On this day in Tudor history, 17th October, spy and Protestant martyr Walter Marsh was baptised in London; and famous Elizabethan poet, courtier and soldier Sir Philip Sidney died from an injury sustained in battle…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 17 October
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#OTD in Tudor history – 16 October
On this day in Tudor history, 16th October, a meeting between Henry VIII and Francis I was planned (1532); and Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester, and Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London, two of the Oxford Martyrs, were burnt at the stake in Oxford (1555)…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 15 October
On this day in Tudor history, 15th October, the infant Prince Edward (Edward VI) was christened in the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace (1537); and teacher and Welsh language poet Richard Gwyn (White) was hanged, drawn and quartered for his Catholic faith (1584)…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 14 October
On this day in Tudor history, 14th October, statesman, diplomat and poet Thomas Chaloner died (1563); and the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots began at Fotheringhay Castle (1586)…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 13 October
On this day in Tudor history, 13th October, things did not look good for Edward Seymour as his protectorate was abolished and he was thrown off the king’s council (1549); and Mary I asked imperial ambassador Simon Renard to meet with her secretly (1553)…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 12 October
On this day in Tudor history, 12th October, Edward VI, son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, was born (1537); and MP and administrator Lewis Owen was murdered on a Welsh mountain pass as a result of his campaign against outlaws (1555)…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 11 October
On this day in Tudor history, 11th October, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn set sail from Dover for Calais for a meeting with Francis I (1532); and there was a solemn procession with prayers for Queen Jane Seymour, who was in labour (1537)…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 10 October
On this day in Tudor history, 10th October, Queen Elizabeth I was taken ill with what was thought to be a cold, but was actually smallpox (1562); and Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, was buried in the Beauchamp Chapel of the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick (1588)…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 9 October
On this day in Tudor history, 9th October, Henry VIII’s sister, Mary Tudor, married Louis XII of France at Abbeville; and Miguel de Cervante, author of Don Quixote, was baptised in Alcalá de Henares…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 8 October
On this day in Tudor history, Henry VIII’s niece, Lady Margaret Douglas, was born; and Henry VIII forced his daughter, Mary, to write to the pope and to Mary of Hungary, the emperor’s sister…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 7 October
On this day in Tudor history, 7th October, Pope Clement VII wrote to Henry VIII telling him that his marriage to Catherine of Aragon would not be annulled; and George Gascoigne, a gifted poet who was involved in Robert Dudley’s last ditch attempt to woo Elizabeth I, died…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 6 October
On this day in Tudor history, 6th October, royal physician, scholar and college founder John Caius was born; and reformer and Bible translator William Tyndale, a man whose works had both helped Henry VIII and incurred the king’s wrath, was executed…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 5 October
On this day in Tudor history, 5th October, Henry VIII’s daughter, two-year-old Princess Mary, became betrothed to the French dauphin; and Lord Protector Somerset ordered a gathering of men at Hampton Court Palace to protect him and the young King Edward VI…
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Exploring the Mystery of Ewloe Castle
Join me as I take a stroll through the beautiful Wepre Park in North Wales, where hidden in the lush woodland lies the mysterious Ewloe Castle. Why was this medieval fortress built in such an unusual location? Was it a statement of power by the Welsh princes, or is there more to its story?
From woodland walks to ancient battlegrounds, this video uncovers the secrets of the castle and its connection to legendary figures like Llywelyn the Great and Owain Gwynedd. There’s history around every corner!
If you’re a fan of castles and medieval history, or just love a good mystery, this one’s for you!
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#OTD in Tudor history – 4 October
On this day in Tudor history, rebel leader Sir Francis Bigod was born; and the Lincolnshire Rising, the beginnings of the Pilgrimage of Grace, continued as trouble erupted in Horncastle…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 3 October
On this day in Tudor history, 3rd October, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey sang a mass to Henry VIII and the French ambassadors at St Paul’s Cathedral to celebrate a treaty between England and France; and imperial ambassador Eustace Chapuys wrote to Charles V informing him that Jane Seymour’s coronation was being postponed…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 2 October
On this day in Tudor history, Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, set sail from Dover to travel to France to marry Louis XII of France; and reformer and Bible translator William Tyndale’s book “The Obedience of a Christian Man” was published, a book which Anne Boleyn shared with Henry VIII…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 1 October
On this day in Tudor history, 1st October, scholar, royal tutor and administrator John Alcock, Bishop of Ely, died at Wisbech Castle; and Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, was crowned queen at Westminster Abbey…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 30 September
On this day in Tudor history, 30th September, a victorious Henry VIII returned to England after the French surrender of Boulogne; and Mary I’s coronation procession took place in London…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 29 September
On this day in Tudor history, 29th September, Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio, papal legate, arrived in England ready to hear the case for Henry VIII’s annulment; and Elizabeth I made her favourite, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester so that he could marry Mary, Queen of Scots…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 28 September
On this day in Tudor history, 28th September, Mary I and her half-sister, Elizabeth, travelled to the Tower of London to prepare for Mary’s coronation; and Elizabeth I’s favourite, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, strode into the queen’s bedchamber unannounced and saw her without her “mask of youth”…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 27 September
On this day in Tudor history, 27th September, John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk and first husband of Margaret Beaufort, was born; and fifteen-year-old Catherine of Aragon set sail for England from Laredo, Spain, for her marriage to Arthur Tudor…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 26 September
On this day in Tudor history, 26th September, Sir Francis Drake returned from his 3-year circumnavigation of the Globe; and Sir Amias Paulet, who had served as Mary, Queen of Scots’ gaoler, died…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 25 September
On this day in Tudor history, 25th September, explorer, navigator and naval administrator Stephen Borough was born; and Pope Clement VII died in Rome. It was rumoured that he died from eating death cap mushrooms or from fumes from poisoned candles…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 24 September
On this day in Tudor history, 24th September, Arthur Tudor, eldest son of Henry VII, was christened at Winchester Cathedral; and Roman Catholic priest William Spenser was executed along at York with layman Robert Hardesty who’d sheltered him…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 23 September
On this day in Tudor history, 23rd September, John Jewel, Bishop of Salisbury, died after being taken ill while preaching a sermon; and pamphleteer William Averell, whose first work was about two Welsh star-crossed lovers, Charles and Julia, was buried…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 22 September
Today is the traditional date given for the birth of Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of Henry VIII; and it’s also the anniversary of the burial of Amy Dudley (née Robsart), wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, at St Mary’s Church, Oxford…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 21 September
On this day in Tudor history, 21st September, theologian and chaplain Henry Pendleton, a man known for changing his faith, was buried; and Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, married Lettice Devereux in secret…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 20 September
On this day in Tudor history, 20th September, Henry VII’s eldest son and heir, Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales, was born at Winchester; and Anthony Babington and his fellow Babington Plot conspirators were executed…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 19 September
On this day in Tudor history, 19th September, Coventry Martyrs Robert Glover and Cornelius Bungey were burnt at the stake for their Protestant faith; and explorer, navigator and privateer Thomas Cavendish was baptised…
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