On this day in history, 19th November 1604, one of the most gifted churchmen of Elizabethan and early Jacobean England died - Richard Edes, Dean of Worcester, royal chaplain, poet, playwright, and one of the scholars appointed to help translate the King James Bible.



Edes was only fifty years old when he died, and his death came just months after the great translation project began. He never lived to take part in the work that would define English religious life for centuries, yet his story opens a remarkable window into the world of late Tudor scholarship.



In today’s episode, I explore the life of this remarkable but often overlooked scholar:

• His rise through Tudor academia

• The plays and poems he composed as a young man

• Queen Elizabeth’s affectionate joke about her “three cousins” from the Isle of Wight

• His church career and court connections

• And the legacy he left behind at Worcester, Oxford, and beyond



Join me as we remember Richard Edes, a man who stood at the crossroads of faith, learning, and language.



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