Okay, welcome to the British History Podcast.

My name is Jamie and this is episode 167, the beginning of the end.

This show is free and independent to remember support and as thanks for helping keep the

community going, I offer members only content, including extra episodes and rough transcripts.

If you're interested in sporting the show and helping us out, you can do so over at the

British History Podcast dot com.

And thank you very much to Rita, Jason and Gustavo for contributing already.

Canadian listeners, did you know that the Magna Carta is in town?

The first stop is that the Canadian Museum of History in Ottawa, but then is moving on

to Winnipeg, Toronto and Edmonton.

You can find out where and when to view it at www.magnacartacanada.ca.

Go check it out and thanks to Member Cindy for giving me a heads up on that.

I'd like to fess up to something.

This episode was hard to write and it's probably why just about everyone else avoids this

era.

While these events are really interesting, it's very hard to find a way to keep you engaged

while we're talking about characters that you've never heard about before.

I mean, I could probably spend an entire episode talking about the types of bacon that Henry

VIII love to eat and you'd be happy to hear it, not just because bacon is awesome, but

also because you already know who Henry VIII was.

But for something like this, with strange names like Wolfred and Cone Wolf, it gets harder.

Covering unknown characters in detail without any context runs the risk of sounding like

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