Wars of the Roses: Jack Cade's Rebellion Explained

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🗓️ 18 July 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

It’s one of the most dramatic stories you might never have heard. Featuring a seaborne assassination, a vengeful manhunt and London Bridge in flames, the rebellion of Jack Cade in 1450 shook the English Crown to its very core, and lit the spark that began the Wars of the Roses.

In today’s episode of Gone Medieval Matt responds to a listener suggestion from Brett Fancy, unpacking and explaining how Cade went from an ordinary man to the leader of a 47,000 strong popular uprising. It is a thrilling and intriguing tale about a man who set not just London, but all of England on fire.

This episode was produced by Elena Guthrie and mixed by Joseph Knight

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0:00.0	Welcome to Gone Medieval from HistoryHit. To listen to all of our episodes,
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0:13.4	you can subscribe for new, add free episodes within the app.
0:23.1	Welcome to this episode of Gone Medieval, I'm Matt Lewis. And it's just me again today.
0:27.6	Well, not quite. We had a listener request to cover something
0:31.1	right in my historical sweet spot. Here's Breath to explain what he asked for and why,
0:36.2	and then I'll be back with one of the most dramatic stories you might never have heard.
0:40.8	Hi, Matt. My name is Brett Fancy. I'm an actor and listener of the Gone Medieval podcast.
0:47.2	I'm a big fan of the series, particularly the three special episodes on the War of the Roses.
0:52.3	And I'd love it if you were able to do a more detailed episode on the little known,
0:56.5	but important person of Jack Cade, a man who in 1450 led a popular uprising of 30,000
1:04.0	against the government of Henry VI, an event which many see as the possible precursor to the
1:09.6	War of the Roses. This is a subject that you, Matt, know all about. So, what is the best version of
1:19.6	events? Who really was Jack Cade? Could you share the latest discoveries and opinions
1:27.5	about this fascinating character in period in British history?
1:33.1	Well, Brett, I'm more than happy to oblige. I don't need very much excuse to talk about the
1:37.5	period of the Wars of the Roses, and it just so happens I'm actually writing a novel about Jack
1:41.9	Cade at the moment, so he's right there at the forefront of my mind. So let's dive in to this
1:47.9	tumultuous episode in British history.
2:05.7	1450 was a tough year for King Henry VI and for England. It began badly and got worse as the
2:13.4	weeks went by. The summer would see one of the most incredible but little known moments in English
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