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    Hawkwood 12 In Service of the Pope - Members Only

      Hawkwood’s reputation, already riding high from recent victories when he met the Visconti at Montechiari. But soon afterwards, a change in Gregory XI’s policy would  turn the political situationRead More

    Hawkwood Omnibus 3 EPs 10-12 - Members Only

    Between 1368 and 1375, Hawkwood’s reputation and bargaining power was greatly enhanced. He was becoming a recognised player in Italian politics

    JH11 Rising Star - Members Only

    A matter of honour and professional pride? Or a contract negotiation? One of Hawkwood’s greatest victories appears not to ease relationships with the Visconti  

    Hawkwood 10 Cascina 2.0 - Members Only

      A wedding, and a return to the scene of his greatest defeat as an independent captain – to Cascina. Would history repeat itself?

    Hawkwood 9 Against the World - Members Only

      1365-7 were confused years for Hawkwood without a consistent employer, and faced with the Papal anti mercenary league of Urban V – as well as picking up some payRead More

    Hawkwood Omnibus 2 EPs 7-9 - Members Only

    From 1364 Hawkwood’s status would grow, becoming an untitled head of the English mercenaries in Italy. But his employment was fractured and difficult.

    Hawkwood 8 Cascina - Members Only

    In 1364, Hawkwood received his full command,and took the Pisan armies out to face the opponents at Florence. The results would be …mixed. Good in parts. Could do better.  

    Hawkwood 7 Pisa - Members Only

    In 1363, Sterz and Hawkwood’s efforts helped bring the Visconti to a reluctant and truculent peace. Ironically they’d just done themselves out of a job. But never mind – theRead More

    Announcing the Members’ Mobile App - Members Only

      Gentle listeners we have produced an app for you so you can find what you want and listen really easily, and listen to the History of England and HiTRead More

    Hawkwood 6 The Vipers of Milan - Members Only

    The Visconti of Milan had risen to power by defeating their local rivals. They constantly sought to use the fabulous wealth of the city to extend their patrimony, often confrontedRead More

    Hawkwood Omnibus 2 EPs 4-6 - Members Only

    The Pope did what many were forced to do with mercenaries – paid them to go away. Sterz took the White Company to northern Italy to fight for Montferrat, andRead More

    Hawkwood 5 A Geographical Expression - Members Only

      The Hawkwood into which Sterz led the White Company in 1361 was a patchwork of loyalties, families, political ambitions and trade wars – and it was rich beyond theRead More

    Hawkwood 4 Go South, Young Man - Members Only

    For 12,000 hardened warriors, Pont St Esprit was the perfect target – owned by the richest man in Christendom, the Pope, and vulnerable. So, a good place to pick upRead More

    Anne and Elizabeth by Leah Garden - Members Only

    A fascinating relationship – what influence did Anne Cleves have when she befriended the young Princess Elizabeth, and did her example shape England’s future? Transcript This article is by LeahRead More

    Hawkwood 3 To War - Members Only

    The way from hearth son to captain of war

    Hawkwood Omnibus 1 EPs 1-3 - Members Only

    John Hawkwood’s reputation, and the little we know about his upbringing and origins, and his introduction to was in the glory days of Edward III

    Hawkwood 2 Sible Hedingham - Members Only

    The life of a hearth son beckoned. But John Hawkwood was not content with the idea.

    Hawkwood 1 Man and Myth - Members Only

    How a Condottiere's reputation has ebbed and flowed

    14th Century Italy with Mike Corradi - Members Only

    What world awaited John Hawkwood in 14th century Italy?

    37b The English at Drink II - Members Only

      The 18th century saw the start of a series of Gin crazes, and the famous English institution of the Pub appears in the 19th century. And we look atRead More

    37a The English at Drink I - Members Only

      ‘Ale doth comfort the heavy and troubled mind’. The story of the English and their drink to the 18th century; a story of nourishment, fellowship and resistance.  

