Walter Ralegh’s colonisation, a war over vestments, an earl who saved the day in 1536, and some burnings

In part two of this week in Tudor history, historian Claire Ridgway talks about Walter Ralegh (Raleigh) being given permission to colonise foreign lands in 1584; a disagreement over the wearing of vestments in 1566 which led to a pamphlet war, protests and ministers losing their parishes; a Tudor earl who saved the day for Henry VIII during the 1536 Pilgrimage of Grace rebellion, and the burnings of three Protestant martyrs in Essex in 1555.

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

https://youtu.be/rxdS2f7jpXI

 

25th March 1584 - Queen Elizabeth I granted letters patent to explorer Walter Ralegh giving him permission to colonise lands owned by indigenous people and those previously taken by Spain. This led to the founding of the colony on Roanoke Island, also known as the Lost Colony.

 

26th March 1566 - Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Edmund Grindal, Bishop of London, summon 110 ministers to Lambeth Palace to get them to pledge their willingness to wear vestments. 37 of those ministers refused and a pamphlet war broke out.

 

27th March 1539 - The burial of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, at St Peter's, Sheffield. He served as a soldier under Henry VII and Henry VIII, and it appears that his actions and influence in late 1536, during the Pilgrimage of Grace rebellion, led to the failure of the rebellion.

 

28th March 1555 - Protestants Stephen Knight and William Ptgot were burnt at the stake for heresy in Maldon and Braintree, Essex, and William Dighel was burnt at the stake in either Banbury, Oxfordshire, or Danbury, Essex.

 

The Lost Colony - https://youtu.be/DQdSpeYbMvg 

Walter Ralegh - https://youtu.be/ISexLsnGKug   

 

Other Tudor events for these dates:

 

March 25 - Margaret Clitherow, the Pearl of York, and her awful end - https://youtu.be/8RKxaGc4sHE

March 25 - Happy New Year - https://youtu.be/73k_gqClpFQ

March 26 - Robert Carey and his eventful ride to King James - https://youtu.be/dTyL66lKqMo

March 26 - Alchemy, astrology and angels   This man was involved with them all! - https://youtu.be/A5hy__pKZuQ

March 27 - Arrangements are made for Prince Arthur to marry Catherine of Aragon - https://youtu.be/ivJa_K_8dh0

March 27 - Reading the Bible in church could get you into trouble - https://youtu.be/nItFisCuqFU

March 28 - The amazing Raphael - https://youtu.be/S7eQEQttjWs

March 28 - Anne Boleyn's chaplain and almoner John Skip - https://youtu.be/yk_TxLMtiPM

 

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Claire Ridgway
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