Season 7 | 6. The Traitors

This is History: A Dynasty to Die For

Sony Music

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Richard sends his favourites scrambling. One tries to flee disguised as a chicken salesman, while another counts himself lucky for knowing how to swim. The Appellants want to depose Richard, but will they get their chance? To hear about the last time a Plantagenet King was deposed, listen to season five, episode eleven to learn more about how Edward II was knocked off of his perch… by his wife. You can find all of that and more on our Patreon, where you can become one of Dan’s ROYAL FAVOURITES. You can vote on future episode topics, chat with fellow favourites, and be in the running to win prizes. We’d love to see you there: patreon.com/thisishistory A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Presented by Dan Jones Producer - Alan Weedon Senior Producer - Dominic Tyerman Executive Producer - Simon Poole Production Manager - Jen Mistri Production coordinator - Eric Ryan Sound Design and Mixing - Amber Devereux Head of content - Chris Skinner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Before we get started, just a reminder that you now have the opportunity to become a royal favourite subscriber on our new Patreon.
0:08.0	It gives you all the benefits of a regular subscription with additional perks.
0:12.0	Like the chance to vote on future episode topics, indulge in some court gossip on our official chat rooms,
0:19.0	and be in the running for prizes. I am your benevolent
0:23.3	king after all. Head to patreon.com forward slash this is history to become a royal favourite. Now,
0:30.6	on to the episode. Robert Devere pants as he splashes blindly through the river shallows.
0:44.9	Thick fog hangs around him.
0:47.8	Through it, he hears the yells and screams of men fighting with swords, bows and arrows and pikes.
0:57.0	His heart pounds as he runs. His feet are soaked and freezing. His abandoned horse is whinny. But riding blind in weather
1:05.5	like this is just too dangerous. There's a whistle and a thud as an arrow passes just above his head and lodges in a tree.
1:15.6	Devere jumps but keeps splashing onwards.
1:19.6	Here in Oxfordshire the Thames isn't as wide and deep as downriver in London,
1:23.6	but he's cut off from the only bridge for miles. He needs to find a shallow crossing.
1:31.3	Only, as well as being foggy, it's now getting dark.
1:37.3	It's the week before Christmas 1387 and night falls early.
1:42.3	Devere curses. He has to keep moving what he's done for.
1:48.2	Behind him, he can hear shouts and footsteps. Panic grips him. They're onto him.
1:56.4	The men chasing Devere are led by King Richard II's cousin, Henry Bollingbrook.
2:02.1	At 20 years old, Bollingbrook is one of the best warriors in the realm.
2:06.9	Last month, he joined a powerful aristocratic rebellion against the king.
2:12.6	The aim of the rebels is to sweep Devere and other royal favourites out of power. Devere knows that if
2:20.0	Bolingbrook catches him, he's cooked. The yells get closer. Devere can see torchlight in the
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