On 25th January 1540, Jesuit priest and martyr, St Edmund Campion, was born in London. Although he was close to the Earl of Leicester and William Cecil at one point, he ended up being thrown into the Tower of London's Little Ease and being executed as a traitor. Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History", tells his story.

 

On 26th January 1528, diplomat and courtier Sir Francis Poyntz died of the plague.

 

On 27th January 1556, in the reign of Queen Mary I, Bartholomew Green, also known as Bartlet Green, was burnt at the stake for heresy with six other Protestants. He could have got away with receiving communion according to Protestant rites, but he did something that brought him to the attention of the queen and her government. Find out what he did, and about his sad end, ifrom Claire.

 

Book recommendations: "God's Traitors" by Jessie Childs.

Order of Service for Campion Day mass - https://association.stonyhurst.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Campion-Mass-Booklet-2020.pdf

Video on Alexander Briant, who was executed with Campion - https://youtu.be/tXNPGF8JAbQ

 

Other Tudor history events for 25th, 26th and 27th January:

January 25 - Bonfires, torches, bells ringing... - https://youtu.be/fTxGWw2BqFc 

January 25 - The marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn - https://youtu.be/uxPoTtmOPOQ

January 26 - Justice Spelman and Anne Boleyn's trial - https://youtu.be/euwJcKYh8Uk

January 26 - Mary I writes to Elizabeth - https://youtu.be/XqC_xNf30RA

January 27 - The fate of the Gunpowder Plotters - https://youtu.be/GB_mLLmSIBw

January 27 - Sir Francis Drake - https://youtu.be/LCgBJbxsDds