Today in 1541 Henry VIII was on his famous Progress to the North, and entered the city of York where the most important people in the city begged forgiveness for the Pilgrimage of Grace, which had happened half a decade earlier. His wife, Katherine Howard, was there as well, receiving a gold cup full of coins from those same city officials.
The main reason Henry was there, though, was to have a meeting with his young nephew James V – the son of his sister Margaret. He was going to have a meeting with James – something that had been talked about for years. But James, who had no legitimate children, and was afraid of being kidnapped, declined to show up, even after Henry waited for him for about ten days. Henry was outraged at the insult, and then the next month his sister Margaret died, so there was no one to help soothe the relationship between England and Scotland.
That’s your Tudor Minute for today. Remember you can dive deeper into life in 16th century England through the Renaissance English History Podcast at englandcast.com.
Suggested links:
Tudor Rebellions Two, which covers the Pilgrimage of Grace
Episode 011: The Pilgrimage of Grace
Also, check out last year’s special feature from the Podcast Magazine.
Heather Teysko is the creator, writer, and producer of The Renaissance English History Podcast, the original Tudor history podcast, started in 2009. She's been writing about history online for over 25 years, since her first site on Colonial American history became number one in history on Yahoo in 1998. In 2019 she created Tudorcon, which is now a yearly event, in addition to writing books, and running TudorFair.com - a whimsical Tudor Merch shop.
She has been passionate about Tudor England since she first read Alison Weir's The Six Wives of Henry VIII 30 years ago, and subsequently moved to London after college to spend her time immersed in Tudor history (how exciting when she got to interview Alison for the first time!). In addition to history, she is passionate about travel, and has lived in 3 countries and 4 states (not counting her perpetual state of confusion), and her family (who help her host her YouTube channel occasionally).
