In the first part of her “This week in Tudor history” for the week beginning 1st March, historian Claire Ridgway is going to be introducing you to Thomas Tresham, grand prior of the Order of St John of Jersualem, and Anne of Denmark, James I’s queen consort, as well as talking about another unhappy marriage for Margaret Tudor, and the birth of Mary Boleyn’s son.

 

You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:

https://youtu.be/1d3E0LZgREE

 

1st March 1559 - Death of Thomas Tresham, landowner, Catholic politician and Grand Prior of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England.

 

2nd March 1619 - Death of Anne of Denmark, queen consort of King James VI of Scotland/King James I of England. She died of dropsy and consumption at Hampton Court Palace aged 44.

 

3rd March 1528 - Margaret Tudor, widow of King James IV of Scotland and sister of King Henry VIII, married for a third time. She married Henry Stuart, Lord Methven. It was not a happy marriage.

 

4th March 1526 - Birth of courtier and administrator, Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, son of Mary Boleyn and her first husband, William Carey.

 

Teasel's Tudor Trivia video on St David's Day can be found at https://youtu.be/xGPFqRCnBxY

Other videos on Margaret Tudor:

August 6 - – Margaret Tudor’s Secret Marriage - https://youtu.be/CEE88HDbM4M  

October 18 - Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland - https://youtu.be/4MyX4SfN5IE 

Find out more about Henry Carey in this video - https://youtu.be/gcYG4d-6QeU

 

Videos about other Tudor events for these dates:

March 1 - George Wishart, a man with close friends and bitter enemies - https://youtu.be/EQhEftMQuCc 

March 1 - Thomas Campion died and was laid to rest - https://youtu.be/PEzda2lwj9Y

March 2 - Henry VIII and his motto "She has wounded my heart" - https://youtu.be/PEK-M0CLInA 

March 2 - Sir Thomas Bodley and the Bodleian Library - https://youtu.be/cDR9V-OH7s0

March 3 - A secret marriage for Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon? - https://youtu.be/yPlUHeSNi40

March 3 - Edward IV's son dies of a heart attack in the Tower of London - https://youtu.be/vcXWPbCLJ9w

March 4 - Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and Mary Boleyn star in the spectacular Chateau Vert Pageant - https://youtu.be/ChANxD0evtM

March 4 - William Bullokar and his 40-letter alphabet - https://youtu.be/n_GKQMR2myA 

 

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Claire Ridgway

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