Claire | December 12, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 12th December 1546, in the reign of King Henry VIII, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey and son of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was led through the streets of London. Surrey’s walk of shame took him from Ely Place, where he had been held since his arrest on […]
Claire | December 2, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 2nd December 1546, in the reign of King Henry VIII, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, was arrested. Surrey was a poet, courtier, soldier the eldest son of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, and first cousin of Queens Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard. He was arrested after his former […]
Joel | January 21, 2022
On the night of this day in Tudor history, 21st January 1543, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Thomas Wyatt the Younger and several other youths went on a five-hour rampage in London. Surrey regretted his actions, calling that night “a madding time”, but the king and the privy council took it seriously. Find out what […]
Joel | January 19, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 19th January 1601, Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, died at Wilton, the family home near Salisbury. Who was Henry Herbert? I tell you about this interesting Tudor man in this talk… Also on this day in Tudor history, 19th January 1547, poet, courtier and soldier, Henry Howard, Earl […]
Joel | January 13, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 13th January 1599, Elizabethan poet and administrator in Ireland, Edmund Spenser, died in Westminster. He was described as “the prince of poets in his time” and is best known for his allegorical poem in praise of Elizabeth I, “The Faerie Queene”. But, did you know that he also upset […]
Joel | December 12, 2021
On this day in Tudor history, 12th December 1595, Protestant Welsh soldier and author, Sir Roger Williams, died from a fever with his patron, Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, at his side. He was buried at St Paul’s Cathedral. Williams served as a soldier in the Low Countries and France and was second in command […]
Joel | December 2, 2021
On this day in Tudor history, 2nd December 1586, following a joint petition from the Houses of Lords and Commons, Elizabeth I finally agreed to a public proclamation of sentence against Mary, Queen of Scots: death. Mary had been found guilty of high treason back in October 1586, but Elizabeth had not wanted to contemplate […]
Claire | January 13, 2018
On this day in history, 13th January 1547, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, poet and soldier, and son of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was tried for treason at a common inquest at Guildhall, London. Charles Wriothesley records the trial in his chronicle: “The 13th daie of Januarie was arraigned at the Guildhall Henrie […]
