Pets at Court: Puppies, Monkeys and Ferrets ... OH MY!!!

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Five different types of dogs in a woodcut from the Hortus Sanitatis (1547). Held by the Wellcome Collection.
Portrait of Katharine of Aragon with a monkey by Lucas Horenbour (c.1525). Held in the Buccleuch Collection.
Marginalia depicting men fighting beside monkeys at school from BL Royal 20 D IV, f.1. Held by the British Library (Image from picryl).
Portrait of Anne Boleyn by an unknown English artist (late 16th century, based on a work of c.1533-1536). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Portrait of a Young Woman c. 1540-1545 from the workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger (c.1540-1545). Held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Portrait of Anne of Cleves by Hans Holbein the Younger (1539). Held by the Louvre Museum.
Portrait of Katherine Parr by an unknown artist (late 16th century). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Portrait drawing of Katherine, Duchess of Suffolk by Hans Holbein the Younger (c.1532-1543). Held by the Royal Collection Trust.
Portrait of Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley by Nicolas Denizot (c.1547-1549). Held by the National Maritime Musuem.
Portrait of Edward VI attributed to William Scrots (c.1546). Held by the Royal Collection Trust.
Portrait of Mary I and Philip II by an unknown artist (1558). Held by the Royal Museums Greenwich.
The Wanstead or Welbeck Portrait of Elizabeth I or The Peace Portrait of Elizabeth I by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (c.1580-1585). Held by the Harley Gallery and Foundation.
Portrait of a Woman, probably Catherine Carey, Lady Knollys by Steven van der Meulen (1562). Held by the Yale Centre for British Art.
Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots by François Clouet (1558-1560). Held by the Royal Collection Trust.
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots by an unknown artist (c.1613). Held by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Part of the Oxburgh Hangings depicting “Jupiter” by Mary, Queen of Scots (1570-1585. Held by the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Portrait of three unknown Elizabethan children, one holding a guinea pig by an unknown artist (c.1580). Held in an unknown private collection.
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Quoted texts:
Alison Weir, Henry VIII: King and Court (2011).
David Templeman, The imprisonment of Mary Queen of Scots in Sheffield (1570-1584) (2022).
Account of the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots recorded by Robert Wynkfield.
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Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.
#Tudor #Art #Pets

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@cosgroveshepherd191 3 ай бұрын

Can't wait for the royal menagerie. Who wouldn't want to be given an elephant as a present!!! 🐘🐘🐘

@MsUltraKawaii 3 ай бұрын

Same! 🦒🦓🐅

@LukeSilverstar1000 3 ай бұрын

Sad that Cardinal Wolsey was the only one who had a cat. 🐈

@louiseoliver3453 3 ай бұрын

The royals have always been dog people

@louiseoliver3453 3 ай бұрын

Though I seem to remember there were a lot of cats at the court of Louis xv in Versailles.

@nessagirl1911 3 ай бұрын

Cats were not really kept as pets back then. They were more considered working animals used to keep house and stores free of mice.

@Lisa_B-S 3 ай бұрын

🐒 If the monkey in the Catherine of Aragon portrait was native to the New World I wonder if it could also have been a subtle reminder of her birth family's influence and power, especially when compared to Anne's more modest one!

@kathyjohnson2043 3 ай бұрын

I wouldn't be surprised if the 'bread' fed to the lap dogs was mixed with large amounts of meat drippings, sauces (gravy) or milk. I don't think they could have survived on bread alone.

@spews1973 3 ай бұрын

That was another good one. Now I'm very much looking forward to the video on the royal menagerie.

