Past-Times Living History

We are excited for this Friday's episode of Susan Calman’s
#GrandDayOut

Our contribution was filmed at Sudeley Castle, the cast & crew had great fun producing it!

Friday 10th October @ 8pm Channel 5

#pasttimeslivinghistory ... where Theatre and history meet ... #Thegotolivinghistorygroup

#OTD 6 Oct 1536

#WilliamTyndale died

Found guilty of heresy for translating Scriptures into English for the common folk he was condemned

#ThomasCromwell unsuccessfully interceded to save him from being tied to a stake strangled & burned

His final words: Lord Open the King of England's eyes

#OTD 4 Oct 1581
Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton died
Son of #ThomasWriothesley (call me Risley.. #WolfHall) & Jane Cheney
Well connected his godparents being #HenryVIII #CharlesBrandon & #MaryTudor
#ElizabethI was his guest at Titchfield Abbey
Henry & his Mother's Tombs
#elizabethan

#OTD 3 Oct 1568

Queen of Spain #ElisabethdeValois 23, died at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez, Madrid following the miscarriage of a daughter that same day
Daughter of #HenriII & #CatherinedeMedici she was the wife of Phillip II of Spain, they had 2 daughters Isabella & Catherine
#History #Elizabethan

#OTD 2 Oct 1452
The last #plantagenet King #RichardIII was born at Fotheringhay

His claim was based on his brother, #EdwardIV having been pre-contracted to Eleanor Talbot of Sudeley Castle rendering his marriage to #ElizabethWoodville void & their sons illegitimate
@kriiicentre.bsky.social
#History

#OTD 1 Oct 1553

#MaryI became the 1st crowned English #Queen Regnant

Processing to Westminster followed by Elizabeth & #AnneofCleves she was crowned with the 3 crowns of England:
Edward the Confessor’s
Henry VIII’s Imperial Crown
one commissioned for her
@marytudor.bsky.social
#History #Tudor

#OTD 29 Sept 1564

#RobertDudley became Earl of Leicester

#ElizabethI had a cunning plan, a title made him more worthy as a suitor for #MaryQueenofScots tho neither were keen!

An attempt to control Mary, instead she married her cousin #HenryStuart #LordDarnley which didn't end well

#Elizabethan

#OTD 28 Sept 1599

#RobertDevereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, barged his way into the Queen's bedchamber at Nonsuch Palace before she dressed
The 66yr old #ElizabethI was mortified to be seen without her mask of youth: her makeup & wig

Within 2yrs he was executed for treason

#Elizabethan #History

#OTD 27 Sept 1501

15yr old #CatalinadeAragon finally set sail for England from Laredo

Her journey from The Alhambra to marry the Tudor heir Arthur had begun in May

Storms in the Bay of Biscay had thwarted the 1st attempt in August the fleet had been forced to dock near Bilbao

#Tudor #History

#OTD 26 Sept 1588

Sir Amias Paulet died in London buried in St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster (later moved to Hinton St George)
A diplomat & Governor of Jersey, he served #ElizabethI as ambassador in France & Privy Councillor but most famed as #maryqueenofscots harsh gaoler
#Elizabethan #History

#OTD 25 Sep 1586

#MaryQueenofScots was moved to Fotheringhay Castle The same day #ElizabethI agreed the names of 36 commissioners as trial judges

Mary's fate was sealed 2 months earlier replying to Babington's letters agreeing to his plot against her aides' advice

#Elizabethan #Tudor #History

#OTD 24 Sep 1561
#EdwardSeymour, later Viscount Beauchamp was born at Tower Of London
His mother Lady Katherine Grey (sister to #9dayqueen #ladyJane) had been there since Aug when her secret marriage to Earl of Hertford was revealed to furious cousin #ElizabethI
#History
@janegreyinfo.bsky.social

#OTD 24 Sept 1486

#ArthurTudor #PrinceofWales was baptised at a sumptuous ceremony at @wincathedral.bsky.social by the Bishop of Worcester

Carried by his Gran Queen #ElizabethWoodville & Aunt #CecilyofYork

Godparents included John de Vere, Thomas Stanley & William FitzAlan

#Tudor #History

#OTD 23 Sep 1576

#KatherinePole Countess of Huntingdon died
Granddaughter of #MargaretPole née Plantagenet Countess of Salisbury
Reaching her 60's was incredible given that both her father & grandmother had lost their heads for treason on the orders of cousin #HenryVIII
#Tudor #Elizabethan #History

#OTD 21 Sept 1578

#RobertDudley secretly married #LetticeKnollys #ElizabethI's #lookalike cousin & widow of Walter Devereux

Robert, the Queens favourite took a huge risk in marrying without royal permission

Lettice, who Elizabeth nicknamed the “she-wolf” was banished from Court

#OTD 20 Sept 1486

#Arthur #HenryVII's heir was born at St Swithun's Priory
Winchester Cathedral securing the #Tudor dynasty!

