The Tudor History & Travel Show

Here is a show notes page accompanying this on-location podcast episode, recorded at Fountains Abbey and Fountains Hall. Today, the vast ruins of Fountains Abbey rise dramatically from the Skell Valley, but it was once one of the wealthiest and most powerful monasteries in northern England – a thriving Cistercian community whose fortunes were forever transformed by the religious upheavals of the 1530s. In this episode,  we’re stepping into that dramatic Tudor story. If you want to keep up to date with all the Tudor Travel Guide's adventures, as well as top tips for planning your own Tudor road trip, don't forget to subscribe to the blog via www.thetudortravelguide.com.   You can also find The Tudor Travel Guide on  Instagram, YouTube, Twitter.    We were recently included in the UK's top 25 history and culture podcasts - find out more here.   Show Credits: Presenter: Sarah Morris Guests: Paul Andrews and Helen Fawbert. Chapters (00:00:21) - Welcome and Podcast Introduction(00:02:05) - Tour Giveaway and Housekeeping News(00:03:55) - Introducing Fountains Abbey and Guides(00:06:05) - Meeting Paul Andrews and the Cistercian Origins(00:08:06) - Cistercian Life vs Other Monastic Orders(00:10:30) - Lay Brothers, Land, and Noble Patrons(00:13:13) - Yorkshire's Abundance of Monastic Ruins(00:15:25) - The Valley, River, and Early Building of the Abbey(00:18:21) - Foundation Story and Construction of the Abbey(00:23:59) - Touring the Lay Brothers' Range and Solarium(00:28:27) - Apotropaic Marks and Mason's Marks Explained(00:34:35) - Exploring Marks Around Doorways and Stairs(00:40:33) - Daily Life of Lay Brothers(00:44:28) - The Cloister and Monastic Tranquility(00:46:30) - The Lavatorium and Washing Rituals(00:49:17) - Kitchen, Refectory, and Food Customs(00:56:31) - The Pulpitum and Reading During Meals(01:00:46) - Later Monks, the Warming Room, and Bloodletting(01:04:27) - The Muniments Room and Abbey Archives(01:08:55) - The Parlour and Chapter House(01:11:29) - Burials, Ground Radar Finds, and Notice Boards(01:15:33) - The Abbey Church and Architectural Styles(01:23:14) - Huby's Tower and the Origin of the Name Fountains(01:28:32) - The Dissolution and Fate of the Monks(01:31:44) - From Abbey Ruins to Fountains Hall(01:35:55) - Introducing Helen Forbert and Fountains Hall(01:37:19) - Building History of Fountains Hall(01:47:28) - Exploring the Stone Hall and House Layout(01:50:32) - Stephen Proctor and the Great Chamber(01:55:01) - The Fireplace Iconography and Proctor's Legacy(01:57:07) - Later Owners and the Catholic Chapel(01:58:49) - Ghost Stories at Fountains Hall(02:02:47) - Visiting Information and Closing Thanks

Here is a show notes page accompanying this on-location podcast episode, recorded at Tretower Castle and Court. The story of Tretower stretches back to the medieval period, but it is during the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries that the site takes on particular significance. Its history is closely connected with the Vaughan family, one of the powerful Welsh families who rose to prominence in the turbulent world of the Marches. If you want to keep up to date with all the Tudor Travel Guide's adventures, as well as top tips for planning your own Tudor road trip, don't forget to subscribe to the blog via www.thetudortravelguide.com.   You can also find The Tudor Travel Guide on  Instagram, YouTube, Twitter.    We were recently included in the UK's top 25 history and culture podcasts - find out more here.   Show Credits: Presenter: Sarah Morris Guest: Ian Roberts Chapters (00:00:20) - Tudor History & Travel(00:01:00) - Summer Giveaway(00:02:44) - Tre Tower Castle and Court, Wales(00:03:49) - Tudor History and Travel(00:04:52) - Custodian of Tretawa Court(00:05:57) - Neuf Marche Castle, Wales(00:08:56) - William the Conqueror Castle, Wales(00:14:40) - The building of the Norman manor house(00:17:23) - Exploring the holes in the castle walls(00:19:18) - Exploring the chimney at Chirk Castle(00:21:01) - Castle and bailey(00:26:39) - The Great Tower of Pembroke Castle(00:27:04) - The castle tower, probably a living room(00:31:37) - Round Tower, Castle of Warwick(00:34:26) - THE STRICKLE OF THE ROOM(00:40:10) - Bread oven in the castle(00:44:30) - The kitchen of a medieval castle(00:48:26) - The story of the later manor house(00:50:16) - The Vaughan House, Raglan, Wales(00:52:18) - The history of Vaughan's Manor House in North Wales(00:54:45) - The medieval house at Crick Howell(01:00:15) - Wales during the Wars of the Roses(01:05:08) - The Life of William Herbert and Roger Vaughan(01:08:41) - The Battle of Tewkesbury(01:15:32) - Witch marks on a medieval house(01:19:59) - Doorways into the kitchen and great hall(01:24:03) - A feast in Roger's Great Hall, 1470(01:26:13) - Henry Tudor would have visited Wales(01:33:17) - A taste of a royal wedding(01:37:32) - Tudor Furniture, display cabinet(01:42:50) - The great hall, York House(01:44:35) - Fake marks used to lure the evil spirits(01:45:53) - Tudor House, Stokesie, Wales(01:51:19) - The Lord's Bedchamber, Castle Cary(01:54:47) - Raleigh Radford House, Wales(02:01:26) - Open Doors from the 1600s(02:02:12) - The Vaughans and their castle(02:07:00) - Cadoo Castle, Warwickshire(02:08:43) - Visit Raglan Castle in Wales(02:11:11) - The Rise and Fall of Amberlynn

