| Description | Previous recordings of music can be heard behind a number of tracks. The speakers on this programme are not identified.
Track 1: BBC Radio news,1.20 mins
Track 2: Introduction; various readings, 2.28 mins
Track 3: The anointment of William as King; the 'three estates' of of the Clergy, the lords and warriors and those who work on the earth; the coat of arms of Sir Phillip Darcy and Sir Richard Lovell and Sir Geoffrey Canwell, 2.55 mins
Track 4: England after the Norman conquest; the death of the son of a lord; (a previous recording of music can be heard behind this track) readings, 2.58 mins
Track 5: The Normans; a reading; the coat of arms of Sir Adam de (Evringem?), Sir Robert de Holland and Sir (Eurean de Saintpierre?); intermarriage between the Normans and the English; chivalry and armour, 3.14 mins
Track 6: Medieval armour; war horses and the meaning of chivalry, 2.44 mins
Track 7: Horses and chivalry; a reading about the treatment of people in the medieval period; torture; discuss King Stephen and his 19 year reign; Norman castles; violence in relation to defending land, 3.04 mins
Track 8: Norman castles; the house of an English lord; the coat of arms of Sir John de 'Lyle'; 3.30 mins
Track 9: The coat of arms of Sir Henry 'Fitzhugh'; unidentified people recite historical literature; unknown song; the retinue of the Earl Marshall at the field of Agincourt; 2.51 mins
Track 10: An indenture between Lord Hastings and William Bassett Esq. to ride and assist and aid Lord Hastings; reading of a document relating to John 'Noel', son and heir of Laurence 'Noel'; unidentified people discuss meals, 2.24 mins
Track 11: Meals; the coat of arms of Sir Walter 'Falconberg' and Sir 'Falk Fitzwarren' (continues over onto track 12); the role of ladies; reading of a document regarding William 'Peveral' and his nieces; 2.59 mins
Track 12: The King's request that lords justify their warrant over land; territorial aggression; the War of the Roses, 2.53 mins
Track 13: The ill treatment of the King's subjects by 'persons of great might' (lords?); unknown song; the actions of a 'riotous fellowship' commanded by Robert (Leadam?) (the accent of the speaker makes it difficult to ascertain exactly what is being said); 'the violence of the age' and James Lord Barclay; readings of documents relating to civil unrest, 3.00 mins
Track 14: Civil unrest, disorder and violence; Robert 'Leadam'; a reading; a skirmish at 'Nibbley Green'; the coat of arms of William Viscount Barclay and Sir Thomas Viscount 'Lyle'; a battle apparently between Lord Barclay, Lord William and Lord Lyle, 2.45 mins
Track 15: The War of the Roses, in particular the execution of Owen Tudor; the coat of arms of Sir William de Birmingham; the training of children of noble blood in the use of arms, 2.57 mins
Track 16: The numbers of the sons of dukes who met violent deaths; the violence of the age; unknown song; the arms of Sir Thomas de 'Choworth' and Sir Nicholas de 'Minnel'; unknown song; 2.49 mins
Track 17: Chivalry and the acts of great knights, 1.46 mins
Track 18: Credits of programme 'Horseman' which gives the names of the readers, commentators and other people involved in the making of the programme, 1.01 mins
Total: 47.40 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA 1of2 KF565D0349180 |