The union of Henry & Elizabeth of York had joined the 2 families & this child promised a new beginning

Sadly he died at Ludlow Castle before inheriting the crown

#OTD 16 Sept 1537

#JaneSeymour entered confinement at Hampton Court

Providing #HenryVIII his longed for male heir would cost her life

Strict rules for 'lying-in' introduced by #MargaretBeaufort were observed in the final month of pregnancy & 40 days following delivery

@tudorhistetc.bsky.social

#OTD 15 Sep 1514

#ThomasWolsey was appointed Archbishop of York almost a year to the day later he became Cardinal

#HenryVIII's chief minister had much influence but was unpopular at Court

When he failed to secure the King's divorce the circling vultures used it to hasten his fall

#OTD 14 Sep 1540

Sir William Kingston died in Painswick, Gloucestershire

Constable of the Tower of London he was in charge during Anne Boleyn‘s imprisonment

Served Henry VIII from 1509, fought at Battle of Flodden, jousted at Field of the Cloth of Gold & Thomas Wolsey died in his charge in 1530

#OTD 13 Sept 1520

#WilliamCecil, Lord Burghley was born in Bourne

In 1550 he began service as Secretary of State 1st to #EdwardVI then #ElizabethI whom he served as Chief adviser for 14yrs

A great builder & patron of the arts, building Burghley House

#OTD 12 Sept 1494

#FrançoisI was born

A Renaissance King reigning 32yrs

A patron of the arts Italian artists were drawn to him including #LeonardodaVinci, who brought the #MonaLisa to France

He hosted #HenryVIII at The Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520

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#OTD 11 Sep 1561

#MaryQueenofScots began her 1st progress having returned to Scotland in August

An extensive 18day tour her itinerary included amongst others Edinburgh & Stirling Castles Falkland Palace Kincardine, Holyrood & Linlithgow Palaces @lovescotland.bsky.social @visit-scotland.bsky.social

#OTD 10 Sept 1515

#ThomasWolsey was created Cardinal a year after becoming Archbishop of York

His influence over #HenryVIII made him unpopular at court & after failing to secure the King's divorce he fell from favour

Accused of treason he cheated the axe; dying in Leicester enroute to London

#OTD 9 Sept 1543

#MaryQueenofScots was crowned at Stirling Castle, the 30th anniversary of grandfather #JamesIV death

Just 6days old when her father #JamesV died

Regents ruled Scotland until she returned at 18

@visit-scotland.bsky.social
youtu.be/5tacqgyN0Wc

#OTD 9 Sept 1513

Died the last British monarch to be killed in battle #JamesIV at #BattleofFlodden

His infant son become #JamesV of Scotland under #MargaretTudor's regency

A woman regent was not popular compounded by being the sister of an enemy of the Scots#HenryVIII @visit-scotland.bsky.social

#OTD 8 Sept 1560

#AmyRobsart was found dead at the foot of the stairs at Cumnor Place

Recorded as accidental death, rumours flourished her husband #RobertDudley had engineered her demise

Amy probably had breast cancer

Suicide, accident, murder? We will never know #MYSTERY

#OTD 7 Sept 1533

At Greenwich Palace a baby girl came into the world

Adored by her Mother, #AnneBoleyn though something of a disappointment initially for her Father #HenryVIII

This child would become one of the greatest English Monarchs of all time
#ElizabethI

#OTD 7 Sept 1533

Just months after the death of 3rd Wife #MaryTudor, 49yr old #CharlesBrandon #DukeofSuffolk married his 4th, his ward the heiress #KatherineWilloughby at Greenwich Palace
Despite the age gap, this was to be a happy marriage
Hear Charles' story
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#OTD 7 Sept 1548

#KatherineParr was laid to rest, the 1st protestant funeral of a Monarch in England

11yr old #LadyJaneGrey Chief Mourner led the procession to the Chapel at Sudeley Castle where Katherine remains

The only Queen in a private Chapel!