February 5 - Elizabeth under investigation

February 5 - Elizabeth under investigation

On this day in Tudor history, 5th February 1549, in the reign of King Edward VI, fifteen-year-old Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth I, was summoned to appear before Sir Robert Tyrwhitt, who was keeping her under house arrest at Hatfield while the Crown investigated Thomas Seymour. Edward VI's privy council were investigating whether Elizabeth was secretly plotting to marry Thomas Seymour, Edward VI's uncle, helped by her servants, Katherine Ashley and Thomas Parry. Parry and Ashley had made confessions, but what had they said? And what would happen to them all? Find out in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society. You can read the confessions of Thomas Parry, Katherine Ashley and Elizabeth at https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_YitDAAAAcAAJ/page/n109/mode/2up p. 95 to 103. Book recommendation: The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor by Elizabeth Norton. You can see this podcast as a video at the following link: https://youtu.be/Z7nodYmM8UY Also on this day in Tudor history, 5th February 1537, in the reign of King Henry VIII, diplomat Sir Henry Brooke was born. Find out all about him in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/L-rtOllJOkE 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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