160 The Fall of Suffolk and Normandy

The History of England

David Crowther

Europe, Queen, England, Medieval, Politics, Royal, History, Parliament, English, King, Modern, Early Modern, Monarchy

4.8 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2015

⏱️ 36 minutes

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By 1445, William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk was clearly Henry's most trusted adviser. He faced a difficult task - to steer a bankrupt nation into the harbor of peace. Avoiding the ship of France trying to sink her on the way in. Would they make it?

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the History of England episode 160, the fall of a royal
0:13.9	servant.
0:14.9	Oh, and France.
0:17.2	Picture the scene ladies and gents.
0:22.2	It's a spring day on the south coast of England, which probably means it's cold and rainy.
0:28.0	Just outside the town of Dover, we're on the beach, at its 1450.
0:33.8	You're walking along the beach, behind you are the famous white cliffs.
0:39.6	The sound of seagulls.
0:42.3	Then ahead of you you see a pole, and by the pole a lump, and as you get closer you can
0:47.1	see the something on top of the pole, and as you get closer still you can see what it
0:50.8	is.
0:51.8	Gaspin' horror, ladies and gentlemen, you gaspin' horror.
0:55.0	It's the grinning, partially decomposed head of a man, crudely stuck on the top of a
0:59.7	pole.
1:01.8	As you get closer still, assuming you haven't legged it by this point, you come on a
1:05.7	headless body laying by its side.
1:08.6	Despite the fact that it lacks a head, it's clearly the body of a man who'd enjoyed the
1:11.7	finer things in life, dressed in the richest of clothes.
1:16.9	As you disappear screaming, you might well be wondering who this unfortunate man was,
1:21.2	how his body came to mislead its head in such an unfortunate manner.
1:25.4	And we will all find out why in this week's episode.
1:29.3	So, let's go back five years to 1445.
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