British History Series

By Philippa Lacey Brewell

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July 05, 2020 1st English Prince of Wales, SOS adopted, Shakespeare's Globe burns, NHS born | This Week in History
🎭 Shakespeare's Globe Theatre burns down - 0:53
🎀 Tower Bridge is officially opened - 2:14
🆘 SOS is adopted as the International distress signal - 3:24       It was adopted officially in 1908 but wasn't widely used. Titanic, in 1912, was one of the first ships to use 'SOS'.
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 The First English Prince of Wales - 6:05       Edward I stamps his authority once again by creating his son and heir, Prince of Wales.
🌈 The NHS, National Health Service, is 'born' - 7:47       The NHS celebrates in 72nd birthday on 5th July 2020.

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June 28, 2020 Tudor Coronations, Birth of the Royal Observatory, Edward V declared illegitimate, Battle of Bannockburn, George II rides into battle and the 1st ATM is fitted.
🤴 👸 Tudor Coronations; Edward IV, Henry VIII & Catherine of Aragon
🔭 Birth of the Royal Greenwich Observatory,
📜 Edward V declared illegitimate,
⚔️ Battle of Bannockburn
🐎 George II rides into battle and
💷 the World's 1st ATM (cash machine) is fitted.

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June 21, 2020 What is the Magna Carta? | Your Introduction to Magna Carta
On June 15th 1215 one of the most important ever produced in English history, came into being in a meadow near Windsor Castle. Effectively a peace treaty, the document which came to be known as 'Magna Carta' got the Royal Seal from King John. The document was doomed, or so it should have been, being annulled almost immediately. So how come we know about it now? How is it still so important? In this week's episode, I take you to Runnymede to introduce you to the events of 1215, then we look at the document itself and how Magna Carta has been used at various times in history, including on both sides of the argument to abolish slavery. Finally, we discuss the enduring myth around what Magna Carta actually is and how that differs from our collective understanding of it and ask the question, does that discrepancy actually matter?
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tdn66799-T8
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Books: Magna Carta: The True Story Behind the Charter - David Starkey Magna Carta: The Making and Legacy of the Great Charter - Dan Jones Magna Carta (Penguin Classics) by David Carpenter
The Clauses: https://www.bl.uk/magna-carta/articles/the-clauses-of-magna-carta
The Magna Carta over Time: https://www.bl.uk/magna-carta/articles/magna-carta-in-the-modern-age https://www.bl.uk/magna-carta/articles/why-magna-carta-still-matters-today Canterbury Magna Carta https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/heritage/collections/a-history-of-canterbury-cathedral-in-20-documents/canterbury-cathedral-and-magna-carta-the-pine-magna-carta/
Slavery and Magna Carta. Below are a number of really useful and informative: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britains-colonial-shame-slave-owners-given-huge-payouts-after-abolition-8508358.html https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs//
This article is about a, since deleted, tweet casually sent out by the UK Treasury in 2015. The tweet took on a congratulatory tone, cheerfully telling the taxpaying population that they have now paid off the debt created at the abolition of slavery to compensation slave owners and therefore have helped contribute to the end of slavery. https://www.rt.com/uk/418814-slave-compensation-bristol-taxpayer/ BBC Series https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b062nqpd/britains-forgotten-slave-owners-1-profit-and-loss
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June 14, 2020 Vikings Attack, 1st Book of Common Prayer, Cromwell is arrested & the 1st Oxford Cambridge boat race
In this week's episode:
⛵️Vikings Attack Lindisfarne Priory,
📖1st Book of Common Prayer,
🔒Thomas Cromwell is arrested and
🛶The first Oxford vs Cambridge Boat Race
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Further Reading & Watching
Viking Raids on Lindisfarne
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/lindisfarne-priory/History/viking-raid/
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/lindisfarne-priory/History/
The First Book of Common Prayer adopted in the Church of England
http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/1549/BCP_1549.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/first-book-common-prayer
https://www.onthisday.com/photos/book-of-common-prayer
Thomas Cromwell
https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/10-june-1540-arrest-thomas-cromwell-earl-essex-westminster/
https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/the-execution-of-thomas-cromwell/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell
https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/thomas-cromwell/#gs.7snx9w
The Oxford Cambridge Boat Race
https://www.theboatrace.org/origins
https://www.history.co.uk/article/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-boat-race
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June 07, 2020 Field of Cloth of Gold, Coronations of Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth II, Duke of Windsor marries and more!
This Week in British History is: ⛲️ 500 years since the Field of Cloth of Gold summit opens, 👑 Coronation of Anne Boleyn, 👑 Coronation of Elizabeth II, 🎩 Duke of Windsor marries Wallace Simpson, for whom he had abdicated the throne, 🗺 The D-Day landings mark the first day of Operation Overlord in World War II, 🚗 The Driving Test is introduced in the UK, 32 years after licensing and 🥃 the first written record of 'Scotch' Whiskey
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May 31, 2020 Charles II returns, Peasants Revolt begins, Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour, the Rugeley Poisoner
This Week in British History - 25th - 31st May
🤴🏻Charles II celebrates his 30th birthday in a unique way,
🧪The Rugeley poisoner gets his punishment, and
⚔️The Peasants Revolt begins.

