Summary: In her new series for 2021, historian Claire Ridgway looks at Tudor events a week at a time. This talk covers events from the Tudor period which took place on January 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th. You can see this podcast as a video at the following link: https://youtu.be/JuVEgbxZmQA The burial of Roger Ascham, scholar, author and royal tutor, on 4th January 1569, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. You can find out more in Claire's previous video on Ascham - https://youtu.be/ww-k27C_G2k The christening of Henry, Duke of Cornwall, son of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, at Richmond on 5th January 1511. Claire gives details of his christening and the celebrations for the birth of this prince, which included a tournament and a pageant which got out of control! The birth of Jane Dormer, Duchess of Feria, on 6th January 1538, in the reign of King Henry VIII. Claire gives an overview of the life of this Tudor lady who served Queen Mary I and became a supporter and protector of English exiles and Jesuits, as well as a woman who interceded with Philip of Spain on behalf of English Catholics and against Queen Elizabeth I. The burial of famous Elizabethan goldsmith and miniaturist Nicholas Hilliard on 7th January 1619 at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London. The death of magnate and soldier Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland, on 8th January 1570 in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Claire gives an overview of Clifford, including his service to Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, and Henry VIII, his brush with the 1553 succession crisis, his grief over his wife's death and the rather interesting way he was revived from a serious illness, and how he managed to avoid getting involved in a rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I. The death of schoolmaster and map engraver Clement Adams on 9th January 1587, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. The death of religious writer, Puritan and clergyman, Arthur Dent, on 10th January 1603, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Claire talks about his death and his works, which influenced writers like John Bunyan, and whether he inspired Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Dent's "The Plaine-Man's Path to Heaven" can be read online at https://archive.org/details/plainmanspathway00dentuoft Here are links to past "on this day in Tudor history" videos for this week: January 4 - A rebel keeps his head - https://youtu.be/2kEb_UeSvdo January 4 - William Roper - https://youtu.be/c7S4qjVE_6c January 5 - Richard Willes - A quirky Tudor man - https://youtu.be/XZc-C0ovay4 January 5 Pope Clement VII and Henry VIII - https://youtu.be/culFjoE6dWw January 6 - Epiphany Fun and Feasting - https://youtu.be/BSa6LnURMOQ January 6 - The marriage of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves - https://youtu.be/ytKSoWUwZgg January 7 - "You shall find Calais lying in my heart" - https://youtu.be/539WC6DZpI0 January 7 - Death of Catherine of Aragon - https://youtu.be/uaC9L-p4tdA January 8 - Mary Shelton, Anne Boleyn's cousin and lady - https://youtu.be/gj6Rk75PBwg January 8 - Henry VIII celebrates news of Catherine of Aragon's death - https://youtu.be/CiDHm2a3pYE January 9 - A queen twice over! - https://youtu.be/WiQPw7sd_gM January 9 - Executions of Henry Pole and Henry Courtenay - https://youtu.be/HfaT6DE86ZQ January 10 - Margaret of Austria - https://youtu.be/7CjV6rA2YdE January 10 - There never was so obstinate a heretic - https://youtu.be/aCc-1a7Ww3M
