March 15 - The Lady Mary causes a stir in London
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- 👑 Queen Mary I: A Portrait of Courage and Conviction 👑
Step back in time to the tumultuous reign of Queen Mary I as I uncover a remarkable moment of defiance and determination on this historic day, 15th March 1551. Join me as I delve into the annals of Tudor history to witness the indomitable spirit of England's first official queen regnant.
🌹 1. A Stirring Ride Through London:
Experience the intrigue and drama as Queen Mary I takes to the streets of London, clad in regal attire and flanked by her retinue. Follow the eyewitness account of diarist Henry Machyn as he describes Mary's bold procession, complete with knights, gentlemen, and a display of rosaries-a symbolic act of devotion and defiance.
🔥 2. A Defiant Stand for Faith:
Delve into the deeper meaning behind Mary's public display of religious observance. As historian Gary G. Gibbs illuminates, Mary's procession was not merely a ceremonial affair but a powerful protest against her half-brother King Edward VI's Protestant government. Witness her unwavering commitment to her Catholic faith in the face of opposition.
📜 3. The Royal Showdown:
Relive the tense encounter between Mary and Edward as they confront each other's beliefs and convictions. Explore the clash of wills as Edward seeks to assert his authority, while Mary steadfastly defends her religious principles, refusing to yield to the pressure of her brother's demands.
⚔️ 4. Courage in Adversity:
Marvel at Queen Mary's resilience and fortitude as she faces the challenges of religious persecution and political strife. Discover the strength of her convictions and her unwavering determination to uphold her faith, even at the risk of her own safety and security.
🌟 5. A Legacy of Courage and Conviction:
Reflect on Queen Mary I's enduring legacy as a beacon of courage and conviction. From her dramatic protest in 1551 to her triumphant ascent to the throne in 1553, Mary's indomitable spirit continues to inspire generations, reminding us of the power of faith and perseverance.
Join me in celebrating the extraordinary courage and conviction of Queen Mary I as I pay tribute to her unwavering faith and defiance in the face of adversity. Subscribe now to uncover more tales of Tudor history and the indomitable spirit of its remarkable figures! 🕊️👑 #QueenMaryI #TudorHistory #ReligiousConflict #CourageAndConviction
I’ve always had a soft spot for Mary because of how terribly she was treated by her father. I can’t even imagine being cast out the way she was.
I love Mary, her mother, and her grandmother.
Mary was just as stubborn as her father. Sounds like she took after him greatly. Thank you for the video! Still the highlight of my day!
I believe Mary had both her mother and father traits. It is very easy to only see the bad but she did have a pretty tragic life. I think her mother is the only one who loved her like she needed to be loved.
I think her "baby brother" Edward was as fully prepared to prosecute and/or persecute Catholics as his "big sister" Mary was to prosecute and/or persecute Protestants. Both Tudor "kids" were religious fanatics in roughly equal measure; had Edward lived longer, he would've proved that and probably already had efforts underway when he got sick and died, poor kid. NOTE: Am neither Protestant nor Roman Catholic myself, am a Christian though ...no dog in this very old fight, just an obsserver of history like everyone else here ...
Wonder if King Henry the 8th realized what fanatics his eldest and youngest were ... Elizabeth was more pragmatic, I think ... wonder what his overriding philosophy of education of his own children was, imagine he carefully selected their caregivers and educators who worked for him, of course ... interesting speculation ... probably assumed Edwards's reign would be much longer than it was and Mary and Elizabeth would never get their shots at gaining the throne ...
Am loving this channel to death, enjoying it immensely ... am American of partly English heritage (see family name, my maiden name as an "old maid")
Lisa Ann Pennington ditto here ... can’t get enough of these old folks we’ll... royals.
Forgot to note Mary's reign was very short, even shorter, due to her death ... will let someone else develop this fact and its future implications further ...
