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The History of England

186 The King is Alive!

The History of England

David Crowther

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

4.86K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2016

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

It was critical that the heir to the throne, the young Edward, was tutored and governed to be brought up to be a successful king - and so Rivers was given the job, in Ludlow on the Welsh borders, and there was time. Then in 1483 the king fell ill.

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to the History of England episode 186.

0:16.2

The King is Alive.

0:18.0

Hurrah!

0:21.6

First of all, just to remind you that I am a proud member of the Agora Podcast Network,

0:26.6

a group of independent-minded folk who like a bit of a cast now and again.

0:32.0

You can find out more at agorapodcastnetwork.com.

0:37.2

This month our featured podcast is The China History Podcast by Christuat, 5,000 years of history

0:44.6

in 30-minute chunks.

0:47.3

You can find Chris at thehistoryofchina.wepress.com

0:52.4

And then another couple of announcements.

0:54.5

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

0:56.3

But I got a lovely note on the website.

0:58.5

Episode 24, would you believe, revolter the elves.

1:02.2

Do any of you even remember who the elves were?

1:05.3

Edwin and Morkar, I think they were called.

1:07.2

Anyway, Alex gently took me to task.

1:10.4

I've talked about quarterising a boil.

1:12.6

Come on.

1:13.6

Obviously, a boil is launched.

1:16.8

Anyway, sorry.

1:18.2

Secondly, and rather more seriously, John tells me that I have consistently referred to

1:23.4

Mary of Burgundy as the daughter of Margaret, Edwin the fourth sister.

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