Hello everyone and welcome to the History England Podcast episode 191, The Rain of

Rich of the Third. I have mentioned the Agora Podcast Network many times and this month's

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Now then last time before all the excitement of the prize draw, we heard about the rebellion

of 1483, often referred to as Buckingham's Rebellion. But to be honest, maybe it should be called

Margaret Boffat's Rebellion since it was well underway before Morton persuaded Buckingham

to take part. But what about the rebels? And what about the consequences of the rebellion?

Buckingham had fled for hiding when his army fell to pieces on the 15th of October, with

just one servant Ralph Bannister. Now Ralph was clearly a canny lad with an accurate

understanding of the difference between the buttored and the unbuttered side of bread.

And before you could say butto knife, he'd tipped the wink to the sheriff. Buckingham

was taking to King Richard at Salisbury, and he begged to see the king, he begged to see

his old friend, all the while bravely pouring out the names of the men who'd been accomplices

with him in rebellion. But Richard was having none of it, and Richard would not see him.

And therefore, in the market square in Salisbury Buckingham was executed his head struck from

his body, his final resting place unknown. Interestingly, his son was to later claim that

his father had a knife with him, to take his revenge upon Richard, but the truth will

never know. Now Margaret Beaufort had been caught bang to rights, red-handed, fingers in

the till, exposed for the determined schemer that she was. But it took the far less fastedious

tutors to introduce the practice of executing women. The medieval tradition was still very

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