Today in 1539 Nicholas Carew was beheaded in London. He had been found guilty for conspiracy with plotting with Cardinal Reginald Pole, one of the last line of Yorkists, who also happened to be a Catholic Cardinal who stood up to Henry VIII.
He had shown clear sympathy for the Catholic cause when he helped coach Jane Seymour to take Anne Boleyn’s place as Henry’s wife, and encouraged Jane to tell Henry that the people of England were unhappy with his marriage. When the King’s fool disparaged Anne, and called Princess Elizabeth a bastard, Henry banished him for a time, and Carew supported him, so he had chosen a side. He stayed in favor until his arrest in late 1538.
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:
Autumn 2017 Tudor Summit: Janet Wertman on the Seymours
Episode 081: Tudor Times on Margaret Pole
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).
