The Shadow of the Tower - Episode 1

[Music] [Applause] [Music] Henry Tudor by the grace of God King of England and the France Prince of Wales and Lord of Ireland [Applause] do you really think it's true that he's landed yes he tried once before what would he do much towards London and uncle Richard will raise an army and March to meet him being shut up here in Yorkshire it'll be five days before we know what happened we know what will happen disaffected Welshman vanished man riffraff from Brittany with a following like that what chances Henry Tudor got but if Henry Tudor wins and you marry him you'll be Queen whooped how could he he's got no real claim to the throne only his mother's royal descent and that's through a bastard his claim isn't even as good as Warwick's nor is my uncle the King wish Elizabeth I'd like uncle Richard yes you do Edward don't you remember uncle Richard said he'd bring you a hawk when when he comes again let him see him naked let him see King Richard do you think he's dead dead or fled you'll be alright just be thankful you didn't lose a hand what had happened to your shield anyway I dropped it god save us oh there you are I never thought it would be what well such a muddle what did you expect everyone riding along in two straight lines like a tournament no but I thought that'd be more well I mean half the time you don't know what you do me yes I do I mean you don't expect something so confusing to settle who's going to be king of the round it isn't settled yet has he got anyone with him two-minute arms the Lord Chamberlain of England reduce to two minutes arms that yeah brother is more than we manage yes why did he want us to meet him here it isn't safe surely we ought to be getting into sanctuary well plenty enough time for that yet well I hope so Humphrey look the other think I'm not here were you expecting him a lot I sent a message to him I don't know if he got it Thomas how are you I got rather abused my lord what news of the king he's dead we heard he'd escaped he could have we tried to get him away but he saw Henry Tudor in the battle and gallop down to attack you oh that damn temper of his this time it's done for all it's only food here not much the jug of Norfolk's men were billeted here Thomas don't see what the reason yes Hayes Norfolk's dead yes I know how did it happen now God knows no Cumberland held off from Stanley joint shooter the last minute but that wasn't the whole of it as we marched to meet Tudor I'm in Feliway as he marched to meet us men joined him why why did they join him the Lancastrians I can understand that Henry's the last Lancaster owners such as he is but the Yorkists what have they got a game have you ever seen Judas upstairs in the battle a white face fileted fellow he won't last meanwhile we do what we can with King Richard dead I don't see what we can do Stafford explain to your brother that Richard was not the last Yorkist heir to the throne I only meant that what did you mean nothing now be quiet we don't even know where Elizabeth of York is she's in sheriff Hutton castle in Yorkshire Richard fuller they were the Earl of Warwick in prison kept safe we're not interested in her now Richard named the Earl of Lincoln as his heir now Richard's gone Lincoln is our man I think he's dead I'm caught no I found his body by now so we don't know is this what you wanted my lord is that the proclamation my lord Oxford yes prisoners who undertake to keep the King's peace are free to go home Fox put something else in there I'm free to go home with their horses and armor very well-mannered we have no spoiling of those prisoners who submit no my lord we must find out whether Lincoln's alive or dead don't forget Richard named him as his heir I've named him my mother's air too yes he did all her land and money and her property and the crown as well you know uncle as far as I'm concerned he's unlucky on both counts as soon as possible yes we must take possession of the tower yes now those names master sir he means to log today and it is the safest place if we can get there we don't know what we'll find between here and not leave with Lovell still at large why he wasn't in capture yeah levels are dangerous man even Richard used to say sir to the usurper every man is dangerous to the true king no one is Sir Robert Brackenbury oh yeah do you want the Earl of Lincoln included in the act of attainder no not yet so that's the Duke of Northumberland the Earl of Surrey and by count level Northumberland never moved his troops against us no but you're not releasing him no I'm cool not until we find out five who's that sir Robert William have a lord win a bid my lord the owner of Lincoln's escaped job Sir Giles daubeny pursued him but he says he lost him beyond stoked Godin well you're gonna send some troops out to look for him no I must find him I'd horse and discover what he means to do if he means to give us his allegiance he will find us if not we'll never very soon we shouldn't stay here it's tuned into Portsmouth well he might send a troop out to look for us no not that Henry Tudor will need to go straight to London and if he wants to get there safely only don't take his whole army with him what will he do when he gets there a few reactive attainder that makes him in his uncle treasures and parcel new act making us traitors instead Humphrey your brother doesn't like being on the wrong