July 2 - 13 things you probably didn't know about Thomas Cranmer
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- 🎉 On this day in Tudor history, 2nd July 1489, Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, was born. Discover the intriguing life of this pivotal figure in the English Reformation, from his education and personal losses to his significant role in Henry VIII's annulment and the creation of the Church of England. 📜✨ Join me as I delve into Cranmer's journey, his achievements, and his ultimate sacrifice. Don't miss this captivating exploration of a man who changed the course of English history! 🏰✝️
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Thomas Cranmer is a fascinating character on the Tudor stage. It was very brave of him to stay in England after the death of Edward, as he had to have known that Mary as Queen would not have looked at him kindly.
I've always felt it was a foolish decision, rather than brave. He had to have known that Mary would especially hate him for his part in her mother's downfall & dismissal. He also had to at least have heard rumours that her health was variable. He could easily have presumed that her reign might not be a lengthy one. If he had fled to the Continent & then returned under Elizabeth, I'm sure she would have prospered her godfather. History is so full of "What might have been", isn't it? 🤔
@@h.calvert3165 it:s a pity he didn't escape. Perhaps he was afraid that his Church would lack a leader if he left. Perhaps he underestimated the strength of Mary's ill will towards him
Or maybe he believed that a highly placed servant of Henry who had managed to survive him, who had managed to elicit affection from him over some years, was untouchable. To outlive Henry was quite a feat. Could he have understood that Mary was gunning for him?
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Perhaps not. I regret his horrible death immensely. He showed great courage at the last. He is one of my favourite Tudor figures. And I absolutely love his Book of Common Prayer. A great work of art & devotion!
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I just found this piece written by Cranmer. I wonder if the King's Great Matter suggested the wording:
What the heart loves, the will chooses and the mind justifies.
-- Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop
Perhaps it's the secret of his good relationship with Henry: Cranmer understood him, was even compassionate towards him in the struggle to divorce and marry Anne.
@@marionarnott750 thank you so much for this. I love that quote.
Thank you so much for our daily dose... You're an awesome Mother of cats, Mother of dogs, and Mother of Tudor history!! Lol! Thank you for all you do!!
Love that I'm not the only one so in love with Tudor History... love it!!
What an interesting and complicated man. Close enough to Anne to hear her final confession but oddly grieved enough at Henry's passing to grow a beard for the man who had killed two of his wives. He had started as a Boleyn man but then it was not him, it was Matthew Parker to whom Anne entrusted the welfare of her daughter. Thanks for this wonderful video, lots to think about.
Could you please make a video going into detail about Eustace Chapuys?
Thank you Kitty! What a lovely voice. A kitty tower on the wall behind you would make a great addition to your lovely set.
Thank you so much for this. Most of these facts I did not know.
My cousin has been researching our family tree and discovered that Thomas Cranmer is our 15th or 16th great grandfather. He has been completely fascinating to learn about. He sounds so colorful. I can tell you that his descendants are too. Lol
I think interestingly, we have quite a few ministers, religious people and more spiritual than religious in our family today. I just do love learning new things about him and his antics. I kinda blame him for my flair for the dramatic. 😜
Again, thanks so much for doing this. I thoroughly enjoyed it
I agree. I have a very hard time saying his name. I always want to put the M first. Fascinating facts. I learn so much from your videos. Thank you.
Thanks for the daily dose for Tudor history. I saw the title of today video and perceived it as "July 2-13, Things you probably didn't know about Thomas Cranmer" . Yikes, I thought does this mean I'm going to have to go almost 2 weeks without my Tudor History fix. Thank goodness I was wrong. :-) You should of course take a day or two off if you wish; those of us Jonesing for the Tudors could always just read one of your books.
I love the pet cameos! (Even if they don’t actually appear on screen)
A sad end for an very interesting man. I find it fascinating that he didn’t leave England once Mary I took the throne, he had to know what would happen.
Thanks again for these daily videos and all the hard work you put into them!❤️🧡💛💚💙
Yess! You are the mother of Tudor history! You’re awesome Claire! Thank you for your videos!
What an engaging character Thomas Cranmer is. He watched many Catholic Martyrs die for their faith. As a man so integral to the Church of England, I wonder if he felt honour bound not to flee, but to accept his place in history as a Protestant Martyr, and prove the Reformers would also face death rather than betray their beliefs?
You may be correct there...he must have had some opportunity to flee the country. He did initially recant but then changed his mind at the last minite. Queen Mary certainly must have seen him as being responsible for the breakup of her parent's marriage resulting in her being seperated from her beloved mother. Also Cranmer was implicated in the plot to have Lady Jane Grey installed as Queen against the Will of Henry VIII which had Mary to succeed Edward.
