97 Above all Princes of his Age

The History of England

David Crowther

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

4.8 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2013

⏱️ 33 minutes

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In 1330 a group of Edward's friends gathered together at the foot of the rock on which Nottingham castle stands. They had learnt of a secret passage that led to Mortimer's private chambers, and were looking to free their lord from Mortimer's fierce grip. This week, then, the start of Edward's majority, a survey of how history has treated Edward, and a few of the Chroniclers we will talk about.

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0:20.0	It's the evening of the 19th of October 1330.
0:30.0	We're in Nottingham,
0:32.0	and in the dark of the evening,
0:34.0	the darker mass of the castle rises huge,
0:37.0	grey and threatening on the granite of Nottingham's rock.
0:41.0	In the gathering gloom,
0:43.0	a very careful observer might notice some movement at the base of the rock.
0:49.0	If you looked even closer,
0:51.0	he would see a group of 24 young men gathering in the dark.
0:56.0	He might have noticed that they were clearly nobleman rich and well-clothed.
1:00.0	At this point,
1:02.0	our observer would in all likelihood have drawn his hood around his face
1:06.0	and hurried off homeless bastards he could make it.
1:09.0	The young men were wearing swords.
1:15.0	There was a mixture of excitement,
1:17.0	anticipation, determination and fear in the air.
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