King Edward VI's Worst Year?: The Rebellions of 1549

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

Yes, please, to a video on the Rough Wooing! I’ve never learned any details about it, only the most general statements about what happened. I love every video you make, anyway, but this is one of those often-ignored events and would be an interesting topic. Marriage-related events weren’t trivial, they really affected political history until quite recently; those among the royal and some noble lines, had much more than personal, or even dynastic, importance.

[@fridayhunt7075]

Yes, please!🙏

[@livesouthernable]

Please do make a video about the rough wooing! I would love to watch that. Also, I appreciate your comment about reading history backwards. So many people are baffled by the motives of these famous people, but they don’t understand the times they lived in and how their personal and societal fears informed their actions.

[@kittye8340]

Yes yes yes🎉

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your content and work!😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

Please, don’t sweal away, Dr. Kat! Fan noise is nothing, stay cool. Enjoy your few summer days. I wish we could exchange weather sometimes, here in Northern California we get at least four months of super-hot and dry summer, when I dream of snowy mountains and misty, cool rain. The British who move here absolutely adore the weather. The summer weather is late this year, it’s still spring-cool, ranging from the low 50s overnight to 70s during the day, Fahrenheit that is, but the heat always comes eventually.

[@grtlyblesd]

Sacramento, California here, and it’s currently 82* with a high of 89* today. The difference between here and there is that everything here is air conditioned. We leave our air conditioned homes in our air conditioned vehicles and go into stores and buildings that all have A/C. It gets up to 114* or so here, but since I don’t have to be out in it, it’s not so bad. And I love that we don’t have to deal with snow. I was actually in London this time last year, and I was delighted with how nice the weather was while I was there. When I popped out of the tube station in Trafalgar Square, it was just gorgeous out. All that to say, fan away, stay comfortable and keep doing what you do. I’m absorbing everything I can before I head to the Tudor exhibit in San Francisco next month. 😊

[@judycater2832]

A video on The Rough Wooing would be fascinating. Today’s video was very interesting❤

[@ladonnaadam5014]

Good morning Dr. Kat! King Edward VI is such a strange person from this end of history. Thank you for shedding more light on him. Have a wonderful weekend.

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

What a wonderful speaker you are! That, in addition to the quality of your research and content, make you the best. It’s such a pleasure to listen to someone so well-informed and articulate after all the nonsense on YT videos. You must be bringing thousands to want to learn more history. I got interested in it, as many children do, when reading a book set in history, the US Revolutionary War, when I was about 8, the kids were heroes, of course. Within a few years I was skipping over the historical fiction and going straight to the real thing. I do approve of historical fiction, though, it’s the “Gateway Drug”, so to speak (there are worse addictions than reading history). But, the more accurate the historical fiction is, the better. Even a little general history from historical novels is better than learning none at all.

[@vlmellody51]

Daniel Ellsberg, the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers, died today at the age of 92. I just spent quite some time delving into his history, the Papers themselves, the Vietnam War, and the major players. I'm taking a little break right now due to eye strain (I'm reading it all on my cellphone), but I think I have several days of fascinating research ahead of me. Thanks to this channel, I have renewed my passions for history and research! 😍💞

[@tianna1116]

OP, I couldn’t agree more! Historical fiction has been my favorite genre since before I knew that’s what it was called.. I just always loved the idea of true events and very true stories woven together artistically with some added fictional details. It’s still my favorite genre to read, if you have any great recommendations I’m all ears! I’ve been searching for a new novel

[@vlmellody51]

@tianna1116 Have you read "Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance"? "Winds of War" chronicles the years prior to the United States' entry into WWII and "War and Remembrance" is about the years after the bombing of Pearl Harbor until slightly after the war's end through the eyes of one US naval family and their friends. They're fascinating, informative, and exciting books, well worth the read.

[@christopherstephenjenksbsg4944]

As I was watching this video, I was struck by the similarities between these rebellions and those of the Civil Wars of the 17th century. First there were religious reforms being autocratically imposed by the monarch and his bishops, mainly Cramner and Laud. Cramner and Laud had very different religious sensibilities, Cramner being very Protestant in his views while Laud was much more High Church. Being a High Church Episcopalian myself, I find myself more in agreement with Laud than with Cramner on the issues, but they were both arrogant and presumptuous in their implementation. Laud was particularly high-handed. Also, enclosure was still an issue in the 1640s, and for all of his faults, King Charles I believed in maintaining the traditional common lands and protecting them from "privatization" (to use a modern term). No wonder Parliament was so upset with him! The more things change, the more they stay the same.🙄

[@rhiannonpoole6019]

As I commented on your previous Edward VI video, poor child - people he presumably trusted gone, whether fairly or not - I'd love to know who gave him actual love - perhaps an old nurse, do we know? I feel so sorry for him, and of course for 'his half-sisters. What cruel times they were.

