Uncovering the Secrets of Elizabeth I's Dream House | with Suzannah Lipscomb

[@christrites4251]

This was perfect on a snowy Christmas Eve, a cup of tea and two shortbread cookies at the ready...I loved it. Merry Christmas everyone.

[@micheldaubigne7629]

🎄Merry Christmas! 🎅

[@matthew.official]

Same to you!!! Bess was a mighty force indeed. I came upon this fortunately on my Christmas evening when all the family has left and as I am relaxing alone, enjoying more cake, cookies, coffee, peace, and happiness lol. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

[@HistoryHit]

Happy holidays!

[@FabricofTime]

It really is a cup of tea sort of a video, isn't it?

[@ODDwayne1]

The curator Liz Waring does a great job with the team keeping everything maintained and genuine. No flashy gadgetry causing distraction. Bravo Liz.

[@dcastro8492]

The fact that this has survived intact, with all its treasures, over the centuries is as amazing as these details. Generations of faithful custodians.

[@susanpilling8849]

Bess of Hardwick is one of my historical heroines. One of her houses, Temple Newsam, is not far from where I live. I enjoy sewing so her prolific and expert needlework is inspirational. I have also always loved the fact that you can see Hardwick Hall from the M1 motorway and it's a sign that home is not far away. Merry Christmas to all at HH.

[@joannelwatson5066]

I discovered Bess after reading a fictional book about her life decades ago. Imagine my thrill when I discovered that I am descended from her "bad son" Henry.

[@HawkqOjOp]

Professor L is my favorite historian, hands down. Why? She expresses her passion for the place, person or event she's teaching us and you can almost see in her eyes, that she places herself in their shoes almost as if she remembers that time period. She can even teach by retelling old stories with her own magic and newly discovered additions. More Suzie on HH lol !!!!

[@hedgemist691]

Those tapestries are wonderful. They must've looked stunning when they were new.

[@andyroo9381]

WOW! I am so glad I clicked on this! Thank you, Professor Lipscomb, for this very educating, enlightening and entertaining documentary. I had never heard of Bess of Hardwick. She sounds like a remarkable woman for her time. Hardwick Hall stands the test of time. It is a gorgeous mansion.

[@jumaris28]

If the Host is Suzanne you bet without doubt is an amazing piece of history. Thanks a strong fan of your channel. Blessings from California ✨💖✨💖✨💖✨

[@ClaiireeLiizz]

If someone made a Barbie Royal dream house with a Queen Elizabeth I Barbie I would be all over it. P.S. a new Suzannah Lipscomb documentary is such a great early Christmas present!

[@Neddoest]

Oh I like the sounds of Barbie I… I would commission an entire Royal Line asap! 🩷🤍

[@elisabethm9655]

Tasked with the job of being Mary, Queen of Scots jailer, Elizabeth of Shrewsbury was duly rewarded for her loyalty to Elizabeth I. She knew her place, and expanded to fill it fully. She was fortunate in her marriages, was dealt many a lucky hand and played them magnificently.

[@alanwilkinson9487]

It was almost like being ,in the right place,at the right time... She had a very lucky throw of the dice.😊

[@rickbertthe7th872]

Well it sounds like her husband was the actual jailer and she flitted off to their other estates leaving him the lions share of the burden.

[@miaw.5819]

Yessss! From Brooklyn, NY. Love her teaching and she has a calming voice. ❤ Hope she has more videos coming!

[@direfranchement]

I think this video is mislabeled. Bess of Hardwick is a historical figure of interest in her own right, but this video has little to do with Elizabeth I, and this isn’t HER dream house.

[@SecretSquirrelFun]

I’m confused about this too. I kept waiting for the mention of Elizabeth I in relation to the house specifically, but it never happened. Like I said, confused.

[@nashvegasmgt]

Thank you, I thought I was a complete dunce for being confused.

[@suchanhachan]

I think whoever was posting and labeling the video saw Tudor expert Suzannah Lipscomb and the name Elizabeth and just assumed it was Queen Elizabeth...

[@bitchn_betty]

Title is complete click bait....

[@sharonlocker8648]

The two women were very good friends

[@catevanslife]

Hardwick Hall more glass than wall . . . I've been and the rich tapestries are amazing.

[@mattmoore1882]

Beautiful! Brilliant episode. Merry Christmas!

