With the Tudor Minute you get daily bites of live from 16th century England. Created by the Renaissance English History Podcast, one of the longest running indie history podcasts, these bite size snippets provide a quick dose of Tudor any time of the day.
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Tudor Minute January 8, 1536: Henry and Anne Wear Yellow
Today is the day in which Henry and Anne famously wore yellow to celebrate the death of Katherine of Aragon, which happened yesterday, the seventh. Sources vary on exactly what was…
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Tudor Minute January 5: Henry Gets Instructions
Today in 1531 Pope Clement VII wrote to Henry in England telling him that if he remarried he would be excommunicated.
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Tudor Minute January 4: Columbus Sails Home
On January 4, 1493 Christopher Columbus left the new islands he had stumbled upon in the Caribbean to return back to Spain. He had left Spain in August 1492 attempting to find an a…
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Tudor Minute December 21: RIP Jasper Tudor
Today in 1495 Jasper Tudor died. He was the uncle of Henry Tudor, Henry VII, and it was largely due to his work protecting his nephew that Henry survived and was able to become Kin…
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Tudor Minute December 14: RIP James V
Today in 1542 James V of Scotland died, after becoming ill when his army was defeated at the Battle of Solway Moss about three weeks before. He had already taken to his bed when hi…
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Tudor Minute December 11: Aftermath of Executions
Today in 1541 London was reeling from the executions of Thomas Culpepper and Francis Dereham, that happened yesterday. Dereham had been arrested after Thomas Cranmer let Henry know…
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Tudor Minute December 8 – Happy Birthday, Mary Queen of Scot
It’s been a week of Mary, Queen of Scots, and that’s set to continue today, as it’s her birthday. She was born in 1542, the daughter of James V of Scotland, and his wife Marie of G…
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Tudor Minute December 7: Happy Birthday Henry Stewart, Lord
Today is the birthday of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, who was the grandson of Margaret Tudor by her second husband, Archibald Douglas. While he had a claim to both the English and…
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Tudor Minute December 4: The Pope strips Cranmer of his Arch
Today in 1555 the Pope in Rome handed down a sentence on the Protestant Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, saying that he was stripped of his archbishopric, and all of his ecclesiastical d…
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Tudor Minute December 3: Henry Gives Temporary Grace
Today in 1536 Henry proclaimed that the rebels in the Pilgrimage of Grace would be offered a pardon if they submitted to Henry’s officers in the region. In this proclamation, Henry…
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November 21 - RIP John Knox
Today in 1572 John Knox died. A Sottish clergyman, Knox is remembered as the founder of Presbyterianism, but he was also known for his outspoken stance against Mary I. He wrote a b…
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Tudor Minute November 23: Elizabeth leaves Hatfield House
Today in 1558 Elizabeth I left Hatfield House, where she had been living as Princess, on her way to London, traveling as Queen. Her train of followers was nearly 1000 people, and s…
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November 20: RIP Sir Christopher Hatton
Today in 1591 Sir Christopher Hatton died. He is remembered for being the Lord Chancellor of England, and he was a favorite of Elizabeth. He first caught Elizabeth’s attention in t…
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November 19: Happy Birthday Charles I
Today in 1600 James VI of Scotland and his wife Anne of Denmark, had a son, Charles. This second son of James - who would become James I of England upon Queen Elizabeth’s death in…
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November 17 - the Queen is Dead
Today in 1558 Mary I died, aged 42 years old. She had made a will at Easter believing herself to be pregnant, but her husband Philip I left in July, and there are no records of pre…
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Tudor Minute November 16: Spanish troops occupy Zutphen
Today in 1572 Spanish troops under Don Frederik (the Spanish General Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo) occupied and plundered Zutphen in the Netherlands. This would eventually drag Eliza…
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Tudor Minute November 16: Spanish troops occupy Zutphen
Today in 1572 Spanish troops under Don Frederik (the Spanish General Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo) occupied and plundered Zutphen in the Netherlands. This would eventually drag Eliza…
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Tudor Minute November 13: Lady Jane Grey’s trial begins
Today in 1553 Lady Jane Grey’s trial started at London’s Guildhall, along with her husband Guilford Dudley. She was, of course, being tried for having claimed the throne during the…
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Tudor Minute November 12: Gardiner Passes and England is Cat
Today we mark two events that are related. On November 12, 1555, Mary I’s Parliament reestablished the Catholic faith in England and was reunited with the Pope. It’s also the day o…
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Tudor Minute November 10: RIP Richard Chancellor
Today in 1556 Richard Chancellor died. He was a navigator and explorer who is remembered for piloting the boats that were sent to find a northeast passage. Yes, northeast, not nort…