[@tianna1116]

Cruel (and barbaric) times they were indeed..

[@timhazeltine3256]

​@@tianna1116So, no different than our times

[@annemorton5236]

Events like this are so paradoxical - people who think it important to worship act as if how they and others worship is even more important than why they are worshipping and who they are worshipping. Thanks for a great video. 💒

[@Felidae-ts9wp]

Great episode...Thanks Dr. Kat 👑 🇬🇧

[@arcola44]

Thanks Dr. Kat! Another great video. Always look forward to Friday. Would love to see a video on the Rough Wooing. ⚔ Also, a video on the fall of the Duke of Somerset might be a good topic. There seems to be a lot of intrigue surrounding it. I wonder if not acting quickly against the enclosure rebels may have been the last straw for many of the nobility.

[@skp7577]

Friday afternoons are always made better by you uploading a new video. 😊❤

[@melissawilliams3356]

Love waking up to a notification of a new Dr. Kat video!❤🎉

[@vlmellody51]

Thank you for another fascinating video! ❤👏

[@the_petty_crocker]

Thank you so much for this Dr. Kat! I'm always interested to learn more about Edward and would welcome a video on the Rough Wooing. Also, I just caught your episode of Betwixt the Sheets and you were, as usual, outstanding. I would love to see/hear you and Dr. Kate together again! 👑

[@jasperhorace7147]

It’s no wonder boy Kings were viewed as undesirable. Henry VI was very lucky to have two loyal uncles who also had the advantage of being of the blood Royal and protected him and his throne throughout his minority. Edward V was very unlucky that his Royal uncle did not protect his ( or his brother’s) birthright. Then, there’s this Edward. His uncles were not of the blood Royal and that caused jealousy, envy and unrest until Somerset was replaced. Infighting is dangerous and unsettling.

[@kathrynmast916]

❤Your presentations are always well- thought out, researched, informative, and a pure delight!😊

[@angstymedusa]

Very interesting topic, I love your presentation and I also have a fan running in the background. 🔥

[@carolinewilloughby7952]

Definitely would love to learn more about the “Rough Wooing”! Excellent idea! Thanks

[@bobbyb8335]

👑 Very informative as always. Thank you for your research and presenting it so eloquently.

[@Myke_OBrien]

Fascinating as always. You really bring the past to life! 👏👏👏👏⚔️

[@Zine2me]

Always such a pleasure.🐈

[@johnmclaughlin4817]

Thank you, Dr. Kat, great video! I enjoy hearing about the reigns of Edward VI and Mary I. They often seem to be forgotten sandwiched in between Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. A few years back I read a mystery based around Kett's rebellion. "Tombland" by CJ Sansom, his sleuth is Matthew Shardlake. 🏰

[@rfdarsie]

Sansom's series of books is just marvelous! They're pretty dark, but so were the times. But the writing and characterizations are spectacularly good.

[@theresalaux5655]

Thanks Dr Kat. As always, good video!😊

[@nyckolaus]

Dr. Kat, you can discuss every rebellion during the Tudor reign. Fascinating! 🏹

[@VersieKilgannon]

"He was thus determined to be a traitor" That makes it sound like he himself was actively trying to be a traitor. And I find that amusing considering how much effort he put into trying to control Elizabeth and Edward

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Incredible video as always Dr. Kat! Much love from Colombia!

[@scribbleknit]

I appreciate your research and scholarship so much. Thank you for bringing this history to us.❤

[@cplmpcocptcl6306]

Wow. Edward 6 looks just like his uncle, Thomas. Putting their images together made that revelation pop.😅

[@Kris-bw7cv]

That list would be interesting to read!

[@ellah7106]

this might have been his worst year, but this was your best video

[@freyalily9897]

real

[@oliverholloway1653]

was it tho

[@oliverholloway1653]

?

[@babydrane]

Great video as always.

