Hello and welcome to the Renaissance English History Podcast, a part of the Agora Podcast Network.

I'm your host, Heather Tesco, and I'm a storyteller who makes history accessible because I believe

it's a pathway to understanding who we are,

our place in the universe, and being more deeply in touch with our own humanity.

This is episode 94, Thomas Gresham and the Royal Exchange. I need to do a quick announcement

on the Agora podcast of the month, which is the History of Westeros. So if you love George R.R. Martin, you need to check out this podcast. History of Westeros creates podcasts for those who want to get more out of the story. Check it out at history of Westeros.com. Next up, announcement on the Tudor Planner, as well as the other really super cool items in my shop. People are loving the Tudor Planner this year,

which is the monthly and weekly diary filled with Tudor history. It's wrapped up in a gorgeous

cover that looks like a 16th century illuminated manuscript. And it has all the regular planner things

like a ribbon marker, a pocket, habit tracker, tons of notes space. And the reviews so far are great. I love seeing it. People

posted photos and videos, and it makes me so happy. There's also other really cool stuff in my shop,

like leggings with portraits of the six wives or portraits of Elizabeth. There's some really cool

mugs. There's all kinds of cool stuff. T-shirts with Shakespearean insults. And you can

check out the shop at Tudorfair.com. Tudorfair.com. Finally, I need to thank my patrons. I have

amazing patrons. Thank you to Al, Allison, Amy, Andrea, Annetta, Ashley, Barbara, Char, Christine,

Cynthia, another Cynthia, Elizabeth, Ian, Joanne, Judith,

Y, Candice, Catherine, Kathy with a Y, Kathy with an I, Kaylee, Kiva, Kendra, Lady Anne, A.K. Jessica,

Lara, Olivia Shandor, and Rebecca from Tudor's Dynasty. To find out how you can join this

exclusive list of super awesome

people, head on over to englandcast.com and click on donate and support at the top menu. So today,

I want to talk about shopping because it is that time of the year. And I always like to do a sort of

lighthearted piece around this time of year, because it's just fun. So last year I talked

about makeup and cosmetics and things like that and the year before I talked about fashion. So

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