    The History of England Tour 2022 - Members Only

    Gentle listeners – there is news! There will be a History of England Tour in 2022. I know, this long awaited Tour has crashed and burned at the hands ofRead More

    Margaret Omnibus 7 EPs 19-21 - Members Only

      After her son become king, Margaret’s life was transformed and she was able to become the great magnate and princess she felt was her due – as great lord, benefactressRead More

    Margaret 21 Death of a Princess - Members Only

        By 1502 Margaret surely had nothing more to trouble her – her son’s legitimacy assures, heirs in place, status firmly established. But the wheel of Fortune had a fewRead More

    Margaret 20 A Pious Legacy - Members Only

      Margaret’s personal life and charitable activities were dominated by three priorities – piety, social and moral responsibility, and family, in common with many powerful women of the time. OneRead More

    Margaret 19 Magnate - Members Only

      From 1499, Margaret moved her main place of residence to Collyweston in Northamptonshire. Once there, she operated as the king’s agent as a regional magnate, with powers that onRead More

    Sh 36e BCL Modernity and Beyond - Members Only

    The 19th and 20th centuries saw the gradual arrival of universal suffrage and the bogey man – democracy. We look at theories of the British constitution and the once livelyRead More

    Sh 36d BCL Enlightenment and Radicalism - Members Only

      The 18th century saw a sea change in the attitudes towards constitutional reform. Enlightenment ideas drove a desire to define and systematise; and meanwhile the growth of a desireRead More

    MB Omnibus 6 EPs 16-18 - Members Only

        After Bosworth, to the victors, the spoils. Yet while with hindsight we might feel Margaret and her lad had reached a safe harbour – that’s not the wayRead More

    Margaret 18 Securing the Dynasty - Members Only

      The first 15 years of Henry VII’s reign felt as though they were on a knife edge – a stream of rebellions and external threats, a lack of legitimacy.Read More

    Margaret 17 Mother in Law - Members Only

        After the marriage of Elizabeth of York and Henry VII, what sort of role was left for Margaret and how did she fulfill the role of the King’s Mother?Read More

    Margaret 16 Enflushment - Members Only

    1485 marked a watershed in Margaret’s life; though at the time, no one would have been expecting a bowl of cherries    

    Sh 36c BCL Revolutions - Members Only

    It all comes back to the 17th century really. At the start, a king who believes in the absolute divine right of kings, who calls parliament as he requires. AtRead More

    Sh 36b King in Parliament - Members Only

    The 14th to 16th centuries saw the increasingly professionalism of Common law, and the embedding of parliament at the centre of government. Jurists claimed that the people were sovereign, thoughRead More

    Sh 36a British Constitution and Law The Early Middle Ages - Members Only

      We discuss what a Constitution is; and then go in search of one and the development of justice in English Medieval history, from the Anglo Saxons to Edward IIRead More

    MB Omnibus 5 EPs 13-15 - Members Only

      Throughout the reign of Richard III, Margaret sought for ways to unseat the usurper who had acquired the throne of her ancestors and the King in Edward IV withRead More

    Margaret 15 Gamble - Members Only

    The big one – Henry Tudor risks all at Bosworth Field, while Margaret is forced to watch from the sidelines

    Margaret 14 Rebel - Members Only

      In 1483, someone turned Buckingham’s pretty head, and got him thinking about an even brighter future. Margaret Beaufort and Elizabeth Woodville saw that brighter future too.

    Margaret 13 Murderer - Members Only

    In 1483 Margaret had to decide whether to play with  Richard, or try to destroy him. Especially after the Princes were locked in the Tower…what was she to do aboutRead More

    Sh 35 Katherine Swynford with Caitlin Chapman - Members Only

      Katherine Swynford’s life was full of drama. From a relatively lowly background, she became mistress to John of Gaunt, son of Edward III. Through her, descended the Tudor dynasty.Read More

    Margaret 12 Usurpation - Members Only

    The death of Edward IV came as a bit of a shock to England – and to Margaret and her attempts to rehabilitate Henry. But surely, with 2 sons andRead More

    Margaret Omnibus 4 EPs 10-12 - Members Only

      Through the most turbulent times in English politics, Margaret’s hopes fell, rose and fell again until in 1483 her son’s fortunes seemed dangerously threatened by one of the mostRead More

