October 16 - A meeting between two kings is arranged




Tudor History with Claire Ridgway show

Summary: On this day in Tudor history, 16th October 1532, while Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Marquess of Pembroke, were on their visit to Calais, English nobles met French nobles to arrange a meeting between the King of England and his French counterpart, King Francis I.   In today's talk, Claire Ridgway of the Anne Boleyn Files gives details on this event, who was there, what happened, and why Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn had gone to Calais.You can see this podcast as a video at the following link: https://youtu.be/FX_JBefelco   Also on this day in Tudor history, 16th October 1555, in the reign of Queen Mary I, Protestants Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley were burned at the stake in Oxford for heresy. Along with Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, they have become known as the Oxford Martyrs. Find out more about these men and hear an account of their burnings – warning, it’s horrible – in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/tGs6BbntLTc