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 124. It's a history's

mystery on Perkin Warbeck. Just a very quick reminder that this week, my Indieggogo crowdfunding

campaign for the Tudor planner is ending. So you've got just a few more days until the 7th of June to snag the 2020 Tudor Planner is ending. So you've got just a few more days until the 7th of

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to Tudorplanter.com, which will take you straight to the Indieg Go-Go. So, Tudorplanter.com, or it's in the show notes. So now, Perkin Warbeck. I remember reading Alison Weir's book on The Princes in the Tower, way back in 1997, and over the years, my understanding has deepened each time I read something new about them.

And then when I did a series on Tudor Rebellions, I got caught up with Perkin Warback again.

Then there was that Channel 4 documentary on him a few years ago.

I think it was Channel 4.

And basically, long story short, he and I have been kind of circling and orbiting around each

other for a while now,

and I thought that it was time to do an episode devoted solely to him and the forces at work

with his rebellion.

The first thing is, it's important to remember that we actually don't know for sure what

his name really was.

The information that we have about his childhood comes from a confession extracted through

questionable circumstances before he was executed, and so much of it, including even his name,

should be looked at skeptically. With that said, the information that he gave on family and

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