Hello everyone and welcome to the History of England episode 331 Captain

in Pouch. First of all, an apology. Since Barbara caught me with my fingers in the

till of guessing and not checking. It's about Christopher Piggett MP's remark last time

that the Scots hadn't let any of their kings die in their beds. And I was correct in saying

that Piggett was in fact stretching a point, but rather wrong in the detail. So here is

the situation. James I of Scotland was assassinated in a sewer in 1437. So Tick, he gets a

Piggett point. James II, though, was killed by exploding artillery, so no Piggett points.

James III was killed in battle with his son, so Tick, he gets a Piggett point. James IV

died at the Lodden, killed by the English unfortunately, and James V it was that

died of disappointment after losing the Battle of Solway Moss. So actually James IV, James

V, get reverse Piggett points, leaving us with a net score of zero Piggett points. I hope

that's cleared things up. Now we were talking, I believe, a couple of episodes to go about

Robert Cecil and about Libles, an aspect of the growing public space and culture. And

I think we also talked about the fact that James I and VI covered Burley's grand mansion

at Tibbles and persuaded his son to swap Tibbles for the much smaller Hatfield House. I can't

be entirely sure that Pissuaded is the correct word, but it'll have to do for the moment.

Anyway, there's a libel that ties these things together and also introduces us to the subject

of today's episode. And here is a bit of it, it's rumored to have been written by Walter

Rally. Yes, that Walter Rally.

Here lies Throne for the Worms to Eat, Little Bossy Robin that was so great. Not Robin

Goodfellow, nor Robin Hood, but Robin, the encloser of Hatfield Wood.

When Little Robin Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, arrived at his new property of Hatfield, he

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