Between 1485 and 1603, England was ruled by members of the Tudor family: Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I. Martin Kloess from San Francisco on September 21, 2012: Good job on this. Season 3, Episode 8, "The Undoing of Cromwell"57 The Star Chamber (a type of court) was set up to hear cases of political treason, and heresy. Once the boy was born, Henry discontinued the affair and Bessie was married to one of his courtiers. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. thanks it was so helpful and i actually, completed my homework. Tudor Era Punishment: Whipping. Mary, I toyed with executing her sister, Elizabeth, choosing to imprison her instead. However, punishments were harsh, in the belief that it would stop others from committing the same crime. Some historians have estimated that about 70,000 people were executed during the reign of, Having the head cut off (beheading) was the most common form of execution for serious Tudor crime. Humor aside, this is a very interesting and informative hub. Often, the … Packed with information, well laid out and beautifully told! Walter Hungerford: Executed for misprison of treason and buggery due to his support for Cromwell. Holly Kline from South Jersey on February 14, 2013: Nice overview! Henry VIII famously executed two of his wives, and Katherine Howard, who haunts Hampton Court. Mary I ("Bloody Mary") was particularly thorough in ridding herself of those who disagreed with her views. Cromwell - Thomas Cromwell did suffer a botched execution but there is nothing to support "The Tudors" story that he was executed by a drunk paid by his enemies. Stunning performance by James Frain as Thomas Cromwell facing execution. Judi Brown (author) from UK on November 26, 2013: Hi Jean - I'm currently chasing a Crimean war rifleman through the archives after falling for his photo, but I'll look out for the Anne Boleyn book - thanks very much for the suggestion! King Henry made his son Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland and it is likely that he intended to declare him King of Ireland. Thankfully most of them are no longer used. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. The Tudor family were originally from Wales. In Tudor times, there were no police, and crime was widespread. Angie Jardine from Cornwall, land of the eternally youthful mind ... on September 24, 2012: I didn’t watch the TV Tudors … I knew it would be inaccurate as soon as I saw how handsome they had made Henry. It was the first public execution of an English queen. Having celebrated the joyful anniversary of her proclamation as queen at Greenwich on Easter day in 1533, the mood turns. The betrayal and bitter sadness of it all weighs heavy. Henry executed somewhere between 57,000 and 72,000 people during his reign, and of course, ordered the execution of not one but two of his very own wives. It became feared, as being tried here meant no jury, witnesses or possibility of appealing. thumbs up, amazing I got ma homework done with this and we are now using it in class XD, awesome really good cool facts for homework. See more ideas about tudor dynasty, the tudor, tudor. It was these two princesses who were combined into one - ie Henry VIII's sisters. Mary also ordered the execution of her cousin Lady Jane Grey. However, Henry's sisters did, and it is through one of them that the Queen is related to the Tudors. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. Only one of his legitimate sons survived infancy; Edward VI. Although Showtime's The Tudors shows Thomas Cromwell's execution as a rigged event by many of his enemies, there is no firm evidence that those who hated him payed and intoxicated the executioner in order to cause a long, painful, and gory beheading.I'm sure there were many of Cromwell's enemies present at his execution, and maybe they would have wanted to do something like that, but … Voted up and interesting! In 1485 when Henry Tudor stood, victorious, on the battlefield at Bosworth, there can have been no idea of the impact that the new age, the time of the Tudors, would have. The punishment for treason was execution, and Henry had to seriously mull over his next actions. Learn how your comment data is processed. Thanks for these facts, this Hub was a great read! People believed if a criminal’s punishment was severe and painful enough, the act would not be … I love them (not the show), dreadful bunch though they were. King Henry used their execution as a way to set the tone for his reign. Threads The Reincarnation of Anne Boleyn is really good. Thank you very much. I don't watch the TV version, but enjoyed this Hub, the Tudors are always fascinating! The Brazen Bull was invented by Perilaus of Athens (a Brass