Also in this week:
💍Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour only 11 days after Anne Boleyn's execution (for more click here - https://youtu.be/A2F8W1mErPI)
🕰The clock at the Houses of Parliament begins to tick
🌽Kellog patents 'flaked cereal'
Watch this episode in YouTube - This Week in British History - 25th - 31st May
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About Philippa
Philippa is a Historian and History Tour Organiser
Philippa Lacey Brewell lives in Central England and is well respected in her field as a historian and tour guide. She engages audiences with virtual tours and history holidays. She is the owner and founder of British History Tours, a tour company for those who love British History.
Philippa entertains thousands each week with her videos and stories from across the UK and British History. This ability to engage an audience, as well as being an expert in travelling the historical sites of the UK, makes her your perfect virtual guide.
She began writing and speaking about travelling through Britain’s history in 2012 and hasn’t stopped since.
She presents the weekly YouTube show called "This week in British History" and has written numerous history blogs as well as writing for BBC History Magazine, CityJet and FlyBe inflight magazines and for Tudor Life Magazine.

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May 24, 2020 Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots as Prisoners | Henry V becomes heir to the French throne + more!
In this week's episode, which covers some of the events in British history which took place between the 18th and 24th May.
🏰18 years to the day after her mother was executed at the Tower of London, Elizabeth I is released to house arrest after 8 weeks, but she still feared for her life!
🙏Mary Queen of Scots escaped to England in the hope of support from Elizabeth I, but found herself under house arrest in which she would stay for almost 20 years. 👑Henry V becomes the heir to the throne of France
📜The Bill of Rights was passed into law - a significant step toward a constitutional monarchy.
🕰British Summer Time is first enacted

Watch this episode on YouTube.

⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️ Further Reading and Watching
📺Anne Boleyn Part 4 - Execution, and aftermath https://youtu.be/A2F8W1mErPI
📺 ELIZABETH I SPECIAL EPISODE https://youtu.be/iS3t5s3zkMs
📺Anne Boleyn Myth Busters - https://youtu.be/DmCf-8UHg7E
📺The Tudors at Hampton Court Palace - https://youtu.be/JKhqd2-u7Vo
📺Elizabeth I - Prisoner in the Tower - https://youtu.be/hYI0Ci_0j5E 📝https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/parliamentaryauthority/revolution/collections1/collections-glorious-revolution/billofrights/
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May 24, 2020 The Final Days of Anne Boleyn and the Aftermath
In the 4th and final part in The Fall of Anne Boleyn we find out that Anne's execution date was put back one day and that her executioner was ordered before her trial! We also find out just how quickly Henry married his third wife, Jane Seymour, following Anne's execution.
📺Watch this episode on Youtube
📺Watch Anne Boleyn at the Tower - https://youtu.be/LOZ7L49hG1c
📺Part 1 of the Fall of Anne Boleyn: 27th April - 3rd May - https://youtu.be/Y4D9VQF2SyU?t=593
📺Part 2 of the Fall of Anne Boleyn: 4th May - 10th May - https://youtu.be/qURZk7KzRV8?t=426
📺Part 3 of the Fall of Anne Boleyn: 11th - 17th May https://youtu.be/DTE_qK893Lc

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May 17, 2020 Wilberforce and the beginning of the end for Slavery | Jenner and Vaccination | British Summer Time
This Week in British History: 11th - 17th May
⛓A speech in Parliament from MP and anti-slavery campaigner, William Wilberforce marks the beginning of the end for Slavery and the Slave Trade (1:01)
🦠Dr Edward Jenner conducts the first documented vaccination against Smallpox by using a milder form of the disease. (5:20)
🕰British Summertime is introduced for the first time, 1 year after the death of the man who's idea it had been, William Willett. (10:49)
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👸🏻The Fall of Anne Boleyn also continues this week - Listen here
⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️ Further Reading and Watching Articles and Information relating to Compensation paid out to slave owners - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britains-colonial-shame-slave-owners-given-huge-payouts-after-abolition-8508358.html - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs// To learn more about Lady Mary Montagu and the Spanish Flu pandemic, as mentioned in this week's episode join the British History Membership at https://www.britishhistorytours.com/membership Photo of a child suffering smallpox (WARNING - you may find this image distressing) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Child_with_Smallpox_Bangladesh_edit.jpg British Summer Time (Daylight Saving) https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/British-Summer-Time/
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May 17, 2020 The Fall of Anne Boleyn Part 3 | May 1536 | Day by Day, The Fall of Anne Boleyn 11th - 17th May
The fall of Anne Boleyn and the men caught up in her demise in May 1536 was swift and brutal. We track the events day by day. In this episode, we look at everything which happened between 11th and 17th May. Events in this week include the trials of Anne and the men and the men's executions on Tower Hill, a short distance from the Tower of London.
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📖SOURCES: The Fall of Anne Boleyn, A Countdown by Claire Ridgway. Published by MadeGlobal and available on Amazon along with many other book s about Anne Boleyn and the Tudors. The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Eric Ives. Published by Blackwell Publishing.

⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️ Further Reading and Watching Part 1 of the Fall of Anne Boleyn - https://youtu.be/Y4D9VQF2SyU?t=593 Part 2 of the Fall of Anne Boleyn - https://youtu.be/qURZk7KzRV8?t=426 The Life of Anne Boleyn narrated by Gareth Russell - https://youtu.be/ooe20vUPG1E

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