side of the law you think you would marry Elizabeth Tudor yes of course that's the first thing you do give himself a claim to the throne he certainly hasn't got any other cred Lincoln should be here by now unless he's dead or captured I told you I saw him leave the field I sent a message after him he may have submitted by surely he's nothing to gain by it and everything to lose what's that yes Lincoln do we call him your majesty not yet level yes my lord who else is a Humphrey Stafford my lord his brother Tommy sit down my lord Thomas Boston wine oh thank you oh come sir just a little wine what is this place a farm belonging to the abbot Santa a clean cut no you're safe here then the steward was with Richard so you'd be well advised to take sanctuary how about you sir what do you mean [Applause] the true king whoever he may be true about his having language yes Oh who's ended you-know-who Warwick Henry Tudor yeah here we see you know he's miles where is he and uncle Richard I suppose by now the armies might have met thought and it might be all over Henry Tudor dead uncle Richard might have been killed as well no it'll be one or the other strange isn't it we've known his name for so long when his mother was our Guardian she talked about him all the time and yet we've never seen him now I may never know what he was really like I can't understand men fighting for someone they know nothing of they think that's the best kind then they can't be disappointed what do you know of Henry Tudor only that he's completely dominated by his uncle the mad well true Oxford's close to him - I believe yes they stand on either side of him like two gigantic buttresses in the middle a blank it's like building a cathedral I'm forgetting to put in the spy Richard of Gloucester had his force but at least he was a king and not a nothing how much support do you think Henry will find in the country none in the north some in Wales in the rest of the country only until they find out that they've lost a king and gained a puppet then they'll begin to look around and what will they find Elizabeth of York well they'd never accept her another woman and she'll be married to Judah and there's Warwick as well as Richards nephew he's the next in line but a boy of nine a simple-minded - I've always thought his father wasn't exactly the scholar of the age Clarence had enough sense to blow and his porridges boy hasn't got that much yeah we've had enough of child Kings I can't see anyone accepting Warwick that leaves you sir the son of Edward the fourth sister the only man with an undoubted claim to the crown I am expected when they look around for you will you still be there bring my horse he won't travel tonight my men know the way we should be going to Abington in the morning why not wait to travel with us I am expected elsewhere so he doesn't want to be king what makes you think that what do you think my lord I think he doesn't want to travel with us not yet well we better get some sleep if we're going to having dinner in the morning Abingdon no no not now could you snow the abbot Sante was rather too well-known as a supporter of King Richard Henry Tudor would soon know far as there were then nobody knows nobody knows what he'll do he's king and yet nobody knows anything about him I suppose it's true about the battle and uncle Richard they said it was only room I feel it's true what do we do wait wait to hear from Tudor when his mother talked about him it sometimes seemed as if she was warning me warning yes I remember once she said he's not like the Plantagenet he's a Tudor there's nothing secret about the Plantagenet they know what they want and they try to get it but the tutors have Welsh royal blood in their veins and that means that there is always something in their hearts which is a mystery to themselves and to everyone else and now you will be married to a mystery don't we take it for granted as his mother did but you know it's always been accepted that you should marry him never but our Father suggested it when Henry Tudor was in Brittany but the King didn't mean it it was only a bait to bring the Tudors to England well then why did his mother agree the Lady Margaret Beaufort would have agreed to anything to get her son on the throne and if there was even a chance of marrying him to me after all whatever anyone says I am the true heir to the throne when uncle Richard you zapped it from our brothers he took it from me too Henry Turner knows that his best hope of claiming the throne and keeping it is to marry me but he needs my consent and I may not give it you must know he needs me but I don't need here he may have won a battle but that doesn't mean he can hold the country whether he does or not depends on me Oh does it yes it does if I marry him the Yorkists will give him their support but if I refuse they'll turn to water court in Lincoln if you refuse he may put you in prison not unless he wants a rebellion on his hands I am Elizabeth of York so he's got to come Oh worry yes he has do you think you can hear hear no uncle Richard knew what he was doing when he sent us here Henry Tudor may have won a battle but he'd never dare to show his face in Yorkshire this wasn't coming out to the battlements no Edward yes David Richard Richard is dead it's a nobleman for the large company fetch my name is I must get ready to greet him perhaps he has come a whooing