Tudor History with Claire Ridgway

Tudor History with Claire Ridgway


January 30 - Four Gunpowder Plotters come to sticky ends

January 29, 2020

On this day in history, 30th January 1606, Gunpowder plotters Everard Digby, Robert Wintour, John Grant and Thomas Bates were executed for treason at St Paul’s Churchyard.Find out how they came to this end and hear a contemporary account of their executions in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of several history books.You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:https://youtu.be/CKKlZTJJ-xEAlso on this day in Tudor history, 30th January 1554, rebel Thomas Wyatt the Younger and his men besieged Cooling Castle. Here is a link to Claire's video from last year to find out what happened. https://youtu.be/Kz6I6l5KP9w You can find Claire at:https://www.theanneboleynfiles.comhttps://www.tudorsociety.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles/https://www.facebook.com/tudorsociety/https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFileshttps://twitter.com/thetudorsocietyhttps://www.instagram.com/tudor.society/https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynfiles/