Guest Bio
Author and speaker, Rosemary Griggs has been researching Devon’s sixteenth century history for years. She has discovered a cast of fascinating characters and an intriguing network of families whose influence stretched far beyond the West Country. She loves telling the stories of the forgotten women of history, the women beyond the royal court, the wives, sisters, daughters, and mothers who played their part during those tumultuous Tudor years.
Her novel, A Woman of Noble Wit tells the story of Katherine Champernowne, Sir Walter Raleigh’s mother, and features many of the county’s well-loved places.
Rosemary also researches, creates and wears sixteenth century clothing to bring history to life in talks for museums and community groups all over the West Country.
Out of costume she leads heritage tours of the gardens at Dartington Hall, a fourteenth century manor house now a visitor destination and charity supporting learning in arts, ecology and social justice.
You can find out more on Rosemary’s website
follow her on Twitter @RAGriggsauthor or
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ladykatherinesfarthingale and
Instagram @griggs6176
Rosemary’s Tudor Takeaway
St Nicholas Priory, Exeter
The Tudor Tailor
Natalie Grueninger speaks with Rosemary Griggs about the lives of Tudor women in Devon, including Katherine Champernowne.
Tune in to hear Natalie and Rosemary discuss:
– The life of Katherine Champernowne, mother of Sir Walter Raleigh
– Tudor Devon
– Sources used to reconstruct the lives of women in the 16th century
– How the religious, political and social changes of the 16th century affected non-elite women
– The challenges associated with studying the lives of Tudor women
– Tudor clothing and re-enactment
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