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]

Henry VII: 1485–1509

  • 1486: Bristol; York.[5]
  • 1487: York

Prince Arthur

  • 1498: Coventry.[6]

Henry VIII

Edward VI

1552: Edward VI embarked on a short progress to Guilford, but this was soon abandoned.[8]

Mary I

As a Princess, Mary Tudor accompanied her father on royal progresses.

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.

Elizabeth I

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]

References

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  2. Wheeler, Helen (30 July 2017). "King Henry VII 1485 - 1486 Chronology - Tudor Nation". www.tudornation.com. Tudor Nation. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  3. Pearce, Ken. "History Show - Queen Elizabeth I comes to Harefield". You Tube. Uxbridge FM. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  4. "Elizabeth I slept here - a look at the Queen's summer progresses". British Heritage. British Heritage Travel. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Historical Manuscripts Commission, 12th Report, Appendix 9: Gloucester (London, 1891), p. 444.
  8. 1 2 Cole, Mary Hill (1999). The portable queen: Elizabeth I and the politics of ceremony (PDF). Amherst: University of Massachusetts press. ISBN 1-55849-214-3.
  9. Historical Manuscripts Commission, 12th Report, Appendix 9: Gloucester (London, 1891), pp. 442–3.
  10. Melita Thomas, The King's Pearl: Henry VIII and his daughter Mary (Amberley, 2017), pp. 80-83.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. Zillah Dovey, An Elizabethan Progress: The Queen's Journey into East Anglia (Stroud: Alan Sutton, 1996).
  17. 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.
  18. Gabriel Heaton, Writing and Reading Royal Entertainments: From George Gascoigne to Ben Jonson (Oxford, 2010), pp. 102-116.
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