England's First Female Sheriff: Nicholaa de la Haye

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🗓️ 28 July 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Nicholaa de la Haye’s strength and tenacity saved England at one of the lowest points in its history.

She remained loyal to King John to the very end, even after most of his knights and barons had deserted him. She stood firm during a siege at Lincoln Castle - where she was constable - that lasted more than three months, holding off the English rebel barons and their French allies. A truly remarkable woman, Nicholaa was the first woman to be appointed sheriff of Lincolnshire by King John, shortly before he died.

In this episode of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis talks to Sharon Bennett Connolly, whose new book King John’s Right Hand Lady tells the extraordinary story of Nicholaa de la Haye.

This episode was produced by Rob Weinberg.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Gone Medieval from History Hit.
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0:12.4	And if you're an Apple listener, you can subscribe for new add free episodes within the app.
0:22.8	Welcome to this episode of Gone Medieval, I'm Matt Lewis.
0:25.5	Today's guest was last here to talk to us about the Warren family.
0:29.2	Sharon Bennett Connolly is back to explore the life of a truly fascinating medieval woman.
0:34.4	If you know your early 13th century history or if you live around Lincoln, you may know
0:39.0	of Nicola Delahay.
0:40.8	Whether you've heard of her or not, Sharon's new biography of this trailblazer is out
0:45.3	now so you can learn all there is to know.
0:47.9	The title King John's right-hand lady only makes this an even more interesting story for
0:52.6	me.
0:53.6	Welcome back to Gone Medieval, Sharon.
0:54.6	Thank you, Matthew.
0:55.6	Thanks for having me.
0:56.6	It's wonderful to have you back and to talk about someone so utterly fascinating as well.
1:00.6	As I say, even if people haven't heard of her before, they're in for a shock and if
1:03.8	people do know a little bit about her, I think they'll be intrigued to learn a bit more
1:08.5	about a fascinating character.
1:11.1	So to kick us off with, can you tell us what we know about Nicola's family background?
1:15.9	Where are her family from?
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