I just finished watching David Starkey's documentary on Edward VI. Very illuminating and a very different picture of Edward than the one I first learned about in the '70's. As Starkey was talking about the changes Edward made to the English church, the end of the Latin Mass, the removal of stained glass and the Rood etc., it struck me how this must have shocked and saddened Mary. I, too, have seen the foundations of my birth religion crumble and although I am no longer part of that denomination, it still saddens me to think about. Mary must have been horrified to see what he was doing. And, I think, her faith was the only constant in her life at that point.
It seems to me that Mary just wanted to go back to the happy times before Henry dismissed Catherine. By reversing the Reformation, she could bring England into the safe, happy world that she grew up in. I can’t blame her for dreaming, but it is rather unfortunate that she had the power to go through with such things
I'm a simple woman. I see Claire. I click! 😊😜
Agreed!
My day is not complete without knowing what happened this day in Tudor history!
Claire, I love that you keep an open mind, reminding us that these were human beings, truly three dimensional. I am constantly impressed by both your breadth and depth of knowledge. As you tell about these people's lives, you add context and humanity. I watch you every day. Thank you for sharing your time and scholarship.
I admire Mary for sticking to her faith and beliefs. She could have lost her head over her stand on religion when it would have been much easier to become a closet Catholic as many others were in her time and afterward. Unfortunately, many lives on both sides of the religious question were lost and they are still talking about the troubles in Northern restarting with Brexit.
What happened while Mary I ruled Britain was a horror & should have never happened. And yet I can't help but feel for the girl who loved her Mother & wasn't allowed to see her even when her mother was dying
Carolyn Ambrose that’s probably why she ended up doing the things she did. Her mother defended her religion and marriage to her death, and Mary suffered greatly in turn. Surely she blamed AB and those who were champions of Protestantism. Staying “true” to her faith was probably a way of vindicating her mother and getting justice for her suffering.
Julie Goodrich I think Henry viii didn’t want them colluding .
@Julie Goodrich He was trying to punish Mary for not acknowledging him as Supreme Head of the Church of England.
This is another gown I'd like to make. (I'm a gold worker and embroiderer) Lady Mary has always interested me. Her strong, driving will is strikingly modern even if we don't much like her!
Thank you Claire... So interesting, as always. I guess with her strong-willed parents, she would be born quite stubborn. I always admired the strength, determination and courage of her mother.
Claire, thank you so much for these videos! I love your perspective on The Lady Mary in this video. I’ve always been fascinated with her, as well as Elizabeth, both as sisters and as monarchs. Not that a royal childhood is anything even remotely close to a typical childhood, but these women had extraordinary childhoods. I’ve always wondered the effect their upbringing had on each of their reigns.
I've wondered about Machyn's reference to the "pair of beads of black" and wondered, did they all match? If they did, I think it would look absolutely spectacular, hundreds of them with the same black beads, perhaps even worn in exactly the same way. It would show their strong and common unity and it would be bound to be noticed, as it was. It also makes me further wonder where did Mary get so many matching rosaries in England at that time as that could not have been easy. The logistics of that suggest that she carefully planned the event, as she likely must have. After all, Clerkenwell was accessible to the Fleet River, which wasn't yet dammed into ponds (that happened in the 17th or 18th centuries, if I recall correctly), so she didn't *have* to rid through the streets. If I close my eyes, I can almost see it but . . . well . . . I love your videos :-)
Edward: note to self----kick my sassy sister out of the line of succession! Mary: note to self---I am a badass! and I will be Queen!
So glad to be back and catching up on these videos. She was certainly her mother's daughter. I consider myself Protestant but I have to say 'Go Mary'!
Mary, Mary, quite contrary!
I look forward to this all day. ( I live in the US)
Claire Ridgway's flawlessly researched videos on Tudor history . I wonder if these wonderful videos she would transcript in book form so that they are available to Tudor History buffs in bookshops around the world. That would be nice indeed.
