July 18 - Edmund Dudley, the false traitor

On this day in Tudor history, 18th July 1509, just three months into the reign of King Henry VIII, one of King Henry VII's chief advisors was accused of being a "false traitor" and convicted of treason. 

 

The new king, the young Henry VIII, used Dudley and his colleague, Richard Empson, as scapegoats for his father's unpopular regime.

 

Find out more about the charges against Edmund Dudley in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society.

 

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

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