Welcome to the British History Podcast. My name is Jamie, and this is episode 475, The Fall of Mowbray.

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Night fell, and gradually, everything within Bamberra and the Malvoisin went quiet.

Sure, there were the occasional patrols and the occasional muffled voice as two people shared a moment

or simply tried to keep themselves awake while on watch.

But for the most part, there was no

sound except for the waves lapping against the shore. It was time. King Rufus had taken most of

his army to Wales, and the walls were now only lightly watched. So this was their best chance to make their escape.

So Robert de Mowbray, along with 30 knights, snuck out of the Postern Gate of Bamberra.

Now keep in mind, we're talking about 31 men carrying arms and armor, and they were moving along uneven terrain and stone

paths. And while I am sure that they were doing their best to be quiet, and I'm sure they were

trying to take advantage of the ambient noise from the sea, there's only so much you could do in that

situation. If Robert wanted to save his skin, he should have gone alone,

but he was too ambitious to be satisfied with just being alive.

He wanted to retake Newcastle, and to do that, he'd need his boys.

So he took the chance, and he went went for it and it must have been absolutely

nerve-wracking. But after an agonizing journey out of the fortress where every clank must have

rang in their ears like a siren, they finally reached the water where they boarded a small boat

and cast off. And now that they were on the water, floating on the water, where they boarded a small boat and cast off.

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