worker) in the 6th Century BC and offered to Phalaris, Tyrant of Agrigentum, as a gift. Lucas Horenbout [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. It's a wonder that the producers felt the need to change anything; the Tudors were hardly a boring bunch. University education was available for bright grammar school boys at either Oxford or Cambridge, the only two English universities then in existence. Ironically, her brother, Henry VIII, had been opposed to the move; when the English ambassadors to the Scottish court told her she should reconcile with Angus, she told them to "go home and not meddle in Scottish matters". Tudor Crime and Punishment: Facts and Information Public executions were extremely popular and people would wait for hours to watch them, often taking their children with... Having the head cut off (beheading) was the most common form of execution for serious Tudor crime. Used both as torture and for execution, Medieval crushing involved placing the accused's head in a device that slowly crushed the top and sides of the head together. Judi Brown (author) from UK on September 24, 2012: Hi Angie - exactly! thanks for the help it really made a difference to my learning about this topic now I love it. She didn't go quietly and ran around the scaffold until the executioner hacked her down. History › Tudors › Tudor childhood › Tudor education › Quiz. There was a special whipping post where the person was chained and whipped. Henry's only legitimate son, Edward, was born the following year. Does she? If you consider the population of England during the reign of King Henry was 2.5 million people, that would mean that Henry executed about 2.8 percent of the population of England. Judi Brown (author) from UK on September 28, 2012: Hi Jessica - I said "Henry VII and his wife, Elizabeth of York, had four daughters. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Their great affection for each other came under strain when Henry fell under the spell of Anne Boleyn (see right); Mary retreated to the country and spent little time at court. if anyone happens to know anything about ‘how did life change in tudor times’ that would be great, thanks again! I didn't know they originated in Wales. The couple had four children, one of whom was Lady Frances Brandon. They were all barking mad anyway so the real story was even more entertaining. I really enjoyed learning about some of the lesser known Tudors. Great hub … as we have come to expect from you, Judi. Margaret married for a third time a year after her divorce. We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. Brian Langston from Languedoc Roussillon on November 09, 2015: Great hub Judi. She was a teenager and he was 49. Margaret soon found that Angus was unfaithful and eventually divorced him. For according to the law and by the law I am judged to die, and therefore I will speak nothing against it. Thanks very much for your comments, always appreciated. God save the Queen! Judi Brown (author) from UK on September 27, 2012: Hi Deborah - I read that a few weeks ago too! The young Queen of France was not enamoured of her ageing husband; indeed she had already formed an attachment elsewhere. Henry's victory at Bosworth ended the War of the Roses. The Tudors of Penmynydd in Anglesey were descended from one of Llywelyn the Great's lords, Ednyfed Fychan. 1. Tudor London experienced some of the worst crime, as it attracted many vagrants and people looking for work. Mary I could play the virginals by the age of four. As dynasties go the reign of the Tudors was relatively short (1485-1603) but it holds its own in terms of infamous characters, nefarious schemes, and bloody events. Quiz yourself on the Tudors! Utterly dreadful, but totally fascinating. A young Anne Boleyn was sent to the French court as a lady-in-waiting to the new French Queen. Many Tudor towns and villages had a parish school where the local vicar taught boys to read and write. but then you make the mistake of saying that Henry VII and his wife Elizabeth of York had four daughters, and name his two sisters as his daughters...you need to edit this piece a lot. The execution took place on 19 May 1536 at 8 o’clock in the morning. Although the young Duke was raised in Yorkshire, his father ensured that he was treated as a prince and was apparently very fond of him. Brilliant! And although castles were, in their time the lap of luxury, I would still prefer my three bedroom bungalow -- if for the bathroom alone! Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. Henry FitzRoy was the only truly illegitimate child of Henry's to be acknowledged (he did have both his daughters declared illegitimate when he got rid of their mothers, but he had been married to them). The account below was found in the anonymous Chronicle of Queen Jane and of Two Years of Queen Mary. Between them, the Tudor monarchs executed thousands of people. Thanks for your comments, always great to hear from you! Love this hub. The most common place to brand a person were hands, cheeks or arms. Queen Margaret was appointed Regent for her young son and managed to broker a peace with her brother. Early Tudor forces were essentially medieval. … Well done..... Judi Brown (author) from UK on December 30, 2013: Hi grand old lady - it would have been a toss up between being a poor starving peasant with a life expectancy of 40ish or a noble with no say over your personal life and the dangers of political intrigue. In reality, Catherine's marriage to Henry lasted about four years, and she wasn't even 30 when she married the 52-year-old king. Although Showtime's The Tudors shows Thomas Cromwell's execution as a rigged event by many of his enemies, there is no firm evidence that those who hated him payed and intoxicated the executioner in order to cause a long, painful, and gory beheading. He made two attempts but was imprisoned and hanged in 1499. Mar 9, 2018 - A list of people executed under the Tudor Dynasty. The Princesses Elizabeth and Katherine died in infancy, but Margaret and Mary survived to adulthood". at first you say henry had two sisters who were rolled into one character on the show. The execution of Queen Anne Boleyn was the first royal execution to be carried out in public. Judi Brown (author) from UK on September 23, 2012: Hi joanveronica - I had to switch off, lovely as it was to look at - just couldn't believe the liberties they took with the real story. Lady Frances married Henry Grey and had three daughters. Jasper Tudor helped secure his nephew's crown. She died in 1533 but did not lie in peace; her body had to be moved from its resting place at Bury St Edmonds' Abbey when her brother dissolved the monasteries. Executed for treason and heresy at Tower Hill after arranging King Henry VIII's marriage to Anne of Cleves. Then he knelt and endured one of the most gruesome and butchered Tudor executions on record. Great to hear from you again, thanks so much for reading and commenting. On 19 May 1536, Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, was executed by beheading within the confines of the Tower of London. This was when the Tudors were the ruling family in England. February 13th, 1542: The Execution of Catherine Howard and Jane Boleyn A thin layer of frost lay across the ground on the morning of Monday February 13th 1542. Here are the unadorned, but nonetheless interesting, facts about the Tudors. After her death he married their son's fiancee. He was the last King of England to win his crown on the battlefield. The Tudors and Executions Perkin Warbeck claimed to be the son of Edward IV and tried to overthrow Henry VII. Great facts I’m doing my homework with it now! Judi Brown (author) from UK on November 12, 2015: Thank you Brian, I appreciate your feedback. Reading this was like watching a soap opera what with the weddings, illegitimate children, and divorces...the only difference being Soap Operas are not quite as blood thirsty ... though they do kill off characters who return years later. Judi Brown (author) from UK on September 22, 2012: Hi Denise - thanks very much for reading and for sharing. The cause of her death was never determined. King Henry VIII began his reign by executing two of his father’s most unpopular officials. I recently finished Philippa Gregory's novel, The Red Queen, the fictionalized account of Margaret Beaufort and the birth of the Tudor dynasty. Edmund, Earl of Richmond, married Lady Margaret Beaufort. Mary was her brother's favourite sister and he famously named his great ship Mary Rose for her. While most other methods are fairly quick, Henry VIII reserved boiling for the enemies he truly wished to suffer before meeting their fate. Young Edward VI ordered the execution of his uncles Edward and Thomas Seymour. Elizabeth I did not play herself, but kept musicians at Court since she loved pageants and dancing. Thanks very much for commenting, I appreciate it. Attributed to Jan Mabuse [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. The Tudor period in English History is known for being a brutal and barbaric time in which much religious turmoil and suffering took place. Both became queens and both had descendants who played an important part in England's history. Chronicler Edward Hall wrote that Cromwell "so paciently suffered the stroke of the axe, by a ragged Boocherly miser whiche very ungoodly perfourmed the Office" and the fact that he comments that the executioner was "boocherly" and that … Showtime's