@renater.540 3 ай бұрын

So do I

@elizabethdibble5159 3 ай бұрын

@@renater.540 As do I. 🐕

@mariahamilton5305 3 ай бұрын

"NO FARTING GREYHOUNDS!!!" lol

@Paula-Galgo 3 ай бұрын

I have two farting greyhounds, a Spanish hound with three legs, and a cockerpoo .... all rescued

@kathrynmast916 3 ай бұрын

Poor Mary, Queen of Scots and her 🐶dog. 😢 Sidebar, wasn’t disrespectful to be removing her garters? 🦁🐯🐱

@octavianpopescu4776 3 ай бұрын

Yes... about that... it was standard procedure for executioners to keep the clothes of their victims (at least the outer layers) as payment (so in addition to the money they got from the person about to be executed). So... yeah... imagine that the executed queens were then undressed by the executioners and maybe, just left there for a while. They were also horrible at burying their victims. They put Anne Boleyn in an arrows' chest, Jane Grey was left for hours on the scaffold until permission was obtained to bury her. I get that in Anne Boleyn's case a pardon was expected, as everyone thought executing a queen was insane, but didn't they plan beyond that? And I know we're told not to judge the past by the standards of the present, but IDK... some things are just disgustingly barbaric and cruel. It wasn't enough they killed innocent people, they also had to humiliate their victims afterwards. They don't show you this stuff in films.

@--enyo-- 3 ай бұрын

I was wondering the same!

@julzy3 3 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this one and definitely would be interested in learning more about the working animals, especially horses . There were destriers & hunters & palfreys, that I know exist or existed. Poor little terrier of Mary, Queen of Scots. 🐒😺

@nancytestani1470 3 ай бұрын

Me too. Been asking that..about Henry’s horses. Did he keep a stud. Did he have a favourite. About the courtiers, did they have favourites. Lap dogs, who bred them. What breeds were started then.

@nichola607 3 ай бұрын

Pets and Tudors!! What's not to love? 💕

@AAD2698 3 ай бұрын

Oh please. Both working and the exotic beasts!

@traceyu6213 3 ай бұрын

I would love a video on Henry VIII’s horses. Did he have a favorite hunting horse? Jousting horse? Did he ride whatever was available while traveling? Who pulled the royal carriages?

@michelleshephard9690 3 ай бұрын

Yes, I am intrigued too

@tessat338 3 ай бұрын

Carriages weren't really so much of a big thing for royalty then. They weren't sprung like 18th and 19th century carriages and so were really jolting and uncomfortable to ride in, especially over a long distance. They were more like wagons. While traveling, most people in the court rode horses or rode in litters, a sort of chair slung on poles between two horses.

@j.s.walker3656 3 ай бұрын

Awww, poor Mary and her little dog 😢 also, the idea of owning a monkey as a pet terrifies me😨

@virginia3222 3 ай бұрын

They had small monkeys, not chimpanzees. But you’re right - they make terrible pets. They don’t need or want domestication.

@--enyo-- 3 ай бұрын

Why were they pulling off her garters? A bit weird.

@teresawelter7530 3 ай бұрын

There is a really funny video on KZfaq called "My Grandpa made Monkeys Illegal in Sweden". In a nutshell why monkeys are not meant to be pets...

@Kaylee-Renee 3 ай бұрын

As babies spider monkey's are cute and alot of fun but that doesn't last once they go through puberty. My friend lived with the owner of a wild life sanctuary and a wee spider monkey was rejected by it's mother and the other spider monkeys so they hand raised him. He was adorable and would ride on the dogs back between the sanctuary and their house up the hill. One he was old enough he would be reintroduce with other spider monkeys. I can see why people think they would be wonderful pets because at the start they are if you understand how to care for them but few people think about the future and how unpredictable a monkey can be. As much as I loved the times I spent with little tooku I'm glad the goal was always reunion and not domestication as a pet.

@mellie4174 3 ай бұрын

I had one. It's like having a toddler but one that can literally climb the walls, furniture and curtains

@Lionstar16 3 ай бұрын

It warms the heart to know that Tudor royalty loved their pets as much as we do.

@sapphireseptember 3 ай бұрын

That's definitely a guinea pig! I love piggies, they're my favourite! 🐹🧡

@prettypic444 2 ай бұрын

This is DEFINITELY a topic I could watch MULTIPLE videos on. I think the video on diplomatic animals would be especially interesting! And also, Tudor doggy dress sounds ADORABLE. Mary QoS’ dog is SO SAD though!!!😭🐶🐵🐕

@madiantin 3 ай бұрын

18:11 "Beautiful Plumage" "Plumage don't enter into it!"