    Margaret 11 Stanley - Members Only

      While Jasper and Henry fled to Brittany, Margaret needed to find herself a husband of suitable status, but also well connected enough to help her protect her son andRead More

    Margaret 10 Thirsty for Human Blood - Members Only

      In 1471 Edward of York’s struggle for the throne of England would come to a conclusion, win or lose. His opponents were powerful – the Kingmaker, Margaret of Anjou, JasperRead More

    Sh 34 John Clare – the Peasant Poet - Members Only

      John Clare was for a while a sensation – a poet who gives us access to nature, and also the lives of England’s villagers and society in a time ofRead More

    Margaret Omnibus 3 EPs 7-9 - Members Only

      Margaret and Henry Stafford made a home at Woking Palace during a time of changing lifestyles which prompted changes to the great houses. Despite a seemingly happy life, the vicissitudesRead More

    Margaret 9 Readeption - Members Only

    Warwick the Kingmaker supreme

    Margaret 8 The Life Domestic - Members Only

    Margaret seems to have fallen on her feet and her marriage from 1458-1471, as far as we can tell, would seem to have been happy and fulfilled, working together onRead More

    Margaret 7 The Great House - Members Only

    The image is of the Great Hall at Haddon Hall. Note the wooden screen in front of the 3 arches, which in turn lay before the Buttery and Pantry, andRead More

    MB Omnibus 2 EPs 4-6 - Members Only

    In an extraordinarily dramatic few years, the painfully young Margaret goes through the events that will shape her life – two marriages and a child.  
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Resources

Family Trees

  • Family Tree: Margaret Beaufort August 1, 2020
  • Family Trees: Succession in Henry VIII’s will November 30, 2018
  • Family Tree: The House of Tudor June 6, 2017
  • The Family de la Pole October 17, 2016
  • Wars of the Roses: Family Trees October 8, 2015
  • Family Trees, 1225 – 1485 July 14, 2012
  • Family Trees: Normandy and the Angevins, 1066 – 1225 May 22, 2011
  • Family Trees: 500-1066 May 1, 2011

Maps

  • Plantation of Ireland to 1641 February 3, 2022
  • Maps of Italy in the time of Hawkwood November 13, 2021
  • Maps: Eleanor of Aquitaine November 25, 2018
  • Scotland in the 10th & 11th Centuries November 5, 2017
  • Sixth Century Scotland April 10, 2017
  • Scotland: Ptolemy’s Tribes of Northern Britain March 4, 2017
  • Scotland: Regions and Topography March 3, 2017
  • Maps: 1471 April 9, 2016
  • Maps:1460-1461 April 9, 2016
  • Maps: 1455 November 4, 2015
  • Maps: 1455 Power bases of the Barons October 10, 2015
  • Animated Maps: The Battle of Agincourt February 8, 2015
  • Animated Maps: The Agincourt Campaign February 8, 2015
  • Maps: 1100 – 1300 Europe August 10, 2014
  • Animated Maps: Crecy 1346: The Battle December 1, 2013
  • Animated Maps: Gascony 1337 – 1342 December 1, 2013
  • Animated Maps: Poitiers 1356, the Campaign December 1, 2013
  • Animated Maps: Poitiers 1356, the Battle December 1, 2013
  • Animated Maps: Crecy 1346: The Campaign August 11, 2013
  • Maps: 1327 – 1453 – The 100 Years War August 11, 2013
  • Maps, 1225 – 1327 June 2, 2012
  • Maps: 1000 – 1225 May 22, 2011
  • Maps: 500 – 1000 May 1, 2011
  • The Burghal Hidage January 19, 2011
  • The Tribal Hidage January 7, 2011