I often think that Mary's stridence was due to Henry's cruel ill-treatment of Catherine of Aragon. Every time Mary stood up for her Catholic faith against her brother, she was essentially jabbing a sharp stick at the heir who took the place that she thought was her own. And she was standing up for her mother as well. There's something quite angry and vengeful about Mary--not unlike her father Henry.
She had not been so concerned about Edward as the heir when he was born. He was a boy, and her mother was dead. Mary had to have known that Henry VIII had wanted a son.
Make a lot more sense now why Edward took a hard pass on Mary as his heir. I wonder if Mary had been a bit more adept and tactful if the situation with Jane Grey would have been averted? And if his advisors wouldnt have been as inclined to follow a much more tenuous path. I also think for Mary her faith kept her integrity and her identity as a princess and Honored her mother, she could not easily separate her faith from her ideologies about herself. She was a proud woman, much like her father imho.
Mary was frightening! I shudder when I see a painting of her and the look in her eyes. She was a religious fanatic. It is hard to get past the atrocities she committed.
Don't forget that Mary was also Edward godmother.
And she allowed the English Book of Common Prayer to be used at his funeral.
The burning of the Protestants was horrible, but Claire is right to say that there are certain things to admire about Mary I. Despite her poor health -- which started when she was around seventeen years old, which coincides with her father's affair with Anne Boleyn and his determination to divorce Mary's mother Catherine; Mary was actually quite healthy up until then -- she was definitely strong-willed and had a deep sense of her majesty. She also had great love for her late mother and wanted to pay tribute to her, and her Catholic faith. Mary refused to back down to her half-brother's demands that she convert to Protestantism, even though she was also Edward's godmother (she'd been very good friends with his mother Jane Seymour) and was very fond of him.
I felt sorry for Mary. Sangre Española muy apasionada.
Good video. We must remember that all Tudor monarchs persecuted those who wavered from their religious dictates. Mary is unjustly given the moniker "Bloody Mary" by subsequent protestant writers. He reign was no more or less "bloody" regarding religious persecutions of "heretics". The Marian regime used the burnings as a very last resort for unrepentant 'heretics'. Her councillors did all they can to convert protestants back to Catholicism. Moreover, England still had a HUGE Catholic population, especially in the north of England. We should not forget the Pilgrimage of Grace under Henry VIII. For more information on the topic of the Marian regime's reintroduction of Catholicism I suggest Eamon Duffy's Fires of Faith: Catholic England under Mary Tudor and Gregory Slysz's Mary Tudor: England's First Queen Regnant.
I am in the US also, in California, and you’re quite welcome. I THINK your question was did Henry have Jane Seymour waiting in the wings, is that right? He didn’t have her in the “wings”, he didn’t bother with wings at all! He became engaged to Jane on May 20, and Ann was executed on May 19, 1536. He married Jane on May 30, 1536. If you enjoy this as much as I do, there are plenty of books out there if you’re interested. Also, an EXCELLENT TV series called The White Queen is a fascinating story into the whole Tudor story, beginning with Henry Viii grandparents, Edward IV & Queen Elizabeth Woodville. Then the White Princess (who is Henry Viii mother), is a good introduction to the entire Tudor clan.
Mary is someone I want to really like because she is the daughter of Katherine of Aragon & granddaughter of Ferdinand & Isabella of Spain. Mary does make some impressive moments but then turns around & has horrifying ones as well.
I think Mary had a childhood so uncertain & her religion & rituals were a constant for her.
I have read that Mary would have believed that burning people would save them from hell? All in all, I'm just left with feeling sad for Mary.
i feel sorry for her too. she was a product of her childhood
Excellent indeed. Thank you for all your hard work and you have a wonderful voice for telling stories of which Queen Mary Tudor are my favorite.
I do admire her conviction
🇦🇺🦘 (viewed 14/03/2021) .. I enjoyed hearing about this time in Lady Mary's life with her younger half-brother, King Edward VI. After riding through London to meet the King, as you said looking more like his heir than his servant, listening about their meeting and what was discussed (argued) was fascinating.