[@AnimalisMD]

Thanks for another great talk Dr. Kat. Oh and I'd also like to hear a talk on the Rough Wooing!⚔💣🪦

Awesome video, as per usual.

[@bethluther3950]

My ancestors all came to USA from Ireland/Scotland/England. I am now 79 yrs old and have enjoyed learning about English history for a long time!!! Would love to have tea with you and chat! ☕️😍

[@neilbuckley1613]

The pictures shown at 2 mins 47 secs show a real resemblance between Elizabeth and Edward, clearly refuting the suggesstion by some that Elizabeth wasn't Henry's daughter.

[@amykortuem5554]

Wow to thee, oh ye lands, when thy king is a boy…even a seemingly astute and oddly mature one as Edward. Thank you for your insights into this year of woe for him and the land. (And I couldn’t even hear the roaring of your fan over the roaring of my own - it’s fairly cool here in southern Minnesota US, but the air quality from the Canadian fires makes opening windows unpleasant).

[@Val-ng9tn]

Seconding the request for a Rough Wooing presentation! Thank you!

[@Gary-h6f]

Another great video. I agree with what someone said earlier, it seems sometimes like Edward and Mary get lost between Henry and Elizabeth, mainly I guess because of their short reigns. I would love a video on the rough wooing. I know some about it but would love to learn more. As someone who grew up in Alabama without A/C I feel for you in this heat. Most important thing is keeping hydrated.

[@debbralehrman5957]

Thanks so much for all the information you bring. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💕💕💕💕👑

[@jantoms6332]

So interesting, as always, thank you Dr Kat ⚔

[@1CheeChee2]

I so admire the care you put into all of your videos. I would love to hear your speak on Cromwell’s book of hours that was recently found. Thank you so much for the videos. ⚔️

[@thhseeking]

🛡🗡🏹🪓🔨📯 Battle glyphs: Shield, sword, bow & arrow, the closest I could find to a Dane-axe, a war hammer, and bugle to sound the charge, or "Run Away! Run Away" 🤣 I always like your videos. Try not to melt while we have temperatures in the mid-teens during the day here in Sydney 😛 Better than the high 30s/low 40s we sometimes get in Summer 😥😥😥😥

[@Magic_in_York]

⚔👑🏰 Another great video Kat and no sound of whirring! Would love a video about the Rough Wooing.

[@nancybradford8514]

I would love to see a video on the rough wooing! 😊🥰

[@cecilyupdegraff2559]

This, like all your videos was wonderful. I had no idea the rebellions were so intense or that there were so many involved. Thank you for always having content to spark new interest. 😊

[@helencooper1813]

Another great video, thanms Dr Kat 🎉

[@j7333nnn]

Thanks so very much for all of your wonderful videos from a most dedicated long-time fan.

[@ReadingthePast]

You are so kind, thank you very much 😊

[@craftylorraine5109]

Great info...I learn so much from your videos.

[@joannaerhardt7294]

This was fascinating! Thank you for all the wonderful research you do in your videos.☮️💖🖖

[@BlondieG63]

Enjoyed this very much! 👑❤

[@pszczolka80]

Very interested in a video on the rough wooing. Keep up the great work!

[@chriscarson7384]

Dr. Kat, I have always wondered about the Seymour brothers' religious beliefs. They seem very different from those of their late sister, Jane. What is known about the evolution of their beliefs? Thanks for any information you can share. I love your videos. Hope you get a break from the heat soon!

[@karenchrist4155]

Love your videos! Would be very interested in one on the Rough Wooing! Thanks!

[@AndrewMartinIsHere]

I’m a descendant of the Wymondham Ketts, so this was a nice surprise family video today 😅

[@everettsharp1917]

Thank you, excellent history. For those interested in the rebellion of 1549 in the west country I would also recommend 'The Commotion Time' by E.T.Fox, Helion Press. As a Cornishman I first learnt of my counties rebellions during the Tudor period about 60+ years ago and am pleased that there is an apparent growing interest in Devon and Cornwall studies. However, you need to be discerning. For example I have been told, when revisiting Cornwall, that I had suffered from an Anglo-Saxon education ! Also in another publication I read that the Pope had allowed the Cornish to hold their services in their own language and not Latin as did every other Catholic; this I find very, very difficult to believe. I celebrate the history and culture of my birthplace, but not its divisiveness when it descends into nationalism with its partner, arrogance. I found this channel to be well balanced, interesting and stimulating. I have signed up for more; and 'rung the bell' 😊

[@SIA_novellover8]

Thank you for the video❤

[@cristinasoares7936]

Thank you for your hard work. 👍

[@debbietaylor2772]

Thank you for a great video.

