May 17th in History
May 17th
Executed by beheading at Tower Hill on the orders of Henry VIII this day 1521,
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, born 3rd February 1478 at Brecon Castle and the nephew of King Edward IV.
Stafford's father had been executed for participating in a rebellion against King Richard III, and was one of the primary suspects in the disappearance (and presumed murder) of the Princes in the Tower.
Stafford himself attended the coronation of Henry VIIl and achieved high ranking in his court, serving as Lord High Steward and bearer of the crown. However, by 1520 he had become a voice of opposition against the king and Henry became suspicious when people began to whisper about Stafford's claim to the throne. Cardinal Wolsey, who hated Stafford, encouraged the king to take the accusations seriously. After an investigation, Stafford was arrested for intending to kill the King, was found guilty and executed on Tower Hill on 17th May.
1649 Cromwell's troops captured 300 Levellers and locked them up in Burford church. (The Levellers believed in civil rights, a 'level' society and religious tolerance and Cromwell was determined to crush them.) Three of the Levellers were executed on Oliver Cromwell’s orders in Burford churchyard, Oxfordshire.
1861A group of holidaymakers set off from London on the first foreign 'package trip' arranged by Thomas Cook. It was a six day holiday in Paris. Cook began his pioneering tour business 20 years previously when he organized the first publicly advertised railway excursion from Leicester to a temperance meeting at Loughborough (11 miles away).
On 17th May 1965, thirty one miners were killed in a mining accident at the Cambrian Colliery, Clydach Vale, Rhondda.
The Cambrian Colliery had been operating since 1872 and had experienced a previous explosion in 1905 in which thirty three men lost their lives. The colliery's workforce, numbering over 4,000, was involved in the Tonypandy Riot of 1910.
1970: Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl sets sail from Morocco on the papyrus boat Ra II on his successful voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
Music
1963: The first Monterey Folk Festival takes place over three days in Monterey, California, featuring Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and Peter Paul and Mary.
1969 Britain's music magazine, The New Musical Express announces that for the first time ever, LP sales and production have outstripped those of singles in Great Britain.
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Today is Twm Sion Catti Day.
Twm Sion Catti, was born Thomas Jones in Tregaron around 1530, the illegitimate son of Catherine Jones and the local squire.
Twm was brought up as a Protestant, so when the Catholic, Mary I became Queen, he went into hiding and initially earned his living by robbing the rich of West and Mid Wales. However as the law officer started to close in on him, he fled to Geneva and only returned when the Protestant Elizabeth I ascended to the throne and gave him an official pardon.
One tale tells how when a farmer was looking for him for stealing one of his bullocks, Twm disguised himself as a beggar and gave the farmer directions to Twm's house and offered to mind his horse whilst he went in. Twm then, not only galloped off on the farmers horse, but convinced the farmers wife that her husband was in serious trouble and that he needed to return with money.
Suitably convinced the farmers wife gave Twm the money, who the rode off for London.
Twm is also remembered for the caring way he treated his many victims, who is reported to as firing an arrow at, to pin them to their saddle rather than killing them. Twm's arch enemy was the Sheriff of Cardiganshire, whom he hid from in a cave on Dinas Hill, near to village of Rhandirmwyn.
Later in life, Twm changed his ways and married Joan, the heiress of Ystradffin and became a respected Justice of the Peace
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Executed by beheading at Tower Hill on the orders of Henry VIII this day 1521,
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, born 3rd February 1478 at Brecon Castle and the nephew of King Edward IV.
Stafford's father had been executed for participating in a rebellion against King Richard III, and was one of the primary suspects in the disappearance (and presumed murder) of the Princes in the Tower.
Stafford himself attended the coronation of Henry VIIl and achieved high ranking in his court, serving as Lord High Steward and bearer of the crown. However, by 1520 he had become a voice of opposition against the king and Henry became suspicious when people began to whisper about Stafford's claim to the throne. Cardinal Wolsey, who hated Stafford, encouraged the king to take the accusations seriously. After an investigation, Stafford was arrested for intending to kill the King, was found guilty and executed on Tower Hill on 17th May.
1649 Cromwell's troops captured 300 Levellers and locked them up in Burford church. (The Levellers believed in civil rights, a 'level' society and religious tolerance and Cromwell was determined to crush them.) Three of the Levellers were executed on Oliver Cromwell’s orders in Burford churchyard, Oxfordshire.
1861A group of holidaymakers set off from London on the first foreign 'package trip' arranged by Thomas Cook. It was a six day holiday in Paris. Cook began his pioneering tour business 20 years previously when he organized the first publicly advertised railway excursion from Leicester to a temperance meeting at Loughborough (11 miles away).
On 17th May 1965, thirty one miners were killed in a mining accident at the Cambrian Colliery, Clydach Vale, Rhondda.
The Cambrian Colliery had been operating since 1872 and had experienced a previous explosion in 1905 in which thirty three men lost their lives. The colliery's workforce, numbering over 4,000, was involved in the Tonypandy Riot of 1910.
1970: Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl sets sail from Morocco on the papyrus boat Ra II on his successful voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
Music
1963: The first Monterey Folk Festival takes place over three days in Monterey, California, featuring Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and Peter Paul and Mary.
1969 Britain's music magazine, The New Musical Express announces that for the first time ever, LP sales and production have outstripped those of singles in Great Britain.
……
Today is Twm Sion Catti Day.
Twm Sion Catti, was born Thomas Jones in Tregaron around 1530, the illegitimate son of Catherine Jones and the local squire.
Twm was brought up as a Protestant, so when the Catholic, Mary I became Queen, he went into hiding and initially earned his living by robbing the rich of West and Mid Wales. However as the law officer started to close in on him, he fled to Geneva and only returned when the Protestant Elizabeth I ascended to the throne and gave him an official pardon.
One tale tells how when a farmer was looking for him for stealing one of his bullocks, Twm disguised himself as a beggar and gave the farmer directions to Twm's house and offered to mind his horse whilst he went in. Twm then, not only galloped off on the farmers horse, but convinced the farmers wife that her husband was in serious trouble and that he needed to return with money.
Suitably convinced the farmers wife gave Twm the money, who the rode off for London.
Twm is also remembered for the caring way he treated his many victims, who is reported to as firing an arrow at, to pin them to their saddle rather than killing them. Twm's arch enemy was the Sheriff of Cardiganshire, whom he hid from in a cave on Dinas Hill, near to village of Rhandirmwyn.
Later in life, Twm changed his ways and married Joan, the heiress of Ystradffin and became a respected Justice of the Peace
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