August 6 – A bloody battle in Edward VI’s reign, and Anne Hathaway

On this day in Tudor history, 6th August 1549, in the reign of King Edward VI, the Crown's forces met the rebels of the Prayer Book Rebellion in another battle, the Battle of Clyst Heath.

I share an account of the battle of which Lord Grey said "he never, in all the wars that he had been, knew the like". I also explain what happened next in the Prayer Book Rebellion of 1549.

And on this day in 1623, Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, the famous playwright, died.

Find out a bit more about Anne Hathaway, and hear the tomb inscription written about her by her son in law, in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts...