Bolton Castle and the Vengeful Prisoner of Wensleydale

Bolton Castle and the Vengeful Prisoner of Wensleydale
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Hear about the story of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her time spent at Bolton Castle in North Yorkshire as Elizabeth I's prisoner.
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[@paulgowland1610]

My favourite spot in the Yorkshire Dales. We stay in a near by cottage for our hols I have pictures of Bolton Castle and one of Pen hill which can be seen across the dale. The castle looks so natural in the landscape

[@johnleggett5054]

Great video Sarah! My mum was born in the adjacent village Castle Bolton in 1928 (in the house on the right at 2:15).

[@hilts6475]

I have an aunt with a cottage in the village, I’ve spent many a day in the fields and dales around Bolton castle.

[@syndimail]

I just learned that I am related to the lineage of this castle. Very interesting history. Thank you for sharing.

[@keirwaterman9313]

I am starting to drink a can of coke to your videos everyday, they are refreshing and a delight.

[@TheTudorTravelGuide]

Hi Keir! Thank you so much! I am delighted you are enjoying the videos. Thanks for watching. 👍🏻

[@oddities-whatnot]

Visited today, fantastic experience

[@mjbalsitis]

Thank you for bringing this beautiful castle to life through your gracious video. I'm currently reading The Godmother's Secret by Elizabeth St. John and wanted to see Bolton Castle and the glorious views from within that are described so wonderfully in the book. Happy and safe travels.

[@lorihoop3831]

My ancestors built Bolton Castle, I found this out and was able to confirm via genealogy and through birth/death/marriage certificates. I didn't believe it at first but after much more snooping around records it's really true. I hope to visit one day, it's a bucket list item.

[@yvonnecloonan7482]

I just found The Tudor Travel Guide. I love all the videos I've seen.

[@stevejohnstone5163]

Another great video, The slow motion as you entered the castle was just fantastic! I can imagine what it must’ve felt like for Mary going through the dark entry to the castle. A bit scary. Please keep the great tours coming, The picture you paint for us along with the videos are really great and the next best thing to visiting.

[@carolthomas6476]

Thank you Sarah for your wonderful presentation. It was very well done and it touched my heart to see where Mary lived for six months during her imprisonment. It made me sad to think that this was the beginning of the end of her life. She was such a tragic figure and I felt closer to her watching your presentation. Thank you very much.

[@brontewcat]

Actually it not the beginning of her captivity- that began 12 months earlier by the Scots - at Loch Leven

[@traciefleshman998]

Always informative and fun. You are excellent at what you do. Very easy to listen to as well. Spot on!

[@marcusnpu]

I also like very much the Tudor period and your videos are excellent!

[@ianbird8490]

Excellent video Sarah. Really informative and detailed about a part of Mary's life that I did not know about much and I'm sure will help others expand their knowledge.

[@missmaryhdream6560]

Very good video thanks. I'm just sad it all ended so badly for the queen.

[@mariashelly6392]

So nice to get a look inside!

[@TheJennick13]

I am so in love w the lute music!!! Would love to find it so I can listen to it often!

[@TheTudorTravelGuide]

Look up John Sayles Renaissance Music. It is copyright free. A wonderful source!

[@marcus8258]

This is in my neck of the woods. Can't wait to visit when things return to normal. Another great video:-).

[@18daisydoll65]

I hope that sometime in the future you will come to Scotland and visit some of our fabulous Tudor sights, Linlithgow Palace, Stirling Castle and the beautiful Falkland Palace 🌈😘💐

[@brontewcat]

You mean Stuart/Stewart places

[@leanie5234]

As a child, I read a book about Mary and became fascinated by her story. Lol....when I heard the thud of a shovel digging into the clay-filled soil of our backyard, I shuddered, feeling ill to my soul. Being only 8 years old at the time, I imagined that I might be the reincarnation of Mary, shuddering at the memory of the axe. Silly childlike imaginings, but it shows how much I identified with her. I was born in Scotland, and thought of Mary as a tragic heroine. As an adult, I must admit that I feel her to have been a somewhat foolish woman. Her upbringing certainly did not prepare her for the life she was forced to live. Sad that she could not have stayed in France as a beloved and spoiled little queen.

[@TheTudorTravelGuide]

Absolutely! You hit the nail on the head - she was so poorly equipped to cope in the cut-throat world of the Scottish and English nobility

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

On the village green in nearby Redmire there's a huge and very old tree. I wonder if Mary knew that tree when it was young ? Wouldn't it be amazing if I'd sat under the same tree where she might have once done the same ?

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

Excellent, thanks.

[@Randomfacts_26]

It is actually a quite cool castle I’ve been there before they do host tours and I got a wooden sword and shield lol 😂

[@markwaddell7577]

Terrific and informative (and totally fun!) video by Sarah at the Tudor Travel Guide! One if my favorite subject discussed by someone who knows and loves Tudor history.

[@oaknthyme4508]

Her story breaks my heart.

[@Kayla-dm8nr]

I just wish the music wasn’t so loud

[@18daisydoll65]

I love the Catte embroidery

[@brontewcat]

Interestingly the Queen is descended from both Mary QOS (the Royal line) and through the Queen Mum from Bess of Hardwick.

[@markallen3293]

Sarah, you are so pretty when the wind blows threw your hair. :)

[@coyotedust]

Reading Bess of Hardwick right now written by Mary S. Lovell. I have a degree in History of Western Civilization, and am especially passionate about English History. I've studied Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I for years. Thank you for this tour of the outside and inside bed chamber, privy chambers of Mary Stuart in Bolton Castle. I have a question. *Are there any drawings or architectural reconstruction diagrams of what Bolton Castle looked like when it was all (intact) at the time Mary Stuart was in prison there?

[@djyork8634]

yes the castle had a fantastic phone app a few years back now not available unfortunately, but the trailer is still available and shows you the layout before it was slighted kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3fYeGqgmd50orc

[@LynxSouth]

What is this stuff about the Tudor court trying to ensnare the Catholic queen in its machinations? You've got the cart before the horse. Mary had quartered the arms of England on her standard since the death of Mary I of England, a proclamation of her belief that she was the rightful ruler of England (despite Mary I of England agreeing with her father's will *and an act of the English parliament* that Elizabeth was the true monarch). Mary refused to remove the English arms, even as part of a treaty negotiated by the French. Mary had never been straightforward with Elizabeth, and spoke openly of her belief that the English throne was hers. Mary was not the ruler or the thinker that Elizabeth was, had no head for politics or international relations, and was a firm adherent of that absolutist divine-right-of-kings nonsense that got her grandson Charles I of England dethroned and beheaded. That second husband who ended up murdered, Darnley, had had some claim to the English throne, and Mary had married him against Elizabeth's advice; it was a move that made her motives seem even more suspicious to the English. That Mary thought she could escape from Scottish imprisonment, run to England, and then be set free on the world tells us how little she understood politics or her role and actions. What's surprising is how lenient Elizabeth was. Too many people today are altogether too romantic and unrealistic about this situation and Mary's behavior. I really do appreciate your tours, and the way you include the outdoors. I very much like the approaches, the ordinary views, such as entering the castle, going up the stairs, what the landing and stairs looked like from inside her bedroom/apartment, etc. Most videos go from the parking lot to, boom!, a main room. :/ With you, we get not just to see some rooms, but to _experience_ a location.

[@LynxSouth]

@@TheTudorTravelGuide Ha, I thought _you_ were taking the Scottish perspective! I try hard to figure out the balanced truth. I went back and forth over this for many years. Yes, that was Cecil and Walsingham's view. What concerns me is when it is taken out of context and made to sound as though Mary might have been completely innocent but was naively ensnared by bloodthirsty extremists. I wouldn't want Walsingham believing I was a threat to national security, but in addition to the background I wrote above, there was indeed evidence of Mary plotting while she was England's prisoner. It was in bits and pieces from different plots and 'pre-plots' over the years, and C&W knew it wasn't enough to convince Elizabeth of the danger. I think Elizabeth had a weak spot here b/c she knew how she had been falsely implicated both before and during Mary I of England's reign, and she really didn't want to think such things of a sister queen. There was enough evidence that finally Walsingham got Cecil to agree to staging a false plot b/c that way they could show Mary's involvement at every step, but would have control and be able to stop it. Cecil really did take a slow-to-convince high road, but the evidence as well as the number of attempts on Elizabeth's life did convince him. Anyhow, Mary behaved just as Walsingham had predicted. She had a knack for backing herself into corners. Sorry this is so long. I find it fascinating, but it's not simple.

[@si4632]

@@LynxSouth she was ensnared by satanists 🤣 kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6jJaa15jKqKiqc

[@vwynnbolton]

Home 😂❤😊

[@vwynnbolton]

😎😁🤔🍏 Rightful Aire!

[@2headeddoctuh]

Crazy to see a castle with your last name..lol

[@nancyhilliard1634]

She grew up in France why didn’t she go back?

[@isobelduncan]

She did actually plan to go back to France but the weather made it too difficult. It was easier to get England.

[@pamelaelizabethl2847]

The sound effects s awfully low on this video. Annoying 🤭

[@maryharrison4366]

Very boring ...couldn't watch even half the video before I quit