Here is a show notes page accompanying this on-location podcast episode, recorded at the Weald & Downland Living Museum, where we explore two remarkable properties that offer a fascinating insight into sixteenth-century domestic life and architecture. If you've ever wondered what life was like beyond the royal palaces, this episode is for you. If you want to keep up to date with all the Tudor Travel Guide's adventures, as well as top tips for planning your own Tudor road trip, don't forget to subscribe to the blog via www.thetudortravelguide.com.   You can also find The Tudor Travel Guide on  Instagram, YouTube, Twitter.    We were recently included in the UK's top 25 history and culture podcasts - find out more here.   Show Credits: Presenter: Sarah Morris Guests: Hannah Miller and Roberto Prieto-Labrador Chapters (00:00:21) - Tudor History & Travel(00:01:05) - Tudor Tours(00:02:31) - How To Read a Tudor Farmhouse(00:04:45) - Return to Weald and Downland Museum(00:06:08) - Meet the volunteers at the Weald and Downland Museum(00:07:00) - The Wealdon Downler Museum(00:13:33) - Meet the Guest Expert(00:14:52) - The Making of a Tudor House(00:15:54) - The classic Open Hall House(00:18:22) - A Transitional House(00:20:29) - Photographing a tree at Poplar Cottage(00:21:01) - White Cottage, Oxford(00:25:02) - What is a poplar cottage?(00:27:11) - Tudor social stratata, from the bottom to the top(00:31:01) - The cottage at Washington, Sussex(00:33:46) - TIMELINE(00:38:58) - Open Hall Houses of the Middle Ages(00:42:18) - Inventory of a yeomen's room(00:46:23) - The bed and windows(00:51:01) - The privacy of the home(00:51:25) - Cottage Architecture(00:53:51) - Bay Leaf Cottage, Pendeen(00:58:39) - Building with tiled roofs(00:59:50) - Chimneys in English domestic architecture(01:06:57) - The lobby entry house(01:07:51) - The plan of a new house in Suffolk(01:11:02) - Fireplaces in the Tudor period(01:12:43) - The unheated rooms of the dairy(01:13:58) - A painted cloth from the household(01:15:33) - The chimney stack opening(01:19:02) - The rooms of a Tudor house(01:23:33) - Exploring Tyndall's Cottage(01:25:43) - Identifying a medieval house by its period(01:32:34) - The secrets of building from the sea(01:35:56) - The Weald and Downland Museum(01:38:20) - Tudor History & Travel

Here is a show notes page accompanying this on-location podcast episode, recorded at Chirk Castle, which stands on a hill overlooking the Ceiriog Valley, above the meeting point of the Rivers Dee and Ceiriog near the English border in north-east Wales. Built between 1295 and 1310 on the orders of James of Saint George for Edward I, Chirk formed part of Edward's chain of castles designed to secure his conquest of Wales. Together with nearby Caernarfon Castle, Conwy Castle, and Harlech Castle, it helped establish English control over the region. If you want to keep up to date with all the Tudor Travel Guide's adventures, as well as top tips for planning your own Tudor road trip, don't forget to subscribe to the blog via www.thetudortravelguide.com.   You can also find The Tudor Travel Guide on  Instagram, YouTube, Twitter.    We were recently included in the UK's top 25 history and culture podcasts - find out more here.   Show Credits: Presenter: Sarah Morris Guests: Huw and Malcolm

Here is a show notes page accompanying this on-location podcast episode, recorded at Raglan Castle in Wales. Unlike many earlier Welsh castles built primarily for war, Raglan was designed as both a fortress and a luxurious residence. Its distinctive polygonal towers, grand gatehouse, and moated Great Tower ("Yellow Tower") make it architecturally unique. Particularly interesting to Tudor enthusiasts, Raglan Castle played a significant role in the upbringing of the future Henry VII.  If you want to keep up to date with all the Tudor Travel Guide's adventures, as well as top tips for planning your own Tudor road trip, don't forget to subscribe to the blog via www.thetudortravelguide.com.   You can also find The Tudor Travel Guide on  Instagram, YouTube, Twitter.    We were recently included in the UK's top 25 history and culture podcasts - find out more here.   Show Credits: Presenter: Sarah Morris Guest: Peter Nash Chapters (00:00:21) - Tudor History & Travel(00:02:32) - Tudor Tours: Anne and Elizabeth(00:04:24) - Tudor History and Travel(00:06:33) - Ragn Castle, Gwent, Wales(00:13:24) - Three ways to make your way in life(00:15:41) - The defensive structure of William at Thomas Castle(00:18:47) - The history of Raglan Castle in Wales(00:25:16) - William Herbert Castle, Le(00:27:20) - William Herbert the Earl of Essex(00:33:03) - William Herbert and Anne devereaux at Raglan Castle(00:35:07) - The Battle of Edgecote(00:39:55) - The Story of Little Henry Tudor(00:41:45) - The Life of Henry Tudor(00:44:28) - Henry VII and Elizabeth Yorke's 1502 progress(00:47:57) - The Life of Anne Boleyn(00:49:00) - A Taste of the Great Hall(00:50:53) - The ruined inner courtyard of Ragdoll(00:53:08) - The history of Raggan Castle and the Somerset family(01:01:03) - Ragn Castle, English Civil War(01:03:02) - A Somerset Tomb in Wales(01:05:43) - Tudor History and Travel: Raglan, Lancre