Bess Throckmorton and the Bag of Horrors

To explore “Forgotten Heroines of the East End” and more first-class history content subscribe to History Hit: http://access.historyhit.com/checkout?code=historyhit&plan=monthly&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=readingthepast In this video we’re looking at a bag that may have held something very unusual once, in addition to talking about its rumoured owner, we’ll be discussing both the recorded events of this person’s life and the more mythologised ones. I hope you enjoy this video and find it interesting! Please subscribe and click the bell icon to be updated about new videos. Also, if you want to get in touch, please comment down below or find me on social media: Instagram: katrina.marchant Twitter: @kat_marchant Clubhouse: @kat_marchant TikTok: @katrina_marchant Email: [email protected] Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/qeIkbW49B6A] SFX from https://freesfx.co.uk/Default.aspx Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated): Photograph of the red velvet bag that was discovered in the attic of West Horsley Place, the former home of Sir Walter Raleigh's wife and son, cared for by the Mary Roxburghe Trust. Portrait of Sir Nicholas Carew by Hans Holbein the Younger (between 1532 and 1533). Held by Drumlanrig Castle. Portrait of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, by an unknown artist (c. 1562). Held by the National Portrait Gallery, London. Procession portrait of Elizabeth I of England by George Vertue (c. 1601). In an unknown private collection. Image source: Strong, Roy. Gloriana. Thames and Hudson, 1987, pp. 154-5. Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh attributed to William Segar (1598). Held by the National Gallery of Ireland. Portrait of Elizabeth "Bess" Throckmorton attributed to William Segar (1595). Held by the Weiss Gallery. Portrait of Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh) and son, Walter Ralegh, by an unknown artist (1602). Held by the National Portrait Gallery. Portrait of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury by an inknown artist, after John De Critz the Elder (1602). Held by the National Portrait Gallery. Photograph of the southern face of the Bloody Tower at the Tower of London taken by Ethan Doyle White (2020). Photograph of the Bloody Tower interior, Tower of London taken by Kjetil Bjørnsrud (2005). Texts consulted: Relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online. #History #TowerOfLondon #Tudor

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