Articles

  • The Times: Right to Roam April 2, 2022
  • Egleton Church, Rutland August 7, 2021
  • Was Edward VI’s Devise for the Succession lawful? December 7, 2018
  • Chaucer, the English and the Sea November 19, 2018
  • Some opinions about Henry VIII July 19, 2018
  • Anne Askew, Martyr and Author June 24, 2018
  • Catherine Howard: Love letter and Confessions April 2, 2018
  • A contemporary view of the Tudor peerage in 1538/9 March 15, 2018
  • Katherine Howard, Countess of Bridgewater March 4, 2018
  • Thomas Cromwell and his reputation January 16, 2018
  • Medieval Castles November 26, 2017
  • Anne Boleyn Website links October 14, 2017
  • The Incident at Grafton September 22, 2017
  • Bishop John Fisher September 15, 2017
  • Thomas More: A very brief history June 29, 2017
  • Henry VIII’s Westminster Tournament 1511 June 5, 2017
  • Medieval tournaments illustrated glossary June 5, 2017
  • St Bartholomew the Great June 3, 2017
  • Henry VIII and his Beard May 13, 2017
  • Cardinal Wolsey and the Historians May 12, 2017
  • Cardinal Wolsey: A Timeline May 12, 2017
  • The Minions of Henry VIII April 28, 2017
  • Pictish Stones April 2, 2017
  • Henry VII’s hatchet men: Empson and Dudley February 25, 2017
  • Early Tudor Court February 5, 2017
  • New Learning: England’s first Humanists January 22, 2017
  • Catherine Gordon and Perkin Warbeck January 8, 2017
  • Medieval Prices and Wages December 14, 2016
  • Mountjoy, Henry VIII’s Humanist Mentor December 10, 2016
  • Fotheringhay December 8, 2016
  • Henry VII and his loyal Councillors November 27, 2016
  • Henry VII and the historians October 31, 2016
  • Henry VII Character and Portraits October 31, 2016
  • The Family de la Pole October 17, 2016
  • The Epitaph and Tomb Henry gave Richard August 29, 2016
  • St Bees August 18, 2016
  • The Fate of the Princes – Suspects August 11, 2016
  • The Fate of the Princes – Evidence August 11, 2016
  • The indispensable John Morton July 17, 2016
  • William Hastings – Victim or player? July 14, 2016
  • Contemporary Sources July 12, 2016
  • Dominic Mancini July 12, 2016
  • Major players in 1483 July 12, 2016
  • History of Richard III by Thomas More July 11, 2016
  • Titulus Regius and Gloucester’s claim to the throne July 9, 2016
  • Polydore Vergil and Historia Anglia July 8, 2016
  • Crowland Chronicle July 5, 2016
  • The 1483 Timeline July 3, 2016
  • Regulation of a Prince’s household and education, 1473 July 2, 2016
  • Leading Families in 1471 June 11, 2016
  • Letter of William de la Pole June 4, 2016
  • The power of propaganda December 12, 2015
  • Loyalty Ladder October 26, 2015
  • The Peerage, 1450-1459 October 26, 2015
  • Some Major Families in 1450 October 3, 2015
  • Livery Badges October 2, 2015
  • Did your ancestor fight in the 100 year war? July 14, 2013
  • Alfred: Asser on the crucial year – 870-871 October 28, 2012
  • The Hundred Ordinance, 939-961 October 27, 2012
  • Treaty of Wedmore, 878-890 October 27, 2012
  • Economic and Social History Charts 1000-1485 September 8, 2012
  • Drawings of Matthew Paris May 5, 2012
  • Heraldy – Arms of the big medieval families May 5, 2012
  • Feast Days in Medieval England April 7, 2012
  • 49a Arrival of the House of Wessex video February 3, 2012
  • The Discovery at St Mary’s Church January 23, 2011
  • The Battle of Brunanburgh January 22, 2011
  • Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians January 9, 2011
  • Origins of the British – a recent study January 2, 2011
  • Sources for Early Anglo Saxon England December 17, 2010

