October 14 - The trial of Mary, Queen of Scots

On this day in Tudor history, 14th October 1586, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots, began at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire.

 

Although Mary did not recognise the authority of the commission and had threatened not to attend, she had been informed that the trial would go ahead with or without her and so attended.

 

Find out all about Mary's trial, what she was charged with and the evidence that Sir Francis Walsingham had gathered in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society.

 

Mary, Queen of Scots was, of course, executed at Fotheringhay on 8th February 1587 and you can find out about her execution in Claire's talk from 8th February - https://youtu.be/sd3hP9Qb8Yk

 

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

https://youtu.be/XZ8LNew3oTw

 

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