On this day in Tudor history, 20th May 1535, Pope Paul III made John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale, and arranged to have his cardinal's hat sent to him.

 

The pope hoped that this would save Fisher, who was imprisoned at the time, from further punishment, but it made the king even more determined to behead Bishop Fisher. Oh dear!

 

Find out more about what happened in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History".

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

https://youtu.be/u9C8WqwrGlM

 

Hall’s Life of Fisher - https://archive.org/details/lifeoffishe00hall/page/n11/mode/2up 

Also on this day in Tudor history, 20th May 1579, wheelwright Matthew Hamont was executed for heresy in the city of Norwich. What had led to Hamont being charged with heresy? And what exactly was so heretical about his beliefs? Find out in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/HS_Nsc0ccUE 

And on this day in 1536, Henry VIII and Jane Seymour became betrothed. https://youtu.be/nAJ19qeiw9o 

Other videos on Bishop Fisher:

December 22 - Bishop Fisher begs for a shirt - https://youtu.be/9EwSBKVB16E

May 7 - John Fisher is tricked - https://youtu.be/vmgMvS_JZlw