January 12 - Elizabeth I goes to the Tower!

On this day in Tudor history, Thursday 12th January 1559, Queen Elizabeth I travelled by barge from Whitehall to the Tower of London to prepare for her coronation, which was due to take place on the 15th January.

Of course, her journey wasn't a low key one in a normal river barge, it was a lavish one with decorated barges, music and the usual artillery fire. Find out all about this river procession 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/zrFCkpxXDvU

Here are links to the videos mentioned:
January 14 - Elizabeth I's coronation procession - https://youtu.be/qltgENLUJLk
January 15 - Elizabeth I's coronation - https://youtu.be/oejNK0u49qU 

Also on this day in Tudor history, 12th January 1510, Henry VIII jousted for the first time as king. He and his good friend, William Compton, jousted in disguise, and there was panic when one of them was injured. Find out more in last year's video - https://youtu.be/paalH_oJQ8s