[@prettypic444]

Dr. Kat, you should know that anytime you say "I can make a video about..." will be met with a resounding "YES!"

[@jamieryman]

Wonderful as ever 💕

[@kathyjaneburke2798]

Good morning from Texas!

[@rhiannewilson-regan6245]

That was one of the most British statements 😂 "one of our 6 days of summer" 😂😂 as a fellow brit from the North I agree it is to hot.

[@SusanCat5098]

very interesting! and here's my battle dance 💃

[@steelerbear]

Thank you, Dr. Kat! I'm sorry to have missed the premiere this week, but this was a great video as always, filled with insight. I would LOVE to see a video on the rough wooing! Hope you have a delightful weekend. ⚔🍆

[@morriganmoonglow2712]

Yes, please do a video on the Rough Wooing.👏😁👑

[@carole6779]

💂🤺 Thank you for another oh-so-interesting video that I will have to re-watch several times in order to absorb all the nuances lol. It's always fascinating to be reminded of how controversial the Book of Common Prayer has been in the religious scheme of things. No fan noise here, other than applause from this fan. 👏😄 Stay cool and thanks again, Dr. Kat! ⚔ 👑🤺🤺

[@ellenchristian6602]

Love your videos!

[@ladymeghenderson9337]

That little lad wouldn't have had a clue what was going on.

[@jm2793]

Love all your videos ❤

[@--enyo--]

I’d like a video on the ‘rough wooing’. Although I’m not much one for alternative history I’d like to hear your thoughts on how things may have turned out had it succeeded.

[@laurieduerr4757]

I find the events of Edward VI's reign so interesting, with all of the other influences of the council, etc. Would love a video specificall about the Rough wooing!

[@marthadavis893]

Hi from Virginia USA. I'm texting that I enjoy your page. My cousin did some research on our ancestors on my mother's side. My cousin found out that Queen Jane Seymour, her two brothers and her son King Edward VI are on my family tree. Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset is my 13th great grandfather and his brother Thomas Seymour is my 13th great uncle and King Edward VI is cousin. Lady Godiva and her husband is also on my family tree. It nearly blew my mom and myself away. I got a book on King Edward VI and I can't believe that my grandfather and uncle got beheaded for what they did. Wish I could come to England to visit the sights. To me England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales are beautiful countries. Hope to hear from you on my comment. God bless.

[@denisehill7769]

YESSSSS!!!!!!!!! Thank you! 😁

[@deborahduthie4519]

I believe 11yr. Old King Edward would have been aware of a deception ...by being held (imprisoned) in a castle and not a palace by his manipulative uncle. After all King Henry 8 made sure Prince Edward’s Tutelage in ways of Parliament and Court, of conducting conversation, and being one step ahead. Even at 11 he would not have been unaware of what was going on.

[@chatterbot___]

30 mins before my a level , im binge watching all of these!

[@oliverholloway1653]

real brev

[@spews1973]

I'd also love to see a "What if Edward Vi had lived" video.

[@kellyparkes9087]

Yes, that would be amazing if Dr Kat could cover that. We may even still have the tudor dynasty on the throne today in 2023. Imagine?

[@selecttravelvacations7472]

There is one out there but i can’t recall who did it.

[@spews1973]

@@selecttravelvacations7472 Yeah. That figures. But it's no reason for Dr. kat not to make one as well.

[@briandelaney9710]

It would have been disastrous

[@kellyparkes9087]

@@briandelaney9710 oooh I'd love to hear your reasons for this as Edward VI divides such opinion as you hear contemporaries during his reign say he was such a sweet natured and gentle boy whereas historian's say he had already become such a religious zealot by the time of his death at age 15 that he could of been even worse than his father. I've read many accounts and he seemed such a strong willed and stubborn young man, often crying with rage when he couldn't get his own way due to his council having the final say until he came of age, which he was just a few months shy of at his death. And then we have to look at the way he treated his sister Mary. It would of been interesting to see how that would of played out if he had recovered from his illness, and go on to marry and have children and Mary never would have been queen. She probably still would of died six years later but would he of made an example of her before then in a horrible way. It's a terrfrying thought, one I hope Dr Kat may investigate in one of her next videos!!!

