March 29 - As foul a lady as the smallpox could make her
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- Join me in celebrating the anniversary of a Tudor love story! 🎉
On this day in 1551, Mary Dudley and Henry Sidney tied the knot in a union that would shape Tudor history. 🏰💍
Discover the fascinating tale of this power couple, whose marriage was not only a strategic alliance but also a genuine partnership filled with love and loyalty.
From royal court intrigue to personal sacrifices, their journey will leave you captivated. Don't miss out on uncovering the remarkable lives of Mary and Henry Sidney. #TudorHistory #LoveStory #MaryDudley #HenrySidney 💖👑📜
By saying that she was "as foul" as the smallpox could make her, I think all her husband meant was that her disfigurement was as bad as the disease could render it - - - not that he himself found her particularly repellent. This was just his honest record of the severity of her affliction. Obviously, some escaped pockmarks altogether, some had few and/or slight ones, & some were deeply & extensively pitted. However, many others just died. So she was fortunate, at least, to the extent that she lived. Her husband obviously remained her good, loyal partner, for we have no record of him casting her aside. 🛡️
I was thinking the same thing...that this is just a difference in how we use language then vs. now.
I feel so bad for her. She sacrificed herself for her queen. Not to many women would be so giving in this day.
I can watch any history channel. Yours is always alive with pets, bells and so much information. Thank you!!
Queen Elizabeth should count herself lucky to have had such good care... - she built up her immune system to face the next 'big one' the following year when there was an epidemic of the plague in 1563 in London. . . All the more surprising she had not appreciated Mary Dudley's service any more than she did... because no doubt Mary saved her life via her good and diligent care at the risk of her own life actually. . .
That is sad
You are such a trooper Claire. Such a shame Mary was disfigured in her service then not favored.
I remember first reading about Lady Sidney’s smallpox disfigurement when I was a kid, just getting into history, and thinking how cruel it was. One of the greatest achievements of modern medicine was the eradication of this truly horrible disease. PS, whenever your camera gets bumped, I know some of your darling critters are around!
Every day I watch with a dog on my lap!!! We studied the English poets in Senior English class...Philip Sidney being one. Thank you Claire for another nicer day in Tudor history a marriage! And double points for Henry & Mary they both died in their bed!!!!!
Another wonderful story and interspersed with pet antics and your own lovely personality and descriptions of the chaos of your home! You're starting to feel like family to me! 🤗
How sad for Mary. Thanks for the video amid the chaos of pets and renovation!
You are a trooper Miss Claire for carrying on when you are under the weather! This was a touching story.
Like your bookcase in the background. There are so many interesting titles plus the dolls. The animals are truly missed. Mary was a perfect person to have at court being well education and locality. What happened to her was just a roll of the dice in those day. I went through all the children’s diseases myself: measles, mumps etc. Hope you are feeling better. God Speed.
I love your videos. They make my day and keep my old retired brain active. It’s like a friend stopping by daily.
As for the animals, I love them. Mine sit on my hand whenever I try to type.
For your old: 1oz whiskey, 1oz honey, 1oz lemon mixed into 1 up HOT TEA. Drink this mixture down while its hot, go to bed with enough covers to make you sweat. I promise you a good nights sleep and feeling better the next day. ( From your friend in America who uses this when I get a cold.) Frances
Thank you!
I love a hot toddy! I use hot water with ginger instead of the tea part
I use peppermint, honey, and cherry.
For onset of respiratory infection if it starts to get really bad: use Breath Easy tea with honey, for a special and yummy touch French Vanilla, never fails. The best way for this is at night so you get sleep, and drink lots of fluids. Oh I also use warm or hot water.
Believe it or not, our general practices, family doctor, gave us the same, or similar, recipe for cold with congestion. I dont think many doctors of today would offer that instead of a pharmaceutical.
Poor Mary, always brushed aside(servant life) then treated so terribly! Thanks, Claire. :-)
I'm always amazed that you do these videos with no cuts! You're a really great speaker, and you explain things in a lot of detail, yet it's easy to understand! Thanks again for making these videos, I look forward to them every day!
I purposely wait until I get home from work every day to watch these so I have something to look forward to all day 🤓 thank you Claire - hope you feel better soon! Sara
Thank you Claire You bring to life so many interesting and long forgotten Tudor people . Fascinating.
Such a shame for poor Mary! It seems sad that she passed away such a short time after her husband,,,,broken heart, maybe?
