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

I am your host, Heather Tusco, 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.

Today we are focusing on a fascinating figure who found himself at the heart of a royal conspiracy, Henry Courtney.

As we delve into his rise to favor, his entanglement in the perilous politics of the time

and his tragic downfall, we will also explore the Exeter conspiracy, a plot that shook the

foundations of the Tudor dynasty. It also kind of led to Margaret Pohl being executed. It was kind of the thing

that swirled around causing all that to happen. So we're going to talk about that. Before we get

started, though, your reminder about TudorCon. TudorCon streaming tickets are available if you

can't come to Pennsylvania in person. You can come online. Three days

of talks. We've got some wonderful talks planned, as well as some extra bonuses for streamers.

Oh, and one thing you will get, all of the talks will be broadcast live and there'll be a chat

so you can ask questions of the speakers. You'll also get the recordings and the transcripts and lots of extra bonuses,

like a digital goodie bag filled with ebooks and all kinds of cool stuff.

And some extra talks and extra things, extra entertainment,

just for the streaming ticket folks. So you can get all the details

at Englandcast.com slash tudercon online, Englandcast.com slash tutorcon online to learn more about

that. And also enter the code Early Bird to save $10 off of your ticket. Again, enter the code earlybird at Englandcast.com slash TudorCon online.

I also want to thank my newest patron, Cheyenne.

So thank you so much, Cheyenne.

And patrons have been getting a lot of new content

that's just for patrons over the past couple of weeks. There was a tour of Covent

Garden in Soho during the Tudor period. There's a tour of Tudor Oxford. This week they're getting,

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