madam I am sent here by the king he is proceeding to London and it is his will and pleasure that I should have skort you there together with your sister the lady Sicily and the Earl of Warwick we are grateful to His Majesty for his consideration and we are grateful to you for bringing us his greetings we shall be glad to have your protection on the roof no doubt you will wish to rest your men and horses and we shall need to prepare for the day we will be ready to leave in a week's time it is the King's wish that we should set out immediately where are we to lodge in London for His Majesty knows that you will be anxious to be reunited with your mother the Queen Dowager and therefore he suggests that you and Lady Cicely and the Earl of Warwick should Lodge in the tower but my mother is in Westminster nevertheless the King would like me to escort you to the tower [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Lady Margaret Beaufort Comtesse of Richmond my dearest mother your majesty so here you are yes Here I am where you always meant you to be Dida I hear you had a triumphant journey to London yes all the people seemed glad to see me and before you left you ordered new slates for the Town Hall at Leicester how did you learn about that since we have been apart I have learned everything I could about you there are many slates to be put on many town halls I shall need your help to do it for my dear Jess welcome back to England my dear Margaret now I wish my brother were alive to see this day thank you see my old friend Richard Fox is here madam tell me sir have you sent yet to the Princess Elizabeth to the Lady Elizabeth they do her father was never truly King yes I've said Sir Robert Willoughby to escort her to London we must make arrangements for the wedding not immediately a great many people give support which depended upon your promise to marry Elizabeth of York but my rector the throne does not depend upon that no one is going to say that I was not King until I married the Lady Elizabeth you are King already you are proclaimed in France before we left and now I will be crowned in England Master Fox we're ready for the council meeting know that we shall meet at dinner mother there is no better wife for you that remains to be seen I tell you so now your advice is always welcome I'm glad to hear it you once wrote to me that she was delicate no no strong but not is she well made of cool do you think she can bear children sure I gave my word to this marriage and so did you it may prove the most useful thing to do it may but not yet meanwhile me what we shall meet at dinner what ditch will you set for the coronation we should announce it today and our first Parliament the sweating sickness is very bad at least everyone will be too busy worrying about that to care about anything else if we all managed to survive the sickness we may live to be glad of it never remember any news of him yes he's in sanctuary at Colchester the Stafford brothers are with him we better send to make sure they stay there not a great number of us are they surprising Northumberland and Sally in the tower Catesby and Jeonbuk killed executed you should do well there's the Kings stepfather and he was my brother I hope so I suppose oh he's got the crown do you think he can hold on to it we are ready a master secretary already my not what does he mean to do about Gingka I loathe it is his Majesty's pleasure to be crowned at Westminster Abbey on October the 30th Parliament will be someone to meet on November the 7th the reign of His Majesty King Henry the seventh will be dated from August the 21st in the year of our Lord fourteen hundred and eighty five August the 21st that's the date that's wrong wrong I'm Stanley it should be the date of the Battle of Bosworth August the 22nd oh no no my dear stepfather the day before but that would mean that that would mean that every man who took up arms for Richard of Gloucester upon that day would be would automatically be automatically be a traitor you are welcome my lord thank you for granting me safe conduct my lord of Lincoln you had only to ask for our protection forgive us my Lords for a moment your message asked to see me yes I did not expect our meeting to be so public I have learned to distrust secret meetings treachery is conceived in darkness treaties are born in the light if you've come here to make a treaty but have you can a king make a treaty with a subject anyone can make a treaty of friendship you know the Duke of Suffolk has sent to us offering his allegiance my father likes a quiet life but you I think do not but I am too young for voluntary retirement you have a nature of an active possess you're accustomed to play an important part in the affairs of the kingdom and you like to do sir that need not change because Henry Tudor is on the throne instead of Richard of Gloucester you must either help to build the Kingdom or to destroy it which is it to be that is for you to say is it did you know he was going to do this no honey must be mad to bring Lincoln into the middle of a council meeting Danny in front of everyone he'll never forgive him they couldn't leave Lincoln at large with his loyalty still undeclared this way he'll know once and for all where he stands president of the Council of the North Lord left tenant of Ireland Richard of Gloucester placed great trust in you the question is can I do the