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The Dramatic Rise and Fall of Edward Seymour

5 months ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector of England, was the most powerful man in the country during Edward VI’s reign. But how did the king’s uncle go from ruling in all but name to losing his head on Tower Hill on this day in 1552?

His is a story of ambition, betrayal, rebellion, and leadership gone wrong.

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Edward Seymour’s rise to power was nothing short of meteoric. As a trusted military commander, a staunch Protestant reformer, and, perhaps most importantly, the uncle of the young King Edward VI, he was perfectly positioned to influence the Tudor court. His closeness to Henry VIII in the king’s final years helped him secure his place among England’s most powerful men.
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#OTD in Tudor history – 26 December

6 months ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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On this day in Tudor history, Protestant exile and businesswoman Rose Lok was born in London (1526), Henry VIII made some changes to his will (1546), and the Feast of St Stephen was celebrated…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 25 November

7 months ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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On this day in Tudor history, 25th November, Elizabeth of York, Henry VII’s queen consort, was crowned queen at Westminster Abbey (1487), and lawyer, MP, diplomat and ecclesiastical administrator Sir Thomas Legh died (1545)…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 7 November

7 months ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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On this day in Tudor history, 7th November, Henry VII’s first Parliament attainted Richard III and his supporters (1485); and Archbishop Thomas Cranmer visited a confined Queen Catherine Howard, seeking a confession (1541)…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 25 October

8 months ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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On this day in Tudor history, 25th October, Henry VIII returned to Calais following his visit to the French court at Boulogne, taking Francis I with him; and today is the the feast of Saints Crispin and Crispinian, martyrs of the Early Church and the patron saints of cobblers…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 15 October

8 months ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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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

8 months ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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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 – 9 October

8 months ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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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 – 2 October

9 months ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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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 – 16 September

9 months ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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On this day in Tudor history, 16th September, scholar, humanist and theologian John Colet died after catching sweating sickness three times; and Henry VIII and Catherine Howard were given lots of gold on their royal progress…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 12 July

11 months ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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On this day in Tudor history, 12th July, Henry VIII married his sixth wife, Catherine Parr; men flocked to Lady Mary’s cause and Queen Jane made a mistake; and four Protestants were burnt at the stake in Canterbury for heresy…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 6 July

12 months ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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On this day in Tudor history, 6th July, Henry III’s former Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, was executed for high treason; King Edward VI died, leaving the throne to Lady Jane Grey; and Margaret Clement, adopted daughter of Sir Thomas More, died in Mechelen…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 30 June

1 year ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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On this day in Tudor history, Henry VIII and Catherine Howard set off on their ill-fated progress to the North; and keen sportsman, King Henry II of France, suffered a mortal head wound while jousting…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 29 June

1 year ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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On this day in Tudor history, 29th June, Lady Margaret Beaufort, matriarch of the Tudor dynasty, died; Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, died; and the Globe Theatre burned to the ground after catching fire during a performance of “Henry VIII”…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 26 May

1 year ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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On this day in Tudor history, 26th May, Henry VIII and Charles V met at Dover Castle; Henry VIII’s eldest daughter, Mary, wrote to Cromwell asking him to intercede with her father on her behalf; and Barbara Sidney (née Gamage), Countess of Leicester, was buried at Penshurst…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 25 May

1 year ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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On this day in Tudor history, an earthquake shook Croydon and neighbouring villages, and Lady Jane Grey married Lord Guildford Dudley, son of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, in a triple wedding at Durham Place…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 15 May

1 year ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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On this day in Tudor history, Queen Anne Boleyn and her brother, George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, were tried for high treason; Baron Darcy and Baron Hussey were tried for treason; and Mary, Queen of Scots married for a third time…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 12 May

1 year ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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On this day in Tudor history, Cardinal Wolsey presided over a book burning; four men were tried for sleeping with and plotting with Queen Anne Boleyn; Baron Hussey was charged with treason; and a friar refused to recant his allegiance to Rome…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 11 May