I wonder if Mary wore a vail to cover her face after her smallpox illness Even born ladies were cheated like servants .Even our present day Queen has a Lady in Waiting were ever she goes always in the background. Cats and dogs don't like building works going on it's out of their routine and they are properly wondering who your taking too hope your feeling better soon thanks for soldiering on xx
🇭🇲🦘 (Viewed 28/08/20 and again on 27/03/2021). .. Thank goodness Mary Sidney was not only a friend but also a Lady at Court of Elizabeth when the Queen got smallpox and nursed the queen. Mary caught smallpox also, and suffered terribly. Very sad what happened later during her service to Elizabeth. Thank you Claire. 👑👍
LOL! Thought you were about to be attacked by werewolves when one of the critters bumped the camera.
All the tutors should have had their heads decapitated back then.....
Feel Better, Take Care and Thanks for the History Bites.....Waving at you from across the pond in Coastal Virginia USA 🤗
I wonder what kind of compensation they would have appreciated for their years of service to the queen? Elizabeth couldn't help falling ill, and certainly Mary required care when she grew sick herself, the risk being as great for her caregivers. Expectations being what they were, it seems strange they would feel resentment. It makes me wonder if there was something unusual about Elizabeth's later treatment of them. So many mysteries in our histories!
I enjoy your videos so much. I love the history, but I especially love the way it is presented. So relaxed & as an animal lover I can relate & enjoy their visits!
This is my birthdate, I’ve been looking forward to this video! :)
Happy birthday!
That is a sad story, quite alot of sad stories back then! Guess you don't hear their side of stories.
Not only do I love the information you supply with these videos, but they are also made a million times better by cats and dogs contributing to the filming. ;) And the bells! I don't trust people who aren't juggling pets in their lives.
Your videos are delightful as well as insightful. Thanks, Claire.
I just love watching ur videos.
I love this.. thank you. You make everything easy to understand and kept my interest.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful history.
From Cape town South Africa
Your Tim looks like a good guy...he would never say such a horrible thing.💐That poor woman she must have felt so rejected💔
Thank you Claire. Love your videos and the pets distractions are like bonus entertainment. Feel better!
Another great video Claire Thankyou.. .the animal interaction always makes me laugh...bless them....I think I'd be devastated too if my husband said that about me..
.I would probably get there first & say it about myself....haha!
Love your videos. Well done thou true and faithful youtube servant. Lol Poor you and all your discomforts. I could listen to you all day.
Subscribed. Love your videos !
No worries Claire, I love your videos and your home life. Life is too short to be sorry 😊 kitties and pups just add to the fun...🐈 thank you for another great story, even though the Tudor period is fascinating I’m certainly glad to live in this day and age, hardship seems to be the norm for most people in those days, counting my blessings 😺
Still enjoying the videos daily. Now I can actually watch them on TV in my master bedroom! That’s what I call progress! Keep up the good work! The book is amazing!!!!! (The Fall of Anne Boleyn...)
Another great video. Love the animals.
Bless poor Mary's heart!
Thank you.
Brilliant Claire, poor lady Mary Sidney. I've visited Penshurst as well as Hever Castle. I have the same Anne Boleyn ornament as yourself, the one with Anne holding the lute. Enjoying the videos. Jean Newport South Wales
Penshurst is beautiful, isn't it? Did you get chance to visit the church just outside it?
@@anneboleynfiles Hi I Claire, yes I did and I saw the brass of Thomas Boleyn(Anne's father) in the church at Hever.
Penshurst is stunning, I was quite young when I first went there, I had seen Anne of the thousand days and imagined doing a Genieve Bujold in the gardens, where they filmed. "BULLSEYE" that tickles me the way "Cromwell" says it when Anne says I must ask the king to show me your palace at Hampton Court!!
Mary Sidney was a devoted lady to Elizabeth nursing her through the smallpox. Jean Newport South Wales
Love, Love, Love watching!
(question unrelated to your wonderful readings.... Those beautiful little dolls behind you on the book shelves, are they antique/collectables?)
“Suddenly, the room has filled with animals.” Sounds a bit like a day at court....❤️
I have a tiny, rat-sized, fox shaped, fluff-ball dog that likes to climb on the keyboard while I watch these videos. Maybe he is trying to say ´Hi!´ to yours, or ´buenas dias´ in case your dogs speak Spanish.
