Tudoriferous

Cameo 54 - Friar Diego Fernandez

Catherine of Aragon's controlling and narcissistic confessor.  Between him and Dona Elvira the poor girl didn't stand a chance.

 

Relevant Episodes - Cameo 13 - Elvira Manuel | Tudoriferous

Torn Between Two Fathers | Tudoriferous

 

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The Yeomen of the Guard

Created by Henry VII as his bodyguard, who were they, what did they do and what did they wear while they did it?

The Cloth of Gold picture we discuss is on our website.

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Cameo 53 - John Blanke

'The black trumpet'.  Very good at his 'blowings and pipings'.

 

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Cameo 52 - Bartholemew Chasseneuz

The French lawyer and his most notorious case.

The Welsh Connection

Wales was central both to the Wars of the Roses and to Henry's usurpation/justified taking of the throne.  We revisit some old friends - Jasper Tudor, Catherine de Valois with her dodgy coffin and Mr. Tiptoft.

 

Relevant Episodes - S1 - 066 - Rhys ap Thomas | Tudoriferous

S1 - 003 - Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford and Earl of Pembroke | Tudoriferous

 

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S1 - 044 - Rhys ap Thomas

I'll make him an offer he can't refuse, bach.

 

Related Episodes - S1 - 003 - Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford and Earl of Pembroke | Tudoriferous

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4th Anniversary Episode - Q and As.

We answer questions sent in by our Patreon members.  So if you want to know definitively - Arthur and Catherine, did they or didn't they? - listen in.

 

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Cameo 51 - Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent

A life lesson in what happens if you put your trust in Dudley and Empson.

 

Relevant Episodes - S1 - 011 Edmund Dudley | Tudoriferous

S1 - 013 - Sir Richard Empson | Tudoriferous

 

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Cameo 50 - Lorenzo's Giraffe

How can I appear more princely?  A lion?  No, old news.  I know.....

Relevant Episode - Cameo 25 - Prince Djem | Tudoriferous

 

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The Rise and Fall of the Medici Bank

Some fascinating facts about banking and money and a warning against ever lending money to men called Edward.

 

Relevant Episode - Roman Emperors: Totalus Rankium Podcast - 170 John VIII | Free Listening on Podbean App

 

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Cameo 49 - Alexander Symson

It's Symson, Alexander Symson.  Master spy.

S1 - 043 - John Paston - Part Two

Sir John Fastolf very kindly gave John Paston all his property on his death bed. 

Does this prove to be a poison chalice?  Tiny clue......Yes!

 

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S1 - 043 - John Paston - Part One

We were a bit scathing about John when we did Margaret's episode.  Were we right or did we malign him?

 

Relevant Episode - Cameo 39 - Margaret Paston | Tudoriferous

 

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Cameo 48 - Trithemius

Abbot, writer, monastic reformer, Maximilian's demonologist, historian and steganographer, but not magician.  Definitely not magician.  Got that?

 

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Henry's Millions

Is it even remotely possible that Henry VII left his son over a million pounds?  And if he did, surely Henry VIII couldn't have spent it all in the first few years of his reign.