@dorian4534 3 ай бұрын

I would love a video on the menagerie! 😻

@teressagriffin1096 3 ай бұрын

Thank you, very interesting. Looking forward to the Royal Menagerie.🐎🐎

@LadybugPrinzess 3 ай бұрын

More Tudor pets are always welcome ❤

@historybuff7491 3 ай бұрын

I like the ferrets in paintings...but I do not want one for my own.

@gaylesuggs8523 3 ай бұрын

I would also be interested in working animals. Basically, I'm interested in any video you release - they are always wonderful. Many thanks. 😺🐕🐹 Oh, and I've also found your weekly emails to be much more reliable at notifying me about your videos than KZfaq has been.

@lillianmcgrew217 3 ай бұрын

I am glad that they loved their animals

@michelleshephard9690 3 ай бұрын

🐶 I would love to learn about the working animals please...I really enjoyed this video thank you 🐾

@molnotmole3428 3 ай бұрын

🐶 Miss my old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, love the pupper history!

@jovindsouza3407 3 ай бұрын

I have always wanted to learn about Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard's pet dogs and I was reading The Other Boleyn Girl and The Boleyn Inheritance yesterday which reminded me of them. The books themselves don't make much mention of them, Purkoy's only appearance in The Other Boleyn Girl is a brief mention from one of the 1536 chapters where a character states that "they would have interrogated Purkou the dog if he was still alive!". Reading that really reignited my interest in this subject, so this video is perfectly timed!

@AmberWatson-1921 3 ай бұрын

It has been a long time since I've been really excited for a video to come out. This, ma'am, is that long-awaited video! ❤❤❤

@user3640 3 ай бұрын

Hi Dr. Kat. I hope that you are well. With Spring in the air, I was wondering if you could do a video on Royal gardens. I think it would be a fun topic, and appropriate as the flowers are starting to bloom. Thank you again for all your videos.

@user-qr9dn6lf3l 3 ай бұрын

🐒🐈🐶🦁🐘 a video on the Royal Menagerie would be much appreciated. 😊

@gingersnap7822 3 ай бұрын

I would love videos on working animals and the royal menagerie!!

@yvonnehook275 3 ай бұрын

Wonderful video today! 🐶🐱🐒

@Michelle-Loves-Books 3 ай бұрын

Fascinating, especially hearing about the way animals (like Purkoy) were used as a form of currency amongst courtiers. Thanks for this; I'd love a video on the royal managerie.

@roslynholcomb 3 ай бұрын

It’s fascinating to me that celebrities and their little lapdogs have been a thing for 500 years. 😂

@helenbell8941 3 ай бұрын

🐈 Love your work Dr Kat. I'd be excited to hear what was in the royal menagerie over its time!

@danielsantiagourtado3430 3 ай бұрын

Love your content! Can't wait ❤❤❤❤❤

@debcarroll8192 3 ай бұрын

I would love to see a video on the royal menagerie. Thanks!

@theresalaux5655 3 ай бұрын

Yes a video on their working beasts, horses oxen etc would be great!🐈‍⬛🦌🐐🦙🐿

@michaelkoeiman5661 3 ай бұрын

🐩 thoroughly loved this video. Please do bring on the further videos of the working animals and beasts (and birds) of the royal menagerie!

@pennyatkinson5740 3 ай бұрын

Interesting video! Thanks Dr Kat !

@BeeKool__113 3 ай бұрын

Very cool video, Dr.Kat!! I am absolute huge animal lover. My family is American Midwestern Irish Catholic and my confirmation name when I was a practicing Catholic is Francis Lucille after Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Lucille respectively. Francis is the patron Saint of animals and those who care for them. I myself have adopted many dogs and cats throughout my lifetime. They're very special little beings whom I love very much and provided me with much joy, comfort, companionship and the deepest love. ❤ Where I reside now in my beachy town in Florida, I am apart of an organization that helps to feed, provide medical care and hopefully a loving and happy home to many of our feral cat population. There are so many colonies of cats on the island. 🌴🐈‍⬛🐱🐈❤ This was such a fascinating video on a topic near and dear to my heart. I would love hear another video on more animals in history. ❤🦜🐒🐈🐕👑🐕🐈🐒🦜❤

@cmcg9035 3 ай бұрын

Yes, more animals! I love how Catherine of Aragon's monkey reminds me of Frida Kahlo's self portraits w/ her spider monkey. 🐒🐶🐱

