Richard III's Mother: Cecily

Gone Medieval

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4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Cecily Neville was the matriarch of the House of York, the mother of two kings of England and an ancestor of every monarch since Henry VIII. Born in the year of Agincourt and at the centre of the Wars of the Roses; Cecily lived through some of the most tumultuous events in medieval English history.

Matt Lewis is joined by Annie Garthwaite to celebrate this often overlooked woman, her dangerous rivals and maybe a little bit of Richard III.

Gone Medieval is presented by Matt Lewis and edited by Ella Blaxill. The producer is Rob Weinberg and the senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.

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0:00.0	The famous five are away on a splendid weekend adventure.
0:03.5	Do we have to go home today?
0:05.5	sighed Anne.
0:06.5	I agree said Dick.
0:08.0	Even Timmy looks sad.
0:09.5	Cheer up everyone.
0:11.5	Beams Julian, I booked long weekend tickets we can return anytime on Monday
0:17.0	Oh you are clever Julian said Anne save over 50% with the long weekend a ticket from Great Western Railway.
0:24.5	Adventures start here.
0:26.0	Selected routes turn supply.
0:27.6	Saving in comparison to an anytime return fare. Hello I'm Matt Lewis. Welcome to Gone Medieval from History Hit, the
0:39.5	podcast that delves into the greatest millennium in human history.
0:43.7	We've got the most intriguing mysteries,
0:46.4	the gob-smacking details and latest groundbreaking research
0:50.4	from the Vikings to the printing press,
0:52.3	from Kings to the popes to the Crusades.
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1:00.0	to find the stories big and small that tell us how we got here.
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1:08.4	Cessily Neville was the matriarch of the House of York, the mother of two kings of England and an ancestor of every monarch since Henry VIII.
1:20.0	She was the wife of my historical mancr Richard Duke of York and mother to my unhealthy
1:26.1	obsession Richard III.
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