In this first part of This Week in Tudor history for week beginning 15th February, Claire is going to tell you about the last monk to become Archbishop of Canterbury; the man who wrote one of the most important documents of the Protestant Reformation, and an earl who wept when he had to imprison Princess Elizabeth, the future Elizabeth I.

 

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

https://youtu.be/2ws9gUi9Kbo

 

15th February 1503, in the reign of King Henry VII - The death of Henry Deane, the last monk to become Archbishop of Canterbury.

 

16th February 1497, in the reign of King Henry VII - The birth of famous Protestant Reformer and writer of the Augsburg Confession, Philipp Melancthon, at Bretten in Germany. 

 

17th February 1557, in the reign of Queen Mary I - The death of Henry Radcliffe, 2nd Earl of Sussex, a man who was loyal to Mary I but who wept when he had to take her half-sister, Elizabeth, to the Tower.

 

James William Richard’s 19th century biography "Philip Melanchthon, the Protestant preceptor of Germany, 1497-1560" - https://archive.org/details/philipmelanchtho00richuoft

 

Other Tudor events for these dates:

 

February 15 - Dastardly Deeds in Tudor England - https://youtu.be/1NF_7RdLFDg

February 15 - Galileo, the Father of Modern Science - https://youtu.be/Ba0Wa_bR7EE

February 16 - Sir William Stanley is executed - https://youtu.be/S1myYUnze7o

February 16 - The burial of King Henry VIII at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle - https://youtu.be/eKeNITPiQAk

February 17 - Love at first sight for Mary, Queen of Scots? - https://youtu.be/dsuimqJz_sI

February 17 -  Edward Seymour is made Duke of Somerset - https://youtu.be/teSMa93EF6E