same now the question is will you do the same you're right each of these questions depends on the other and unless we make a compact here and now each question will go on being asked and not answered and asked again as long as we have any dealings with each other one of us must be the first to answer yes and mean it my lord my Lords the Earl of Lincoln comes here today with our safe conduct show how highly we value him we offer him a place on our Council if he refuses he goes back with our safe conduct to sanctuary but if he accepts then from this moment we offer him our entire trust as he has trusted us in coming here today will you accept this place Malone your majesty my Lords what will be speaking of master second is starting date of the rape yes my Lord Stanley thank you our rain will be dated from August the 21st but all those who swear allegiance within 40 days will receive a full and free pardon for having borne arms against their king meanwhile three Commission's will be appointed to examine the loyalty of our subjects in the counties of Hertford Warwick and Worcester and in the city and suburbs of London these commissions will be headed by our uncle the Earl of Pembroke and by the Earl of Lincoln I see your majesty a place on your council is no senior it's not a single word my name isn't even mentioned does he think he can keep the crown without marrying me the Yorkists would never allow if there any Yorkists left when he is finished he hasn't doesn't what when he hasn't killed sari or Northumberland there in the town with us we only lodged here we're not imprisoned how about the boy is he only lodged here yes Elizabeth Lincoln's become a member of his Council Tudors going to be king no you send to you soon what is it there's a rumor he's considering a French marriage regiment we wouldn't how long do you think he means to keep us here I don't know well he can hardly keep us here forever if he doesn't marry me he could never let anyone else me no do not announce me I wanna notice myself anticipation do we curtsy to her it is for her to curtsy to us how good it is to see you again my dear Sicily you have grown since I last saw you my husband wishes to be remembered to you he says I am to tell you how much we have missed the gentle guests in our house sir please give Lord Stanley our kind remembrances I will but I am sure now that we are all in London together he will come and visit you instead I hope you find your rooms comfortable the king himself lodged here when he first reached London and he was well satisfied but if there is anything you need I have only to let me know I wish the Earl of Warwick could be with us the King felt he should have his own household yes but if we could see him now and then it comes to mess with you yes but he's getting too old now to be in the company of women and the King was anxious that he should be paid every respect he must be very lonely he has the company of his servants I'm sure he is well cared for but I must not forget my errand to you the coronation is to take place on October 30th and it will give the king great pleasure if you will both attend [Music] [Music] if you like a captive at a Roman triumph he is even dressed us for the occasion of course our clothes are not quite as fine as his but at least we were given the proper presidents in the procession after the Countess of Richmond while he is King she will always take precedence over everyone she was the worst of it he was made me look so ridiculous he's coming to talk to you hostess Lee don't do you like music yes so do I [Music] but you think of my Welsh harpist he plays beautifully I created the barony on your behalf today Sir Robert Willoughby has created Lord will have it the brook I'm sure he deserves for bringing you safely to London I think so too I hope he looked after you well we travelled very fast apparently that was your command I knew the countryside would be disturbed with so many soldiers returning home I wanted no harm to come to you you were very kind not kind careful [Music] Your Majesty must the Earl of Warwick returned to the town I believe his lodgings are quite comfortable he's impressed but at least he's safe when I was a child I knew what it was to be used as the object of other men's ambitions but others wanted to use me to get near the throne and then sit on it themselves I soon learned to recognize them but Warwick is not sharp sigh he has no instinct for self-preservation as I had I will offer him to their mercy he's safer in the tower you were wrong you were not only careful you are kind no a king can only afford to be kind in the two things never in Great Falls your majesty all those years ago in Wales and in Brittany did you always think you would be king I can see I shall have to speak the truth to you because I think you know falsehood when you see it you haven't answered the question did I always expect to be kid no not at first but when I got close it's like that children's game of grandmothers footsteps when first you stop tiptoeing towards the throne you couldn't be sent back and no harm down but when I got very close not to reach it there would have been absurd and that's a fault of mine I don't like to look ridiculous that's why I'm careful I never stepped forward without first testing the ground no why leaps into joy no ludicrous stumbles into disappointment I'm just gonna thank