Medieval treason and magic

In this podcast, two of our records specialists tell us about
treason and necromancy in The National Archives' medieval
records.


The first part, narrated by Paul Dryburgh, tells the story of a
band of men from Coventry who planned to kill King Edward II and
his supporters, the Despencers, with a plot that involved wax
effigies and pins. In the second part, Sean Cunningham discusses
one of the earliest English language statements in legal history;
a tale involving a mole catcher and a magical dismembered hand.