertake an important job for the kin...
7 Juli 20204min
July 7 - William Turner, Father of English botany
On this day in Tudor history, 7th July 1568, naturalist, herbalist, ornithologist, reformer and physician, William Turner, died. Turner is known as “the father of English botany and of ornithology”, b...
6 Juli 20206min
July 6 - The execution of Sir Thomas More
On this day in Tudor history, Tuesday 6th July 1535, Henry VIII’s former friend and Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, was beheaded on Tower Hill as a traitor. In today's talk, historian Claire Ridg...
5 Juli 20208min
July 5 - Sir Thomas More's last letter
On this day in Tudor history, 5th July 1535, Henry VIII’s former Lord Chancellor and good friend, Sir Thomas More, wrote his final letter. More's last letter was addressed to his beloved daughter Ma...
4 Juli 20209min
July 4 - Gregory Cromwell - who was he?
On this day in Tudor history, 4th July 1551, Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell, died of sweating sickness at Launde Abbey in Leicestershire. He was laid to rest at the abbey’s chapel on 7th July. ...
3 Juli 20205min