Some more trivia I didn't know! Thanks! And, a very pretty top! Sounds like someone was camera shy today. Lol 👍💙🐈😄
Cranmer really got put between a rock and a hard place by Henry, the Boleyn's, Cromwell and Queen Mary. He really walked a tightrope. I, personally like his beard. He seemed to be devoted to Henry and his son. Not an easy life. I learned quite a bit today, and appreciate your work.
What happened to Cranmer’s family after his execution? Did the English Protestants who had fled to Europe during Mary I’s reign try to help them out? Did Elizabeth I, as his goddaughter, have anything to do with the Cranmer family after she came to the throne? I ask because considering Cranmer’s great importance in being the Archbishop of Canterbury, helping to establish the Church of England, writing the Book of Common Prayer and making that church more Protestant than Henry VIII originally intended it to be, it would be odd, at least to me, if the people who knew, worked for and deeply cared for him to suddenly drop his family as if they were of no account any longer.
After Cranmer's death, his wife (who had fled to the Continent during Mary's reign) remarried twice. His only son had been taken to Europe by his paternal uncle. Neither the boy nor his only sibling (a sister) had children, & Cranmer's line is now extinct. 🙏
Thanks for letting me know. How sad that such an important man in England’s history had his line die out with his children and thus has no living descendants!
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I regret that, too. 😔
@@h.calvert3165 Thank you!
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Thank you for this followup.
Since discovering this Tudor Website my history books badly need dusting down.
Thank you so much for the info on Thomas Cranmer. My first lessons in Tudor history were watching the BBC series 'Elizabeth R' and 'The Six Wives of Henry VIII.' So I knew Cranmer was married (didn't know he'd married twice) and that he was Elizabeth's godfather. My mind always goes back to those dramas when we're talking about Cranmer. In the shows, he seems rather long-suffering when it comes to dealing with HR VIII's wives, especially by the time Katherine Howard and Katherine Parr come along. He is also noble to me.
These facts are very insightful!
Number 14: Thomas Cranmer was one of the "Three Blind Mice" in the famous nursery rhyme of the same name.
Thomas Cranmer was the architect of the new Church of England. He is another person who stood by his ethics and values, although that caught him up in the end. I love your new top! It is so bright and cheer!
Hello Claire....I enjoyed your video and probably knew all the things you mentioned about Thomas Cranmer. I'd like to add another fact which is probably not commonly known. Crammer had a sister Alice who became a Cistercian Nun and eventually became sacristan at her Priory and then was promoted to Prioress by her brother. After the dissolution of the religious houses she remained in the 'old religion' and remained in contact with her brother.
So cool! Thomas is my 11th G-Uncle! Tyvm Claire!
Interesting.
Try face book.
There may be an 11th G-Nephew/Niece of Mary Tudor out there.
Have a drink together - a 'Bloody Mary" of course.
Thank you for teaching me about this very interesting poor Tudor man, Claire!
Interesting as usual. Thanks
I really enjoyed the facts about Cranmer.Thank you for your daily tidbits. Love the animals.
History of England had a Cranmer episode that went into his motivation for NOT fleeing under Mary I. Very insightful. Otherwise, these were all new to me!
One thing I do know about Thomas Cranmer is that he got the ending he deserved!
Mr Bush Lied You bet!❤️
I think you are one of the few people who think that. He was basically a decent man.
As he recanted, it was murder to execute him.
Just what Jesus would do 🤣
🇭🇲 🦘 YES! You did successfully 'honour' Thomas Cranmer's memory. Fascinating facts - and a lot I didn't know. A very interesting video 👍 "Thank you" Claire 💓 👑
🇭🇲 🦘 Re-watched on 26/07/2022 due to the series about "Becoming Elizabeth". Again - good to be reminded about Thomas Cranmer and why he should be a 'noted' person in the 'said' series. It is amazing that he is NOT! "Thank you" Claire 👍 👑
Good stuff 👍🏴
My last name is Cramer, directly related to Thomas, thanks for the information!
Claire, why did Cranmer stay in England after Edward's death? Was there some influence he hoped to have? Or did he expect Jane Grey to win the battle for the crown? Perhaps it's just 20/20 hindsight, but it seems obvious that Mary would go after him.
I think he felt it was his duty and he was Archbishop of Canterbury.
I too thought it was Brave of Thomas to stay in England. He had to know he would be arrested once Mary became Queen. Then he was sentenced to Death. I would of left. Thank you Claire we love Tudor Time.
Interesting that Mary I had such a harsh reputation of being an unwavering catholic yet she allowed her brother a Protestant ceremony.
