Tudor Royal Progresses were an important way to for the
Tudor monarchs to consolidate their rule throughout England.[1] Following his victory at the
Battle of Bosworth in August 1485, the first Tudor monarch,
Henry VII, ensured his coronation (November 1485), called a parliament (November 1485), married Elizabeth of York (January 1486) – all in
London before embarking on his first
Royal Progress in March 1486.[2] The last Tudor Royal Progress took place in summer 1602,[3] as
Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch died in March 1603.[4]
As Queen, Mary was less ardent about making royal progresses. The unpopularity of her husband and her own ill health led her to remain in her royal residencies near London.
The
Elizabethan Royal Progresses played an important role in enabling
Elizabeth I to exercise and maintain her
royal authority. During each year of her 44 years reign she insisted her court accompanied her on a progress in the spring and summer months.[8]
^C. E. McGee, 'Mysteries, Musters, and Masques', Jayne Elisabeth Archer, Elizabeth Goldring, Sarah Knight, Progresses, Pageants, and Entertainments of Queen Elizabeth (Oxford, 2007), p. 108.
^C. E. McGee, 'Mysteries, Musters, and Masques', Jayne Elisabeth Archer, Elizabeth Goldring, Sarah Knight, Progresses, Pageants, and Entertainments of Queen Elizabeth (Oxford, 2007), p. 109.
^Melita Thomas, The King's Pearl: Henry VIII and his daughter Mary (Amberley, 2017), pp. 80-83.
^C. E. McGee, 'Mysteries, Musters, and Masques', Jayne Elisabeth Archer, Elizabeth Goldring, Sarah Knight, Progresses, Pageants, and Entertainments of Queen Elizabeth (Oxford, 2007), p. 109:
David Loades, Mary Tudor (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1989), p. 45.
^Siobhan Keenan, 'Spectator and Spectacle: Royal Entertainments at the Universities in the 1560s', Jayne Elisabeth Archer, Elizabeth Goldring, Sarah Knight, Progresses, Pageants, and Entertainments of Queen Elizabeth (Oxford, 2007), p. 87.
^Siobhan Keenan, 'Spectator and Spectacle: Royal Entertainments at the Universities in the 1560s', Jayne Elisabeth Archer, Elizabeth Goldring, Sarah Knight, Progresses, Pageants, and Entertainments of Queen Elizabeth (Oxford, 2007), p. 95.
^C. E. McGee, 'Mysteries, Musters, and Masques', Jayne Elisabeth Archer, Elizabeth Goldring, Sarah Knight, Progresses, Pageants, and Entertainments of Queen Elizabeth (Oxford, 2007), p. 105.
^C. E. McGee, 'Mysteries, Musters, and Masques', Jayne Elisabeth Archer, Elizabeth Goldring, Sarah Knight, Progresses, Pageants, and Entertainments of Queen Elizabeth (Oxford, 2007), p. 115.
^Zillah Dovey, An Elizabethan Progress: The Queen's Journey into East Anglia (Stroud: Alan Sutton, 1996).
^Peter Davidson & Jane Stevenson, 'Elizabeth's Reception at Bisham', Jayne Elisabeth Archer, Elizabeth Goldring, & Sarah Knight, The Progresses, Pageants, & Entertainments of Queen Elizabeth (Oxford, 2007), p. 207.
^Gabriel Heaton, Writing and Reading Royal Entertainments: From George Gascoigne to Ben Jonson (Oxford, 2010), pp. 102-116.
Tudor Royal Progresses were an important way to for the
Tudor monarchs to consolidate their rule throughout England.[1] Following his victory at the
Battle of Bosworth in August 1485, the first Tudor monarch,
Henry VII, ensured his coronation (November 1485), called a parliament (November 1485), married Elizabeth of York (January 1486) – all in
London before embarking on his first
Royal Progress in March 1486.[2] The last Tudor Royal Progress took place in summer 1602,[3] as
Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch died in March 1603.[4]
As Queen, Mary was less ardent about making royal progresses. The unpopularity of her husband and her own ill health led her to remain in her royal residencies near London.
The
Elizabethan Royal Progresses played an important role in enabling
Elizabeth I to exercise and maintain her
royal authority. During each year of her 44 years reign she insisted her court accompanied her on a progress in the spring and summer months.[8]
^C. E. McGee, 'Mysteries, Musters, and Masques', Jayne Elisabeth Archer, Elizabeth Goldring, Sarah Knight, Progresses, Pageants, and Entertainments of Queen Elizabeth (Oxford, 2007), p. 108.
^C. E. McGee, 'Mysteries, Musters, and Masques', Jayne Elisabeth Archer, Elizabeth Goldring, Sarah Knight, Progresses, Pageants, and Entertainments of Queen Elizabeth (Oxford, 2007), p. 109.
^Melita Thomas, The King's Pearl: Henry VIII and his daughter Mary (Amberley, 2017), pp. 80-83.
^C. E. McGee, 'Mysteries, Musters, and Masques', Jayne Elisabeth Archer, Elizabeth Goldring, Sarah Knight, Progresses, Pageants, and Entertainments of Queen Elizabeth (Oxford, 2007), p. 109:
David Loades, Mary Tudor (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1989), p. 45.
^Siobhan Keenan, 'Spectator and Spectacle: Royal Entertainments at the Universities in the 1560s', Jayne Elisabeth Archer, Elizabeth Goldring, Sarah Knight, Progresses, Pageants, and Entertainments of Queen Elizabeth (Oxford, 2007), p. 87.
^Siobhan Keenan, 'Spectator and Spectacle: Royal Entertainments at the Universities in the 1560s', Jayne Elisabeth Archer, Elizabeth Goldring, Sarah Knight, Progresses, Pageants, and Entertainments of Queen Elizabeth (Oxford, 2007), p. 95.
^C. E. McGee, 'Mysteries, Musters, and Masques', Jayne Elisabeth Archer, Elizabeth Goldring, Sarah Knight, Progresses, Pageants, and Entertainments of Queen Elizabeth (Oxford, 2007), p. 105.
^C. E. McGee, 'Mysteries, Musters, and Masques', Jayne Elisabeth Archer, Elizabeth Goldring, Sarah Knight, Progresses, Pageants, and Entertainments of Queen Elizabeth (Oxford, 2007), p. 115.
^Zillah Dovey, An Elizabethan Progress: The Queen's Journey into East Anglia (Stroud: Alan Sutton, 1996).
^Peter Davidson & Jane Stevenson, 'Elizabeth's Reception at Bisham', Jayne Elisabeth Archer, Elizabeth Goldring, & Sarah Knight, The Progresses, Pageants, & Entertainments of Queen Elizabeth (Oxford, 2007), p. 207.
^Gabriel Heaton, Writing and Reading Royal Entertainments: From George Gascoigne to Ben Jonson (Oxford, 2010), pp. 102-116.