Mary (as a 'mere' woman) although stubborn, showed great strength and bravery to do what she did. Defiant maybe, but she was strong, just as her mother had been. She also, to some extent, took after her father too. I very much enjoyed hearing about 'this side' of a younger Mary, before she became Queen herself, then to be remembered more as "Bloody Mary".
Thank you Claire 👑👍
How much can one person take? Her father set aside her mother, her mother died after a long illness, alone. She was declared a bastard. Her church was declared illegal and her father was excommunicated. Her father took subsequent wives. Her More bloody beheadings. No stability. Talk about post traumatic stress disorder! What else could she do after all that? It isn't a real surprise that Mary finally said "Enough!" and staged a protest against her brother and state religion. I don't particularly like her policies, but I do understand a person pushed to the breaking point. She never got over all that happened to her. But, taking the stance of her religion being the only "right" one, labelled her for all time as "Bloody Mary". The sins of the father...
🇺🇸So the hubby & I we’re doing some sightseeing and we stopped at a restaurant and their feature drink was a Bloody Mary. What a coincidence!🇬🇧
Maryann Lockwood They are very common in the USA. Also touted as a hangover cure (hair of the dog)
LOL It's funny because Mary would likely never have known vodka (that's a Russian thing--not sure when that made it to the UK) and would surely not have had tomato juice as the tomato was a New World fruit (yes, tomatoes are fruit and not vegetables) that the Brits long thought was poisonous.
@@zzydny apparently, when placed on pewter dishes, the acid in tomatoes does become poisonous
Thank you.
She certainly wasn't a sellout.
I feel like I do not know enough about Queen Mary. I would love suggestions on books, audio books or videos. I would love to get to know the other side of Mary. The girl who was Henry's "Pearl of the world" 😍
There are quite a few books out there that cover her life. All you have to do is google "Mary Tudor" on Amazon. Make sure they aren't about Henry's sister, or about Mary Stuart.
I enjoyed the biographies by Anna Whitelock and Linda Porter.
I agree. Unfortunately, I think that Mary grew up a very bitter woman and probably somewhat rightfully so. Like you, I definitely take issue with many of her less desirable qualities and actions but also greatly admire her conviction, her courage, her strength and perseverance. Sadly, I believe that it is many of those same qualities that I so admire in her that led her to do so many of the things that I so do not admire! Not that I am excusing her, but I often think about the fact that everyone’s life was so completely ruled by their faith and i I think that it was even more so in her case.
I have been thinking about the forms of address during Tudor times. As in
Your grace, my lord, my lady ect. What were the rules for these and which was used for whom?
Always a pleasure Claire :)
See walternelson.com/dr/node/253, historicalnovelists.tripod.com/peeraget.htm and elizabethan.org/compendium/13.html for information on this. It's quite complicated but would have been second nature to those at court.
Mary, original Uppity Woman
I read many comments agains Mary, many comments about bloody and devilish Mary, everyone will condemn her for the 300 executions ( thing which I do not support at all) however nobody talk about the reign of Edward and his many executions, or Henry hysterical behavior, or all the executions of Elizabeth, so why is it?
Protestants also persecuted and executed Catholics, but nobody talk about that, why?
the executions occurred throughout all the middle age, in all Europe, for centuries , but only Mary was de bloody one, why?
I always think that this brave demonstration was part of the reason that Edward tried to change the late King's plan for the Succession. He did not trust Mary to keep his religious arrangements. I do admire Mary. She was after all our first ruling Queen and a lady of considerable character and principle.
Would Mary and her party riding through London have thought twice about having their rosaries? It's a pretty standard accessory, most Catholics don't think about having them on. Granted, they were going to see Edward, and they knew of his father's created religion, but they may not have seen wearing their standard religious items as being "uppity".
They knew that they were banned so they could have hidden them whereas they were displaying them proudly as a demonstration. Mary knew exactly what she was doing.
How many people were persecuted during her reign? How many during the reign of Henry VIII?
