
Field of Cloth of Gold, Coronations of Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth II, Duke of Windsor marries and more!
06/07/20 • 8 min
This Week in British History is: ⛲️ 500 years since the Field of Cloth of Gold summit opens, 👑 Coronation of Anne Boleyn, 👑 Coronation of Elizabeth II, 🎩 Duke of Windsor marries Wallace Simpson, for whom he had abdicated the throne, 🗺 The D-Day landings mark the first day of Operation Overlord in World War II, 🚗 The Driving Test is introduced in the UK, 32 years after licensing and 🥃 the first written record of 'Scotch' Whiskey
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--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/british-history/messageThis Week in British History is: ⛲️ 500 years since the Field of Cloth of Gold summit opens, 👑 Coronation of Anne Boleyn, 👑 Coronation of Elizabeth II, 🎩 Duke of Windsor marries Wallace Simpson, for whom he had abdicated the throne, 🗺 The D-Day landings mark the first day of Operation Overlord in World War II, 🚗 The Driving Test is introduced in the UK, 32 years after licensing and 🥃 the first written record of 'Scotch' Whiskey
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Charles II returns, Peasants Revolt begins, Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour, the Rugeley Poisoner
This Week in British History - 25th - 31st May
🤴🏻Charles II celebrates his 30th birthday in a unique way,
🧪The Rugeley poisoner gets his punishment, and
⚔️The Peasants Revolt begins.
Also in this week:
💍Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour only 11 days after Anne Boleyn's execution (for more click here - https://youtu.be/A2F8W1mErPI)
🕰The clock at the Houses of Parliament begins to tick
🌽Kellog patents 'flaked cereal'
Watch this episode in YouTube - This Week in British History - 25th - 31st May
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Philippa Lacey Brewell lives in Central England and is well respected in her field as a historian and tour guide. She engages audiences with virtual tours and history holidays. She is the owner and founder of British History Tours, a tour company for those who love British History.
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Vikings Attack, 1st Book of Common Prayer, Cromwell is arrested & the 1st Oxford Cambridge boat race
In this week's episode:
⛵️Vikings Attack Lindisfarne Priory,
📖1st Book of Common Prayer,
🔒Thomas Cromwell is arrested and
🛶The first Oxford vs Cambridge Boat Race
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Further Reading & Watching
Viking Raids on Lindisfarne
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/lindisfarne-priory/History/viking-raid/
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/lindisfarne-priory/History/
The First Book of Common Prayer adopted in the Church of England
http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/1549/BCP_1549.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/first-book-common-prayer
https://www.onthisday.com/photos/book-of-common-prayer
Thomas Cromwell
https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/10-june-1540-arrest-thomas-cromwell-earl-essex-westminster/
https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/the-execution-of-thomas-cromwell/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell
https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/thomas-cromwell/#gs.7snx9w
The Oxford Cambridge Boat Race
https://www.theboatrace.org/origins
https://www.history.co.uk/article/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-boat-race
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