[@phily8093]

Fantastic. It's one of the most unique buildings I've ever seen. It's beautiful whilst also looking like a great big factory, albeit a very ornate one. So modern looking for such an old structure. Merry Christmas.

[@sassytbc7923]

Susannah’s enthusiasm is contagious.

[@tenmen-fr1sh]

This is amazing I have just watched Mary queen of Scots 2018 film on Netflix last week, Saoirse Ronan as Mary Queen of Scots, also starring Mary Robbie as Elizabeth I, Elizabeth I scenes filmed at Hardwick Hall, love anything with Suzannah in it, also love History Hit.

[@Filthyanimalyeh]

It's rubbish, pc nonsense, complete insult to our history

[@beverleypilkington9046]

Magnificent place , I have visited many times and it never ceases to amaze me . This documentary only scratched the surface too.

[@JammyMomma22]

I love absolutely everything Suzannah puts out! I wish I had the money to buy her course that’s coming up 💔

[@sassytbc7923]

What course?

[@theaxe6198]

@@sassytbc7923same question!!!

[@LuzMaria95]

what’s the name of the course?

[@yesseniaalonso3533]

omg thank you for bringing this to my attention 😭

[@JammyMomma22]

@@LuzMaria95 if you go to her website she has one coming up

[@williamrobinson7435]

Impressive. Thanks & Happy Christmas Prof Liscombe and team! 🎄🌟👍

[@HistoryHit]

Thank you for watching!

[@SparkleLuna77]

I live a few miles from hardwick house. Used to walk round there with my dogs years ago ☺️

[@phily8093]

Lucky

[@nancyhammons3594]

I would like to know how food was taken up to the banqueting room in the turret and who took it there. I quite enjoyed this history lesson, I loved all the tapestries, so beautiful.

[@rhodamiller7338]

Absolutely gorgeous, but it must have been cold in winter , with those high ceilings and enormous rooms. And, at my age, all those stairs look truly unappealing. 😳

[@JamesWilliams-en3os]

A fascinating history, and a brilliant video. Well done.

[@jacobPwns]

I love Ms.liscombe, as much as I love English History. The two together is just great. I've watched the Tudors with her, and rewatched. This is definitely going to get a rewatch.

[@victoriamartin1032]

I love all of her videos! I’ve learned so much from her! I absolutely love history so much!!

[@havingalook2]

Excellent presentation. I have been there, know the story all too well, but this presentation is simply excellent.

[@Irisseesall]

Brilliantly done! Fascinating doc* Ty!❤

[@helens6754]

Thank you. My favourite house to visit when I lived in Derbyshire. I would love to hear an art historical account of this building and its décor. It looks way ahead of its time

[@christinecarter6836]

Have you read the book by Tracy Chevalier "the lady and the unicorn"? It gives a very good account of the painstaking process of creating fine tapestries, it has made me appreciate them all the more 😀

[@helens6754]

@@christinecarter6836Thank you! I will check that out.

[@sharonhuggins7383]

I've never enjoyed a documentary more. Thank you!

[@tracya6702]

what an amazing piece of property and belongings! another fantastic look at the past.

[@Getoutofhere7890]

I see the name Susannah Lipscomb I automatically click cuz I know it’s going to be a good video!!

[@teresalatiolais8477]

I know right.. it’s on my bucket list to work or at least spend a day with her to pick her brain. I am getting my masters in world history and doing a thesis on Anne Boylen and Kathrine Parr.

[@godsblackpanther]

Fabulous Treat. Loved to Listen to Your Enthusiasm...and then Later Again to view this Fabulous Statement and Sun Trap. Just the Design to Maximize Light and View Alone as well as Solar Advantage...An Intention to Desire and Joy of Creating... Architecture , Art, Memorial and Seat. Everything Hand Crafted. In Renaissance of Life. Thank You 😊😊😊

[@sherryd3299]

Wasn't Bess afraid that Queen Elizabeth I would be jealous or felt that Bess thought she was Queen, and have her beheaded? I guess that's why she shows her loyalty to the Queen in the decor. I'm amazed the Queen didn't confiscate the house for herself.

[@IleanaAcosta-b1t]

No i don't think so she would have liked to receive the Queen s visit to there magnificent house but Elizabeth never came

[@irishka_zolotse]

Your videos are awesome and so appreciated 👏 💐 Thanks for your positive content, and please keep on bringing happiness to our hearts!!!