Anna Morris Just from the description, I am desperate to see your dog! I have an unusual dog myself, a poodle-pit. Half poodle, half pit bull. Would you be willing to e-mail a picture of yours? I’m at Starkheart2019@gmail.com. Thanks in advance.
That's cruel of a husband to say.... Dang....😢
"fingers in all kinds of pies"...ohhhhh behayyyyyyyyve.
I'm a Sidney, too--hence my oddly spelled screen name. LOL
I live in Sydney but it was named after someone else- a lord who appointed Arthur Phillip as the first governor of NSW. But may have been a descendent
Diana Jefferies I always wanted to call my daughter Sydney
Happy belated wedding anniversary to them both. Elizabeth ‘s ladies must have cared a lot to look after Elizabeth. Isn’t smallpox what Mary II had?
Wow! I’m glad you mentioned how strange our remark her husband made about her disfigurement - Poor Mar - Very sad…
Somehow I feel he meant it sympathetically.
I've encountered a lot discrepant accounts about how badly Elizabeth was disfigured by smallpox. Some say it left no trace, others that it left her deeply scarred and bald. What primary sources do we have, and what do they say about this?
People often say that she wore the lead makeup to cover he scars, but that makeup was what was in fashion. According to the primary sources, she had some marks, but they weren't bad, e.g. "She was also lucky not to be disfigured by the disease, although she did apparently have some scarring". There isn't mention of her looks changing dramatically after this bout of smallpox in ambassadors' dispatches.
@@anneboleynfiles Ah... thanks! I read 'The Speckled Monster' by Jennifer Lee Carrell, and discovered that smallpox was an incredibly terrible disease.
Please let us meet your pets :) I'm loving these videos!
She did in a short video some weeks back.
All your feline and canine babies want to be where you are. Have you ever seen anyone who had smallpox? When I was a small child I met an older woman who'd had smallpox as a young woman. Her face, neck and presumably her chest, looked like the flesh had been shredded and then poorly mended, all from the pox. It made an indelible impression on me. Never since have I seen anything so horrific. Acne scars are horrible, it is true. But nothing like the disfigurement of smallpox. This poor woman, Mary Sidney. I can only imagine how this affected her mentally. And then treated shabbily because...?
smartoldlady So wonderful that we now have a vaccine for that terrible disease. I’m just mystified by people (parents) who refuse to vaccinate their children. Obviously they haven’t seen the results of someone who’s actually had these diseases. Many people in this era are afraid that the vaccines may result in autism. I don’t understand how they believe that since there are many other possible causes, like almost every woman, her mother & perhaps their grandmother took birth control pills for years, and drank fluoridated water, or simple ate food where the soil & water had been contaminated through the centuries upon centuries of us humans contaminating it with our gas, coal, & radioactive materials.
I've seen photos but have never seen anyone in the flesh. It's a terrible disease.
I wondered if Mary Sidney was visited by the Queen. Mary Sidney lived in retirement probably veiled. Having seen what a Smallpox disfigured face looks like, I have deep sympathy for Mary. Her whole life changed for the worse. I believe in Elizabeth R the Queen visited Mary. Did that happen?
Hi Claire
In the Tudor period, was it believed that the monarch was seen as God’s representative and that whatever the religious faith of said monarch meant that it was seen as the “True Religion”, hence the constant changes between Catholicism and Protestantism?
Sorry for the long winded question. Have a good day.
Love the joke, "He'd be in for it!" and love the creatures.
Poor Mary what a sad story! And typical bloomin husband to write something like that 🙄. You would of thought Elizabeth would have been so grateful for the sacrifice Mary gave xx
Was this the Robert Dudley that Elizabeth was supposedly romantically linked? Also was that story true about her having an affair with him and that she wouldn’t marry him, even though he wanted to marry her?
Yes, that's the same Robert Dudley. I believe they loved each other and he did want to marry her but Elizabeth was married to her kingdom, quite a sacrifice.
The Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society Thank you Claire.
Drats, the "c" stuck.
Its interesting to speculate who would've succeed Elizebeth has died
Unless I'm very wrong I think Elizabeth nominated Mary queen of Scots son James to be king James 1 of England James 6th of Scotland I could be vrry wrong,often am
Just about everyone in the Elizabethan court would have had a better life away from the disloyal, vain, and pitiless queen...I wish Edward VI had survived.