[@mclark3814]

Great video.❤😊😊

[@frankie2394]

I would have thought it was when he became ill and passed away

[@edgaraquino2324]

Yes, you have a point with your sally...sad but rather funny when you think about it...rather a more permanent situation...😊

[@--enyo--]

My thoughts as well.

[@elizabethbetts3834]

And that’s your journey…

[@kaytillie]

💀

[@hannahsroyalhistory]

😂💀

[@sarahwatts7152]

I have been wondering, over the course of a few episodes, exactly how expensive paper was over time. It seems that when the printing press really got going, paper started to show up everywhere, but that before that it was hard to come by and rather precious. Did the explosion of paper come about from increased demand, or were there improvements in technology? Paper (and the lack of it, in terms of scant personal effects such as diaries) seems to be at the center of the Early Modern Period.

[@shannanstigri]

Hey hey. Portland here.

[@noladauenhauer9052]

Hey hey Portland, Molalla here😊

[@Angela-en6oh]

Thank you for another interesting video about an aspect of this period. So much is made of the “pomp and circumstance” surrounding the leading characters of the time which leaves little reference to how these decisions affected, in a material way, people of the lower order and their reaction to them. Can we have more of this type of “back story” please? ❤

[@doyeworrell1680]

Great job 👏 very interesting to know what might have happened, but didn’t.

[@meganferraro8145]

A video on the Rough Wooing would be great!!

[@eliscanfield3913]

Another good one, Dr Kat! I keep missing the premier recently 🙁 Can I blame the young spawn?

[@traceyu6213]

I’ve just had an “aha” moment. Seems King Edward’s family on his mother’s side caused quite a bit of trouble for the nation. Henry VIII thought Jane Seymour to be the most noble of his wives, the best of the best, of course she didn’t live long enough to become a problem for him, however as it turns out her family did become a problem which leads me to believe Jane herself may not have had the best life with Henry had she survived childbirth complications. If Jane hadn’t cause Henry grief, her ambitious family may have. There’s always been the “what if” question for me regarding Jane. What if she had lived? What if she and Henry had more children together? Would Henry’s egregious behavior ended? Would Mary and Elizabeth ever ascended the throne?

[@swearenginlawanda]

Totally off topic... .. love the little houses behind you.

[@gwynwellliver4489]

This makes me think about how my Puritan ancestors were about 65 years removed from this action. Now I will have to look a little deeper into those ancestors from the 1500's.

[@nellwackwitz]

🧙🏻‍♂️ Thanks for a great video! I could not find any emoji for rebellion, so I gave you a happy witch instead. Cheers! 😄

[@conniemaydavies4066]

Im so stressed wishing Edward the best of luck 😊😊

[@ellah7106]

such a cliffhanger 🧐

[@actoracademic]

I think we can take it as a given that if Dr Kat says, "Let me know if you'd like to see a video on that topic," a lot of people are going to say, "Yes, please!"

[@robynw6307]

Maybe Robert Kett led the rebellion BECAUSE he had been caught enclosing land. "If I can't do it, then neither shall they" type of attitude.

[@ckcribbs8577]

Very good video

[@julzy3]

I am sure the rebellions were larger and stronger than was reported. Only about ten years earlier was the Pilgrimage of Grace. Some 50 years later was the Gunpowder plot. All of this can be said to have culminated in the Act of Settlement about a century later. ⚔🛡

[@j.t.lennon177]

I do think that the boy was emotionally neglected and that sucks.

[@tracymeyers616]

A video on the rough ruin - Scottish uprising would be very interesting

[@conniemaydavies4066]

This was cold 🥶🥶🥶

[@freyalily9897]

the tea was burning hot though ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@oliverholloway1653]

i personally disagree

[@dorian4534]

I think I'd have been one for the Kett's Rebellion.

[@margo3367]

I was thinking throughout this video, trying to usurp the usurpers: they know all the tricks in the book. Had anyone ever won the throne through a rebellion since Henry Tudor defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth? Lovely video. Great work, as always. ❤Namaste

[@bjbarden2070]

I really enjoy your history presentations. We don't get a lot of information in the USA. We don't even get our own history lessons!