my harvest I'm glad you like music too did you say anything no nothing how long do we have to stay here just as long as Henry's manner in the town they've know as soon as we left it gets dark early now we could slip out and make our way to Abington what would we do when we got there you My Lord said that Lincoln would not join with him I didn't say that what did you say I said he might take his time in making the decision and now he has made the wrong one yes yes my lord he has made one decision that are more to come life is not often like a game of dice you know everything win or lose on one throw no it's more like chess you move forwards sideways even backwards before you achieve the final trick so while Lincoln was playing his game of chess with Henry Tudor what do we do we wait if we wait too long he'll be so firmly established that we'll never get rid of her patience patience we won't move without knowing will be with us and if Tudor doesn't marry Elizabeth of York we might find some of his supporters alongside smite they're getting very restless especially those who pledged their support in exchange for the marriage even Oxford is none too free judo promised to marry her didn't he my lord yes in France before they ever set out oh why do you think he's too late so long I suppose he thinks he's got the crown now he can afford to do without it do you think he can I think for the clever man he's made a very stupid mistake that's quite all right my dearest cousin I asked if I might visit you and punishin was graciously granted cousin Sicily we are very glad to see you I was pleased to hear that you were a member of the council please interesting and a little surprised too perhaps no why should I be surprised I think I was surprised as a matter of fact I think the whole country is astonished to find itself where it is today that's rather hard to say isn't it well there's any one man to whom the situation is perfectly clear and that's Henry Tudor of course yes there is one thing which may not be quite as clear to him as it is to the rest of us and what is that one thing oh is it a burrito yeah we love ray to thank resistance right which is this neither cousin it's plain fact most of the loyalty that was given to Henry Tudor depends on his promise to make you his wife now if he should break that promise not that he will but if he did like dear cousin I'm sure that when the date is publicly announced I'm sure that you was the most trusted counsel of the row would be the first to know we have decided then that all rivers and waterways are to be dredged and cleaned that is to be put in hand immediately is there any further business master secretary never on my lord Stanley was there some matter you wish to read yes sir the matter of your Majesty's marriage man Lord your majesty many of your subjects who were formerly Yorkists are now entirely loyal to you would feel greatly what will doubly loyal yes doubly loyal if you were consent to marry Elizabeth of York we have always declared our intention of marrying the Lady Elizabeth yes but when it is for months no sir since your majesty came to the throne in this case undue haste would be insulting to the lady but if a date could be set no matter how far again I understand that the lower house of parliament intends to present a petition to your majesty to that effect - what a thing they mean to beg your men hungry to beg that Your Majesty will set a date for your marriage with Elizabeth of Locke we are glad to hear of their petition and we shall be pleased to grant it our marriage will be solemnized in January he has made it look as though he's been forced to marry you by Parliament yes don't you mind he will never come a rule it is not in his nature but he always does what he means to do and if he is marrying me just because he wants to well you timed it very well milord oh you think so late enough to prove you didn't need the marriage for the crown just in time to keep the Yorkists from open protests steady shrewd the shrewdness had nothing to do with it master secretary odd with a lot of Lincoln's name there you mean once you'd seen the lady and found her attractive I mean that I could not marry her before we're both descended from Edward the third and last a foxy I discovered that we need a papal dispensation surely that was only a formality in my situation every formality is indispensable but now you have it they're not quiet but the papal Leggett has given a decision pro tempore so now you can be married yes yes now we can be married now what there's no point in us staying here do you think we can get out so I suggest we make our attempt during the wedding celebrations no doubt his men will be busy drinking his health then I shall go north probably to Lancaster yes we have friends in New York we'll go there we'll travel separately after we leave Colchester yes my lord you will let us know oh yes certain [Music] the footstool for the cream but not yet proud there's no need as my wife you are queen of England of course isn't that enough it must be Merson do you have the crime you have a wife and now you are secure am I [Music] you

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Keywords: The Shadow of the Tower, Tudor England, Henry VII

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Length: 47min 20sec (2840 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 01 2018