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Welcome to Noble Blood, a production of I Heart Radio and Grim and Mild from Aaron Mankey.

Listener discretion advised. In 2005, the English Heritage team working on restoring Apthor Paul in Northamptonshire

made a phenomenal discovery. Their job wasn't an easy one, though Apethorp had once been a magnificent

estate that hosted Tudor and Jacobean royalty, over the centuries it had fallen into disrepair.

First, during a period where it was used as a youth detention facility,

and then later when it was purchased, presumably as an investor, a The palace was crumbling and the only reason it even lasted long enough to be protected by the English government

was because of an elderly gardener slash caretaker who continued working without salary to block windows, stop leaks, and chase

away would-be vandals.

When the English Heritage Restoration began, the magnificence of the house slowly became apparent again.

There were centuries old grotesque wall paintings that had been covered in the 18th century and plaster freezes hidden under attic floorboards. But the best discovery was in the chamber that had originally been built in order to accommodate the visits of King James the first.

James the first, also known as James the sixth in Scotland, frequently visited Aethorp.

It was the estate he spent the most time at outside of his own palaces.

And in his bedchamber, the restoring team removed a wall of plaster to uncover a secret passageway.

Passage way that led to the room that would have been occupied by the king's favorite George Villiers, the first

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