Hi, I've always wondered where the royal wealth comes from.
Henry 7th, where did his wealth come from?, 1) his mother was very rich 2) did he inherit? From king Richard lll after Bosworth?
I do know Queen Anne, Richard wife and her sister, Prince George wife were the king makers daughters were very rich. Did their father Warwick get his namesake because he owned all of present day Warwickshire?
Their mother was also very rich
3) Henry Vll was a miser
Also the crusades and Spanish armada e.t.c cost alot, so how did royalty regain wealth after that?
What about present say monarchs, where does the wealth originally come from, India?....
It's not my area of expertise but money would have come to the monarch from their lands and also from things like taxes.
She was high profile and cousin to the Holy Roman Emperor. She already had to give up so much. She had power albeit indirect.
Henry VIII was a Catholic and attended mass daily. When and how did this change under his son Edward VI?
Summer Desjardins because Edward was raised/tutored by his stepmother, Katherine Parr, who was a reformer. I believe she was also responsible for Elizabeth's Protestantism.
Henry VIII never embraced the reformed faith but the break with Rome and the influence of his wives, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Parr, did allow men of the reformed faith to rise at court and in the church. When Edward came to the throne, men like Edward Seymour, who then became the leader of his government, and Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, could take things much further. The reformation had its beginnings in Henry's reign but it started properly in Edward's.
I think this is a good example of the other side of what normally is admired as a principled person - rigidity of thought, unbending, a wish to make oneself into a martyr and to martyr others. That, basically, in the past, a principled person is someone who will burn people alive.
I would like to know what made Mary decide to organize this show of Catholic force. It must have taken some planning. Like another commenter, I wonder if the rosaries all matched! But I also want to know why it was done in this particular way and at this particular time.
I am commenting here for my husband. He wants to point out in Edward's favor that nothing really bad happened to Mary or the people who rode with her. When Mary was queen he doubts Elizabeth would have been able to ride through the streets of London with as large a company carrying, let us say, banners saying things such as "Nuts to the Pope!" or "MYOB, Pope!"
well, besides the fact that he loved her (in his own twisted, tudor type of way) mary wasn't (at the time) a threat to the throne like elizabeth was to mary, since edward didn't know he would die childless at almost 16 and, thus, expected his own children to be his heirs. mary was 37 when she became queen and had no children, meaning elizabeth was next in line. she set elizabeth free for a while when she believed to be pregnant, but locked her up again when it turned out she wasn't. she was also trying to bring back an old religion, while her brother was trying to impose a new one.
Do you have any sources of information about Mary enforcing the anti-enclosure laws ?
I have a strong aversion to Mary and her Catholicism, even though I was raised Catholic myself. It was just so strident and uncompromising, and I cannot help but shudder at the persecutions that happened under her reign. However, there is a part of me that, whilst horrified, does admire somewhat her unfailing devotion. But it is this devotion and love that, sadly, caused so much despair and death. There is no doubt that she was a strong woman and I think it a shame that she believed what she was told about needing to be subservient to her husband. If she hadn’t been (and also was more egalitarian religiously-speaking), I feel she had the potential to have been as great a ruler as her sister was.
Henry and subsequent Protestant monarchs persecuted Catholics and others too.
She was just as good a ruler as Elizabeth if not better. The brevity of Mary's reign overshadows her potential accomplishments. Elizabeth was lucky to have highly adept protestant councillors whose advice she took.
Did any of Mary’s rosaries survive?
Love your blouse!
Imagine how different England would have been if Edward had lived. There is an excellent documentary on The England that never Was by David Starkey.
I don't like Mary. She didn't think much like a regent, she was more of a religious fanatic, whose faith caused torture and suffering to innocent civilians. I don't think her mother, whom I admire so much more would have condoned that. Mary might have suffered a lot under her father, she might have had her reasons for being such a tragic person; but that doesn't make her a good queen in my eyes.
