January 14 - Francis Kett leaps and dances in the fire

On this day in Tudor history, 14th January 1589, physician Francis Kett, was burned for heresy near Norwich Castle. 

 

A local minister described him as "leaping and dancing" in the fire, clapping his hand and praising God right up to the end. A courageous man.

 

But how did Francis Kett come to this awful end?

 

Find out more about this doctor, priest and condemned heretic in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of several Tudor history books.

 

You can read the charges laid against Francis Kett at https://sourcetext.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/greene_01.pdf - appendix B, p. 259.

 

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

https://youtu.be/hgwEQnfpkxs

 

Also on this day in Tudor history, 14th January 1559, Queen Elizabeth I left the Tower for her eve of coronation procession through the streets of London. Here's a link to last year’s talk on her coronation procession and all the pageants and celebrations that were part of it - https://youtu.be/qltgENLUJLk 

 

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