@maaves1 3 ай бұрын

🐈 Lovely video and as always very well told! I vote for both videos, the menagerie of the royals and working animals.💕

@Myke_OBrien 3 ай бұрын

Brava! Fascinating as always. I would love to see a video about the working animals. 🦮

@Medwards426 3 ай бұрын

Very interesting! Love the “everyday” history! 😻😻

@TheseHomeMoviesOfMine 3 ай бұрын

Very interesting! More animal tales would be also very interesting! 🎉❤👍🐕

@starrywizdom 3 ай бұрын

🐕🐈‍⬛🐇🐦🐒 Goodness, those Tudor-era courts must have been much noisier & smellier even than I've been imagining!

@user-yi7mg5ig6l 3 ай бұрын

I’m always excited for Friday & my “Dr. Kat time” to find what interesting subject or person you have to tell us about. I learn from you each week!

@theclassicso8094 3 ай бұрын

Great video on the pets at court. 🐕‍🦺

@NetuManikkya-ro1zc 3 ай бұрын

I love your videos can you do one on Mary Queen of Scots please

@samwisewiththetats 3 ай бұрын

She's got several, but it NEVER gets old. I could ALSO watch and learn things about her all. Day. Long.

@joshuafess4295 3 ай бұрын

Man they knew how to throw shade so much better back then, than we do today a dog name Gardener dressed in ecclesiastical attire 😅😂 ouch

@vg6369 3 ай бұрын

Dogs for me ..🐩🐈‍⬛.. Thanks Dr Kat .

@rycoli 3 ай бұрын

Love this look at Tudor pets 🐕 🙈 🦢

@terrilynnnoss6993 3 ай бұрын

🐈🐕 and. 👑 A perfect combination!

@rosevale3218 3 ай бұрын

The Royal Menagerie sounds like it would be enjoyable. Even the working animals would be of interest. 😺😻😸

@debbiev4455 3 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this! I never considered the possible symbolism in the portraits .

@DavidandMargoSears 3 ай бұрын

Yay fur babies! 🐈‍⬛🧡

@mikalbell8125 3 ай бұрын

The idea of a video on working animals is an exciting one. The video on the royal menagerie would be interesting too, though I expect it might get a little depressing.

@LadybugPrinzess 3 ай бұрын

I've been waiting excitedly for this video 🎉

@cynthiapena1141 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great content! 🐶

@NannaVildeJensen-qr5sh 3 ай бұрын

Wonderful video, as always ❤

@karenkorab8269 3 ай бұрын

Fascinating and fun, as always!🐩

@elfprincessplume2515 3 ай бұрын

I would love both of those videos!

@robynw6307 3 ай бұрын

Would love to see the two "potential future videos". Anything about the history of animals living with/working for/farmed by humans is fascinating.

@marcyaskins1360 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Dr Kat for your educational content!

@johngriffith182 3 ай бұрын

Enjoying your videos so much! I think we take our modern relationships with animals for granted, and often forget that animals played different roles over the centuries. My favorites are the 🐳and 🦍

@lachlanwhybird-capern2676 3 ай бұрын

🦮🐹Fantastic video as always!!!

@garyjohnson9353 3 ай бұрын

I always get a chuckle out of the fact that the Duchess of Suffolk named her dog after Gardiner. The Duchess could get real sassy couldn't she? I would love videos on both the royal menagerie and working animals. 🐶

@rl3293 3 ай бұрын

You make the Tudors come alive. Thank you 😊 ❤

@cindchan 3 ай бұрын

Guinea pigs!! That's what I have! Interesting to see what other pets people have. 🐒🐦

@Tomanomanous 3 ай бұрын

Recently came across your KZfaq channel and absolutely love your videos!! They really give more insight into the intrigues and intricacies of court life in past times and are a joy as a fellow history lover. Instant subscribe! 😊

@tessinman 3 ай бұрын

🐮🐖🐴🦌🐈🐫🐍🦕I would love to hear more about working animals, as well as other types of work people did.

