December 17 - Henry VIII is excommunicated
On this day in Tudor history, 17th December 1538, Pope Paul III announced the excommunication of King Henry VIII. Henry VIII had been threatened with excommunication several times, but his desecrati...
16 Dec 20195min
December 16 - The birth of Catherine of Aragon
Happy birthday to Catherine of Aragon! Yes, this first wife of King Henry VIII and Spanish princess was born on this day in Tudor history, 16th December 1485. In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, author...
15 Dec 20196min
December 15 - Cardinal Pole is laid to rest
On this day in Tudor history, 15th December 1558, Cardinal Reginald Pole, Mary I’s Archbishop of Canterbury and her chief advisor, was buried at Canterbury Cathedral. Coincidentally, Cardinal Pole had...
14 Dec 20196min
December 14 - Mary I is buried
On this day in Tudor history, 14th December 1558, Queen Mary I was buried at Westminster Abbey. Mary had died on 17th November 1558 and had left instructions for Catherine of Aragon's remains to be...
13 Dec 20194min
December 13 - Sir Francis Drake sets off
On this day in Tudor history, 13th December 1577, pirate, sea captain, and explorer Sir Francis Drake finally left the port of Plymouth on his circumnavigation of the Globe. Claire has spoken about ...
12 Dec 20192min
December 12 - London sympathises with the Earl of Surrey
On this day in Tudor history, 12th December 1546, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, son of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was led through the streets of London from Ely Place, where he had been held ...
11 Dec 20195min
December 11 - Robert Dudley's lover and mother of his son
On this day in history, 11th December 1608, one of Queen Elizabeth I’s former ladies and a lover of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, was buried at St Margaret's Church, Westminster. Her name was Doug...
10 Dec 20196min