[@DorothyPotterSnyder]

Bess was married four times, inherited a great deal of money, and made the rest of her wealth through her ownership of mines and glassmaking workshops. The use of glass in this house was like an advertisement for her business. While she was a "friend of the Queen", she was also a thorn in her side, as well as in the side of her half-sister Mary Queen of Scots, because she presumed to compete with them with this ostentatious display of wealth. Personally, I can't grin about these gross displays of money and power, when you consider the vast suffering that underlay all of it.

[@653j521]

If you wanted to run with the big dogs, that is what you had to do in that era.

[@accountname-tu2om]

Little changes.

[@dwaynefoley1020]

@ 🤡

[@1000thGhost]

I could spend hours, just wandering around looking at the tapestries

[@HistoryHit]

Us too!

[@judiwood8721]

How do they keep everything in such pristine condition. A massive undertaking

[@alanwilkinson9487]

Really fortunate to have hardwick hall almost on my doorstep. It's a wonderful place..😊

[@denisedunn2823]

Thoroughly enjoyable and full of wonderful details

[@pulsereading]

Thank you, lush and amazing documentary. A treat.

[@HistoryHit]

Our pleasure!

[@Yorkshiremadmick]

Bess of Hardwick is a Character in her own right. ❤❤❤

[@OwnersEasyOni]

Thank you! The best video I’ve seen about Bess and Hardwick Hall 😊

[@joansavage1857]

Thank you. The video is fascinating!!

[@jameshuls6940]

This was lovely and extremely well done, thank you.

[@karlsenula9495]

"As a woman in Medieval/Renaissance England How could you get wealthy and powerful enough to build a house like this?" The answer is rather simple and easy. 1) Marry someone wealthy, 2) have a number of rich relatives die leaving you as the only heir, 3) be Royal (and while a Countess isn't Royalty it is in the nobles heirarchy), 4) control (notice I said control not own) highly productive and profitable land and/or 5) any combination of the above. As for not being able to own property you COULD manage property for an underage heir.

[@MadamoftheCatHouse]

In the same period in Russia married women legally owned and managed their property.

[@crazystarwarsguy1006]

@@MadamoftheCatHouse A slave society,

[@MadamoftheCatHouse]

@@crazystarwarsguy1006 Western Europe profited from transatlantic slavery. And don't forget how factory owners treated the workers. They were de facto slaves.

[@katashley1031]

​@@crazystarwarsguy1006there have been slaves all over the world.

[@653j521]

Survive childbirth. AND you had to play your cards right so you weren't killed by a royal. NOT simple OR easy, as too many women learned.

[@LocalFoe]

Just in time for Christmas, a Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous episode.

[@reezagibbons465]

Like Eleanor of Aquitaine who lived very interesting and long lives historically long lived for their times.

[@dubliner1100]

Brilliant as usual. Many thanks for another informative video 👌

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

Looks strikingly similar to my abode in Canada. I also have windows, a driveway and a front gate.

[@crazystarwarsguy1006]

currently buried under snow ?

[@653j521]

My home is similar, too. It is symmetrical. :)

[@melissakondek6370]

Lol

[@rhodamiller7338]

🤣

[@beverleightodd5710]

I love Bess of Hardwick...

[@dianelipson5420]

When I first saw the glass I gasped. The sheer expense of it! That many windows had to change the way the building was constructed! Whoa.

[@dominicestebanrice7460]

Fascinating, and a credit to all involved. Thanks!

[@HistoryHit]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@andrewmadeup7375]

Wooow id like to have the money to live there. Architectural amazing. And so well presented.

[@glsapp23]

Well that was fascinating.

[@spacecardinal]

Really well done! 👍

[@thepansthisthatandtheother7766]

Bess was brilliant at Needlework.

[@epluribusunum1460]

I wonder how that glorious marquetry table looked before the colors faded.

[@crazystarwarsguy1006]

glorious.

[@brookelynnwu8016]

Same.

[@epluribusunum1460]

@@crazystarwarsguy1006 😉

[@theresamauldin4273]

Beautiful

[@wendywobbles1]

Bess was an amazing woman of her times, not only was she a good business woman but a great lover by all accounts she married a few times to people who would better her life and dreams

[@valeriewarren273]

Bess had a portrait of lady Jane Grey by her bedside until her death.