Yes she did allow her brother a protestant funeral and burial. It was also the custom of the time for the monarch not to attend the funeral of the previous monarch.
Thank you.
Thankyou Claire for another great video about one off my favourite Tudors...Thomas Cranmer....He was the father of the bible into English and you ARE the mother of Tudor history blogs 😁😆
Very fun. Been obsessed since I was a girl.
Apart from Elizabeth, I think the Tudors are a pretty rotten lot, but still I come back for more! Thank you Claire for sharing 13 things I definitely did not know about the Archbishop. A very interesting man at the forefront of Tudor history.
Loved this - thanks very much - the sort of factoids that stick, for some reason......
Claire, is it true that Cranmer recanted on the understanding that Mary would pardon him? He then recanted his recantation when he discovered that he was to die anyway
I. have always liked Cranmer showing human fear and then finding his courage and boldly thrusting his hand into the fire first because it had offended first by signing his recantation.
Somehow he seems more human and likeable than the wild eyed martyrs who never faltered.
Mary really should have pardoned him as he recanted several times, so, yes, but I'm sure he felt haunted by the fact that he did recant his faith and wanted to put things right.
@@anneboleynfiles Thanks, Claire. Yes I'm sure he did. But how could Mary ignore his. recanting? Had she let him live, the. CoE might have been finished. but his martyrdom achieved the opposite.
I suppose Henry had More as his victim and Mary had her Cranmer.
I'm curious about your tattoo, Claire. I assume it's something to do with Tudor history.
Yes, it's Anne Boleyn's "le temps viendra" inscription from her book of hours.
Hi Claire
Thanks for the wonderful history. What does your tattoo mean very nice. Keep up the wonderful stories.
From Cape Town South Africa.
It says "Le temps viendra, Je Anne Boleyn" (the time will come) signed by Anne, and is a copy of the inscription from one of her books of hours.
It is a shame that those that give you a thumbs down, do not have to give you their reasons, because I can not for the life of me work out WHY they do it, the miserable so and so's
I was thinking the very same thing!! I also find it disrespectful. Just pass it by, skip the thumbs down...is what I wish they'd do.
There were 2 rebellions against Queen Mary 1. Archbishop Cranmer recanted but then went back.
Fascinating Claire as always. Cranmer was brave to stay on in England surely knowing what the awful outcome must be.
Number 13, edited the Book of Common Prayer. Much more pleasant fact than number 12!
A true martyr, his love of God was most important to him. Very interesting man!
I'm actually related to him! I actually just found that out after school! :D
He must have been a great politician figure.
A sad ending for a man who flew so close to the sun! He must have anticipated his fate under Mary's reign; perhaps he thought his martyrdom was needed to help perpetuate the religion he spent his life to build.
The marriage of Henry to Catherine was not his "first" marriage. It was his marriage. Period.
Lovely Topic Claire Ridgeway. 💂👏. Childbirth Mother and child death are hard to hear even in the past. #1 Wife. As well as the 1533 Godfather of Queen Elizabeth 1's. Tudor Love.
Many of these I did not know. I did not know he had a wife..I feel that Cranmer was a inherently good man who believed strongly in his faith. Thank you Claire!
I'd be interested to know what happened to Cranmer's children?
Squeaking cats!
Fascinating, as always. But I must admit that I spent probably 1/3 of the video trying to read your tattoo. None of my business, I know. Jus’ sayin’.
Ha! It's Anne Boleyn's inscription from one of her books of hours, so it says "Le temps viendra, Je Anne Boleyn". It's copied exactly.
LOL 🤦♀️ I should’ve guessed that. It’s absolutely perfect for you. I love it. Now, you can feel free to go sleeveless the rest of the summer without other nincompoops staring at you arm until it’s time to wear sleeves again.
i bet he got excommunicated at some point
Yes he was excommunicated, deprived of his See (diocese) and declared a heretic by Rome. The RC Archdiocese of Canterbury was dissolved during the Reformation. The Archdiocese of Westminster (London) is now seen as the continuation of Canterbury in Rome.
I'm not sure what I think about Thomas Cranmer. I think he was sponsored by the Boleyn's in some way.....so why didn't he appear to do more to save her from execution? He was also involved in having Lady Jane Grey declared Queen which eventually got him into trouble with Queen Mary Tudor. But a fascinating character all the same. There is a very good book about him written by Diarmaid MacCulloch.
Did I misunderstand you , or did you just call Archbishop Cranmer a “Tudor chappie ” ?
I probably did. He's a Tudor man, so a Tudor chap.
Hello.from.eire.long.lost.relative.
He was a creep
this is annoying video