The idea that only Mary persecuted 'heretics' is protestant propaganda. Mary wasn't a regent, she was the queen. The other Tudors burned heretics, too. The only difference being the changing status of "heretic" from protestants to Catholics, then Catholics to protestants, then protestants to Catholics, and then back to Catholics to protestants.
She was Queen in her own right, not a Regent. Mary I was the very first female English monarch to be crowned in her own name, something someone like Matilda could only have dreamt of obtaining.
@@konradvonmarburg7733 Still does not make Mary a good queen; she didn't get much time to prove herself either of course, but the time she had doesn't reflect good on her.
She was a Queen Regnant (yeah, rhymes with pregnant, irony which probably wasn't lost on Mary I with her fertility problems), meaning she reigned in her own inherited right, not as a married Queen Consort. Had she also been crowned Queen of Spain on marrying Philip II, she would've been a consort in Spain.
Funny how people forget that Katherine of Aragon was more than happy to kill protestants . Didn't she write to Henry with glee about their destruction ? She was also a constant voice in Marys ear putting Mary in grave danger.
She must've believe she would be in her brother spot had her parents marriage lasted.
It's interesting to hear about this side of Mary, but I believe that it does lead to her attitude towards protestants in the future. The stubborn attitude and hatred of the prostestant religion.
Question. Why was she buried at Peterborough Cathedral? Henry and Anne would never allow her to be buried at Westminster but why there? Was it her death wish or did she just love the place? And where are all the other Tudors buried and why? Just curious
Who do you mean? Mary is buried at Westminster. Her mother was buried at Peterborough and that's because she died at Kimbolton. She actually wished to be buried at a chapel of the Observant Friars, but they'd all been dissolved.
I am like you, I love Mary at times and at others, I just think WHY? What made you be so lacking in judgement. She, like Elizabeth survived an awful lot to become Queen Was it her Grandparents Ferdinand and Isabella she tried to hard to emulate? She was as stoical as her mother and as headstrong as her father that's for sure
Mary was both courageous and cruel. Her reputation as "Bloody Mary" is unfair and misogynistic. Monarchs in history with their near absolute powers have always been tyrannical and sometimes brutal. Society has always been harder on women. What is seen as strong and decisive in men has been judged as stubborn and bitchy in women. Mary was not more "bloody" than her father, Hemry VIII, and yet he was not labeled as such. Thank you for your thought-provoking videos.
So silly how both are worshipping the same Christian god but are squabbling over petty stuff like rosaries... all those deaths because Henry couldn’t get a divorce... did the citizens of England really believe that he had the authority to make his own church? How many embraced it and how many were against it? Clearly he couldn’t convince Mary... what advantages did he offer the citizens of England as the head of the church? (I ask too many questions lol)
I love your videos
Many people didn't, especially in the north of England.
The trouble was that back then one flavour of the faith was seen as the true religion and one was seen as heresy. Even today, I know Christians who don't believe that Catholics are true Christians who will receive eternal life, and vice versa. They were all concerned with the fate of their eternal souls.
It also had to do with who would rule . For Catholics Mary was Heir . For protestants Edward ,then Elizabeth . Of course Henry did very well financially by destroying the monasteries.
Do you really condone what she did to poor Lady Jane? Oh my.... :(
It was Lady Jane's father who tried to restart the coup which forced Mary's hand....Mary intended to pardon Jane...
@@Angel-nu7fm And wasn't she coerced into the whole mess?
jane, I mean
@@Angel-nu7fm You are correct.
@@rosemcguinn5301 Yes, an intentional consequence of Edward naming her as successor.....
It's very sad to me that so much courage was wasted defending, fighting for, and fighting against, differences of opinion on religion. So much energy spent on such nonsense. Imagine man's history if that time-suck (worshipping an imaginary deity), had never been. I understand that religion was a population control device, possibly even necessary to keep the desperately suffering people in line, but why are we still having to hear the preachy idiocy of "faith" ? Surely, we are now mature enough to see religion for what it was.....