[@atodaso1668]

Amazing

[@jennypalmer331]

Tapestrys are truly amazing

[@thepansthisthatandtheother7766]

Great video! Re-reading about her by Mary S. Lovell. Fascinating!

[@miathompson1172]

A great video.

[@HistoryHit]

Glad you think so!

[@Crub837]

Thanks 👍

[@bowiemcnally6466]

I have loved Suzannah since I was like 12! I love all her work!

[@DriftWorn]

These are the places I want to hang out in on VR so I can visit anytime my heart desires. Someone see to it ;)

[@KimSyracuse-d2s]

This is beautiful dearly 😊

[@georgedoolittle9015]

I want to say stained glass near all for all of Europe came from Scotland via kelp but yes most prestigious be all of this indeed #prestige #nobility #royal_purple 😊😊

[@lianefehrle9921]

I wonder what the title of the job it was to clean the windows?

[@dawni5365]

It’s my dream to see this place in person one day

[@sharonreeves9093]

If it's Suzannah Lipscomb you know it's going to be a great video!

[@rabidbuddha4328]

What I don’t understand is where in the house you could go to keep warm in the winter? I don’t see how a fireplace could keep a room warm where all the heat goes to the ceiling so far above. Then you also have to recognize the obscene wealth a house like this represents compared to the average person at that time. Nobody even builds houses that size any more except, perhaps, the odd dictator.

[@TeaLadyWhimsy]

Can you imagine the stories the stone masons and window makers told down at the pub?! IN 1597!!!

[@DD-fj2ut]

Is it open to public? Love these old English buildings - such a treasure.

[@llynllydaw]

Yes, it's now owned by the National Trust.

[@Michael_Scott_Howard]

Well done thank you.

[@Pancito49]

If England ever needed a Royal is stand for the English now is the time for her to step forward.

[@jameswebb4593]

We will not get it from Charles III ,

[@evamoore2297]

That is stunning

[@AaronOBryan60]

I love this palace

[@davidmaclachlan]

It would have been nice to see the private apartments, kitchen, etc. Thanks for sharing.

[@markfeldhaus1]

Why is so little music of the period used in these documentaries? (Using, one hopes, copies of period instruments)

[@mikekares-b8q]

I was wondering why everyone was dressed so warm . Is it a bit cold and drafty in the Manor? Enjoyed your presentation Thanks.

[@dl7596]

That great, 2 story room starting around 5 minutes, with the queen's coat of arms got me wondering how they heated it at the time, especially with all those windows, and how did they light it, as I didn't see a lot of chandeliers. That one tiny fireplace at 5:29 seemed more cabin sized, unless for some reason it has been filled in. Still, with those windows and high ceilings, ...

[@theobolt250]

For that time that design was super duper modern!

[@taceyrosolowski7793]

I can only try to imagine Bess's pleasure at building a home truly her own, just as she wanted it, without endless discussions with a husband, particularly a hostile one.

[@winniedhaouadi1973]

It still looks modern

[@Bee-n8e]

Beautiful Estate

[@Print229]

At last, Suzannah Lipscomb has found a hairstyle that suits her hair! ❤️ I've been rooting for this since day one. Love, love, love it!

[@jennamiller8648]

I love Dr. Susannah!!!!!!!!

[@ks6983]

What is the name of the tune at 3.14?

[@uToobeD]

This house would have been really cool as "Grimmauld House" the house of Sirius Black in the Harry Potter films. More so the inside than the outside

[@richardpaschal2218]

The motto God and MY Right was initially adopted by King Richard I, aka Richard the Lionheart. He also said no one comes between God and my Family.

[@Patrick3183]

Imagine seeing it new.

[@kjeleharrison3249]

Why did Hatton sell the tapestries? I am so curious. 🙂

[@crazystarwarsguy1006]

@ 8mins The white ceiling . What happened there ?

[@peterbiggin7193]

I live five minutes drive from Hardwick and know the estate well, it is magnificent. I wish I had the spare time available to be a volunteer at the house

[@colibri7-m1h]

I wonder how it looked when lived in, placement of furniture etc.

[@giannidcenzo]

Grand!

[@charlesb7019]

“Hardwick Hall - more glass than wall”

[@NarayanKulkarni-mu2yp]

Nice awsome