Poet Thomas Churchyard, Sir Ambrose Cave, Elizabeth Boleyn and the knighting of Francis Drake

In this second part of This Week in Tudor history, which covers 1st to 4th April, historian and author Claire Ridgway talks about Thomas Churchyard, a poet and soldier who kept being imprisoned; Sir Ambrose Cave, a man who joined the Order of St John as early as he possibly could, but survived its dissolution and ended his days serving Elizabeth I; before moving on to the death of Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, mother of Queen Anne Boleyn and grandmother of Queen Elizabeth I, and finishing with the knighting of explorer Francis Drake.

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

https://youtu.be/nFGnnMXqZw0

 

1st April 1604 - Death of poet and soldier Thomas Churchyard at Westminster in London.

 

2nd April 1568 - Death of Member of Parliament, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Knight of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, Sir Ambrose Cave, at the Savoy.

 

3rd April 1538 - Death of Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, at Baynard's Castle in London.

 

4th April 1581 - The knighting of explorer, sea captain and pirate, Francis Drake, on board the Golden Hind at Deptford.

 

Elizabeth Boleyn is laid to rest - https://youtu.be/GyWTdjzHrK4 

10 Facts about Elizabeth Boleyn - https://youtu.be/CMX89l5Io9o 

December 13 - Sir Francis Drake sets off - https://youtu.be/k7xmAqIGWUw 

September 26 - Sir Francis Drake, the Golden Hind and a whole lot of treasure - https://youtu.be/j8aQfsG7Zik 

April 19 - Sir Francis Drake singes the King of Spain's beard - https://youtu.be/cGRGABOd_ss 

January 27 - Sir Francis Drake - https://youtu.be/LCgBJbxsDds 

 

Other Tudor history events for these dates:

April 1 - Henry VIII courts Jane Seymour - https://youtu.be/MORzUuPS8ec 

April 1 - William Harvey, his experiments and blood circulation - https://youtu.be/xxMha0DQle4

April 2 - April 2 - Edward VI catches smallpox and measles - https://youtu.be/165sCxJn3KQ

April 2 - The death of Prince Arthur - https://youtu.be/eEanoR-aHRs

April 3 - Peace between Elizabeth I, France and the Empire - https://youtu.be/-ay-k25_ZBs

April 3 - The burial of Lady Margaret Douglas, "a lady of most pious character" - https://youtu.be/fuWfShWK-rY

April 4 - William Strachey and Shakespeare's The Tempest - https://youtu.be/BgGZyY6g2TI

April 4 - Mildred Cecil, Lady Burghley - far beyond the race of womankind - https://youtu.be/Jaap4Mj2Jbg

 

 

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Claire Ridgway
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