historical romp The Tudors is a dramatic interpretation of the life of Henry VIII and his family. The decision to execute her cousin was not easy for Queen Mary I. Vagrancy was a common crime and was punished by being whipped, or even hanged. Hey this is really good work for my homework really amazing! The Tudor history has always fascinated me. 2. But whilst no theory has been proven, many people think Elizabeth may have had blood poisoning from the make-up she wore. The second Tudor princess was Princess Mary (1496-1533). It's a shame that the producers of The Tudors felt the need to merge them into one character. David Hunt from Cedar Rapids, Iowa on September 24, 2012: This is a great overview of the Tudors! Mary Craig from New York on September 21, 2012: Wow! Even my husband got into it and he normally scoffs at my love for all things Tudor. I like history, and historical fiction sometimes leads us to a time or place we wouldn't have known was so interesting. Entertainment A public execution was an event not to be missed and people would queue through the night to get the best places. Required fields are marked *. Although Cromwell wrote to the king proclaiming his innocence and begging for mercy, he was condemned to death, although it was unclear whether he would have to suffer the full traitor’s death of being hanged, drawn and quartered or be burned at the stake as a heretic. The first Tudor monarch was King Henry VII who claimed the throne when his forces defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. . There were no police during the Tudor times. Those that fought the Scots at Flodden (1513) and the French in northern France (1511–13) did so mainly with traditional pole weapons – ‘bills’ – and still-formidable longbows. She married a handsome, but unpopular, Scottish nobleman, the Earl of Angus. It began in the aftermath of the Wars of the Roses, and reached its peak with the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Her family fell out with Henry VIII and Margaret, at the age of 67 was ordered to the block. Margaret's happiness was not long-lived. A year later, she was secretly married to Brandon, which outraged Henry and his advisers. Henry's father, Edmund Tudor, died three months before Henry's birth. Here are 5 of the most petrifying penalties employed by the authorities in the 16th century. Her tenure as Queen of France was (for her at least) mercifully short, the King lasting barely three months. This is a list of the most revolting methods of execution from history. Life was often nasty, brutish and painful for criminals in Tudor England, with a host of fiendish punishments dished out by the state to wrong-doers, including some new methods of execution dreamt up by King Henry VIII himself. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. This account mentions the famous ‘hangman of Calais’ who was brought to London for the execution. Boiling to Death. Young Henry was married at the age of 14 to Mary Howard, a daughter of the Duke of Norfolk. The. Thanks for the help! Catherine Howard's arms as queen King Henry and Catherine were married by Bishop Bonner of London at Oatlands Palace on 28 July 1540, the same day Cromwell was executed. Those of us loyal to this most courageous of women are plunged into sadness as the countdown begins to her execution. Beatings were part of the Tudor theory of education, and students were regularly whipped with canes. And despite its gross historical inaccuracies (combining Henry's two sisters into one annoyed me, too), I actually loved the television show The Tudors. It seems like it is better not to be royal with all those imprisonments and beheadiings. This is perfectly correct. Don't understand why they needed to change a thing, their lives were so interesting anyway. Henry's mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort, was only 13 years old when her son was born. Despite most women being relegated to serve their husband or father, there were many who wrote humanist texts, … I was glad to finish it! It was a metal cage that fitted over the head and was extremely uncomfortable to wear, and would let everyone know that the wearer was a gossip. Tudor England was rife with contagious diseases and regular epidemics of dysentery, tuberculosis and influenza swept through the country. Her great-grandson inherited the throne of England from her niece, Elizabeth I. Daniël Mijtens (circa 1590(1590)–circa 1647(1647)) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. It's tempting to think that the present Queen cannot be descended from the Tudors because none of Henry VIII's children had an issue. Stealing was considered a serious Tudor crime, and people could be punished just for stealing a bird’s egg.