1 year ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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On this day in Tudor history, 11th May, Henry VIII flung accusations at the clergy; the Grand Jury of Kent met in the fall of Anne Boleyn; two Carthusian monks were hanged in chains; and royal physician Dr Thomas Wendy died…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 2 May

1 year ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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On this day in Tudor history, 2nd May, Queen Anne Boleyn and her brother, Lord Rochford, were arrested; Anabaptist Joan Bocher was burnt in Edward VI’s reign; and Mary, Queen of Scots escaped from Lochleven Castle…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 22 April

1 year ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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On this day in Tudor history, 22nd April, Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland, magnate and Warden of the West Marches, died, and Francis Beaumont, Justice of the Common Pleas, died from gaol fever. It’s also the anniversary of the birth of Isabella I of Castile…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 27 March

1 year ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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On this day in Tudor history, a treaty arranged the marriage of Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales, and Catherine of Aragon; a young apprentice was burnt to death for reading the Bible; and George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, was buried…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 27 February

1 year ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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On this day in Tudor history, 27th February, English forces were defeated by the Scots at the Battle of Ancrum Moor, diarist and clergyman Richard Madox died at sea, and two priests and the woman who harboured them were executed…
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September 20 – Sir William Paston (c. 1479-1554)

1 year ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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On this day in Tudor history, 20th September 1554, in the reign of Queen Mary I, courtier and landowner Sir William Paston died at Paston in Norfolk. He was buried there.

Paston served Henry VIII as a sheriff and commissioner, and served on the jury trying the Earl of Surrey even though Surrey’s father, the Duke of Norfolk, was his former patron.
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September 19 – The death of Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk

1 year ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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On this day in Tudor history, 19th September 1580, Katherine Bertie (née Willoughby) died after a long illness. She was buried in Spilsby church, Lincolnshire.

Katherine was known for her Protestant faith and her patronage of Protestant scholars and clergymen, and also for her marriage to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk.
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July 28 – The execution of Walter Hungerford, Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury

1 year ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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On this day in Tudor history, 28th July 1540, after the execution of Thomas Cromwell, Walter Hungerford, Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury and a client of Cromwell, was beheaded on Tower Hill.

He was the only man in the Tudor period to be executed for “treason of buggery”.
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July 26 – George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury

1 year ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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On this day in Tudor history, 26th July 1538, in the reign of King Henry VIII, George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury and 4th Earl of Waterford, died at South Wingfield Manor, Derbyshire. He was buried at St Peter’s Church, Sheffield.

Here are a few facts about him…
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Monday Martyr – The mysterious fall of Blessed Adrian Fortescue

2 years ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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June 20 – Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland dies of a gunshot wound

2 years ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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On this day in Tudor history, the night of 20th/21st June 1585, Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland, died at the Tower of London.

Northumberland was found dead in bed with a gunshot wound and on 23rd June an inquest in the Star Chamber ruled that he had committed suicide. However, it was rumoured by Catholics that he had been murdered by Sir Christopher Hatton on the orders of Elizabeth I’s government. They claimed that he had been shot in the chest three times, which was not consistent with suicide.

Northumberland had been imprisoned in the Tower in January 1584 for his Catholic beliefs and his involvement in plots to do with Mary, Queen of Scots. He was laid to rest in the chapel of St Peter ad Vincula at the Tower.
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May 12 – Baron Hussey, is charged with treason

2 years ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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On this day in Tudor England, 12th May 1537, John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford, Chief Butler of England, was charged with treason.

Hussey, who was born 1465/6 had been appointed Chief Butler of England in 1521 and also served as a Member of Parliament, sheriff of Lincolnshire and steward to the Bishop of Lincoln. He served Henry VIII’s eldest daughter, Mary, as her chamberlain and his second wife, Anne, was one of Mary’s ladies. Anne actually ended up in the Tower of London for a short time after referring to Mary as “Princess” rather than “Lady” after Mary had become illegitimate by Act of Parliament.
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