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The History of England

David Crowther

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

4.8 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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For a couple of years in the mid 1570s Elizabeth nixed proposed exploration projects for fear of Spain. At the same time she was discussing a secret voyage with a select group of Councillors - not west or north this time - but southwards

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by Find My Past, the largest collection of British and Irish records
0:06.6	online, which includes exclusive access to the 1921 census by the way.
0:11.7	Now look here from Lodzivy who love finding out more about your family history and the
0:15.5	times they lived in.
0:16.6	So that inspired me to have a go with Find My Past as well.
0:20.1	The tools really helped to build a family tree, but more than that to build their stories
0:25.6	too, which really was a bit of a hoot.
0:27.7	One ancestor had such a massive falling out with their son that they actually posted
0:31.4	an advert about it in the local paper.
0:34.0	We found this out because Find My Past also has exclusive access to the most renowned
0:38.7	historical databases and the world's largest archive of digitised the British and Irish
0:43.6	newspapers.
0:45.0	Find My Past's technology is a great way to connect people but past and present and
0:49.6	visualise your family story in more detail than ever before.
0:53.4	And I have a special offer for you, just go to FindMyPast.co.uk and you get 25% of selected
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1:02.4	That's FindMyPast.co.uk in the code England.
1:05.3	Good luck everyone and happy hunting.
1:24.6	I still have more podcasts to recommend to all, seriously, I've been doing a lot of lying
1:35.0	around eating bombons and dreaming of far, far away.
1:38.5	This week a shout out for Paul Carrensa and his British broadcasting century, a podcast
1:44.6	about 100 years of BBC and Radio.
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