@chellebelle8902 3 ай бұрын

I would definitely enjoy a video on the royal menagerie. 🐱🐒🦮

@akitachow 3 ай бұрын

Very interesting video. Although I have been an active fan of the Tudor period much of my life, I did not know very much about the situation with companion animals. Or animals at court, in general. I did understand that there were multiple roaming dogs kept in palaces to eat certain leftovers, and to keep the area clean of food that had been thrown on the ground.

@Sharon-yl2et 3 ай бұрын

Honestly, I'm down for any historical animals. I feel like that often gets missed. 🦁🐎

@thebanditking8502 3 ай бұрын

amazing as always. would love to see the video on working beasts

@debbralehrman5957 3 ай бұрын

Thanks that was very interesting.💕💕💕 Yes I would also be interested in the other Animals.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@amelitalarson3702 3 ай бұрын

I would love a video on working animals! Thank you for this video!

@neko-chan6145 3 ай бұрын

great title! looking forward to it

@bonnieskilton3247 3 ай бұрын

Always have a look see when Dr. Kat makes a new video. 👍🏼

@ScarfLore 3 ай бұрын

What a lovely video! Thank you for sharing this! Is there any record of older royal houses having (named) pets? Would you mind making a video of the working animals and the menagerie? I watched this video with my own dog snoring in the background so I had to turn up the volume up😅

@ladonnaadam5014 3 ай бұрын

I love to hear more about the animals!🐒🐕

@mmcleod8148 3 ай бұрын

😺🐶 Pets make royals seem more human and if only in this one instance like us.

@alanaw27 3 ай бұрын

Enjoyed this video. 😽🐶 thanks.

@sueamos3860 3 ай бұрын

Great video

@lucieramirez1378 3 ай бұрын

My dog is a Chihuahua, Mary would have loved her. Thank you for your wonderful presentation!🎉❤

@SpyderQueen1988 3 ай бұрын

I'm fascinated by the menagerie and would love a video on this! 🦁

@OcarinaSapphr- 3 ай бұрын

Would be stoked to see a follow up, with the 'working animals' & the Royal menagerie -- the Tudors & Stuarts were crazy-fond of hawking & hunting; I read that Elizabeth hunted every other day - also, that while aristocrats & royalty could hunt ahorse, the middling affluent merchant folks & 'new-money'-types, like Shakespeare (son of a prosperous glover) could only hunt on foot...

@jantoms6332 3 ай бұрын

Loved this! Thank you Dr Kat 😺. Royal Menagerie please🦁🐯🦓🐻😃

@kitiyana 2 ай бұрын

Yes please! Any video on the animals are so interesting and give very unusual insights into the court life. 🐕‍🦺🐕🕊🐾

@nobody1k 3 ай бұрын

So enjoyed this video! 🐈👑🐒🐎🐶🐹🐦

@Felidae-ts9wp 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Dr. Kat. 🐾🐒🐕🐹

@stas61690 3 ай бұрын

I always think pet names are fascinating. Thanks for sharing this! 🐕

@Kristine709 3 ай бұрын

🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒 wonderful video! I would love more animal videos!

@nancydunkel7223 3 ай бұрын

I would enjoy watching videos on the working animals and the menagerie of exotic animals kept in a zoo during the Tudor dynasty. Thank you.

@Nonakle1 3 ай бұрын

Your take on working animals would be great

@marilarus 3 ай бұрын

I love the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel breed and I have one. Hope to see Charles I and Charles II mentioned sometime about their love of the breed; I believe this spaniel is the only one allowed in Parliament. Love your content!🐕

@steelerbear 3 ай бұрын

I would absolutely love to learn more about the royal menagerie! And as a cat lover, it would be supremely intriguing to know more about cats in the royal household -- we know Cardinal Wolsey had one, but my understanding is that they weren't a common pet. Oh, and please research foxes, too. Particularly those named Robin. 😊🐈🦊🦄

@thhseeking 3 ай бұрын

A goldfinch may have lovely plumage, but not as beautiful as a Norwegian Blue 😎 🐈‍⬛

@mtngrl5859 3 ай бұрын

Yes, that would be great to have a video on the Royal Menagerie. As far as pet Monkeys go, they can be quite smelly & can have some disturbing bathroom habits, seems a little prejudicial with respect to larger dogs.