Original Sources

  • The Book of Sports 1633 January 31, 2022
  • Bishop John Fisher’s sermon for Margaret Beaufort’s funeral August 1, 2020
  • Speech of Mary I, 1554 March 15, 2019
  • Robert Kett’s Petition, 1549 September 16, 2018
  • Catherine Howard: Love letter and Confessions April 2, 2018
  • Katherine Howard, Countess of Bridgewater March 4, 2018
  • The Six Articles, 1539 February 1, 2018
  • John Colet and the Convocation of 1512 September 3, 2017
  • Dominic Mancini July 12, 2016
  • Titulus Regius and Gloucester’s claim to the throne July 9, 2016
  • Polydore Vergil and Historia Anglia July 8, 2016
  • Crowland Chronicle July 5, 2016
  • The Last Will of Richard II March 4, 2014
  • The Fieschi Letter May 26, 2013
  • Statute of Winchester 1285 February 4, 2013
  • The Ordinances of 1311 February 4, 2013
  • The Coronation Oath of Edward II, 1308 February 4, 2013
  • Writ of summons to Parliament, 1295 December 4, 2012
  • The Conquest of Wales, 1274-1295 November 17, 2012
  • Alfred: Asser on the crucial year – 870-871 October 28, 2012
  • Asser on the character of Alfred the Great October 28, 2012
  • The Story of Cynewulf, 755 October 28, 2012
  • Selected Laws of Ine, 688-695 October 27, 2012
  • Selected laws of Aethelbert of Kent, 601-604 October 27, 2012
  • Letter of Anselm to Pope Paschal October 27, 2012
  • Eleanor of Aquitaine pleads for the release of her Son, 1193 October 27, 2012
  • The Treaty of Westminster, 1153 October 27, 2012
  • Song against Richard of Cornwall October 27, 2012
  • Description of the Battle of Lewes, 1264 October 27, 2012
  • The Provisions of Westminster, 1259 October 27, 2012
  • The Song of Lewes, 1264 October 27, 2012
  • The Forest Charter, 1217 October 27, 2012
  • The Provisions of Oxford, 1258 October 27, 2012
  • Magna Carta: The Great Charter of Liberties of King John, 1215 October 27, 2012
  • The Assize of Clarendon, 1166 October 27, 2012
  • The Constitutions of Clarendon, 1164 October 27, 2012
  • The Character of Henry II October 27, 2012
  • The Charter of Liberties of Henry II, 1154 October 27, 2012
  • A 12th Century Village October 27, 2012
  • The Charter of Liberties of Stephen October 27, 2012
  • The Charter of Liberties of Henry I, 1100 October 27, 2012
  • The Coronation Oath of King Edgar, 975 October 27, 2012
  • The Hundred Ordinance, 939-961 October 27, 2012
  • Treaty of Wedmore, 878-890 October 27, 2012
  • The Battle of Brunanburgh January 22, 2011
  • The Burghal Hidage January 19, 2011
  • The Tribal Hidage January 7, 2011
  • Sources for Early Anglo Saxon England December 17, 2010

Quiz

  • The Jacobean England is Fun! Quiz March 4, 2022
  • Roundhead or Cavalier Quiz for Members January 22, 2022
  • William the Marshal end of Shedcast Quiz August 16, 2020
  • Lady Jane Grey Quiz November 4, 2018
  • Henry VIII Jumbo Quiz July 22, 2018
  • Thomas Cromwell Quiz (Members) January 17, 2018
  • Christmas Quiz 2017 December 24, 2017
  • Queen Anne Boleyn Quiz October 20, 2017
  • Anne Boleyn Quiz – the Early Years October 13, 2017
  • The Ladybird matching quiz July 14, 2017
  • Thomas More Prize Quiz (Members) July 2, 2017
  • Thomas More Quiz (Non Members) June 29, 2017
  • Tournament Quiz June 18, 2017

Books

  • The Book of Trespass by Nick Hayes October 8, 2021
  • Thomas Cranmer: A Life by Diarmaid MacCulloch March 18, 2019
  • Books for Eleanor of Aquitaine December 2, 2018
  • Thomas Cromwell: A Life by Diarmaid MacCulloch November 13, 2018
  • Young and Damned and Fair by Gareth Russell March 25, 2018
  • Thomas Cromwell by Tracy Borman January 15, 2018
  • Tudors by Peter Ackroyd January 8, 2018
  • Britain after Rome: The Fall and Rise 400-1070 by Robin Fleming July 8, 2017
  • Thomas More (Reputations) by John Guy June 30, 2017
  • The Creation of Anne Boleyn June 22, 2017
  • Books on the Wars of the Roses January 2, 2016
  • Historical Podcasts you might like April 30, 2011
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