[00:04.014]Isabella had just given birth to her fourth child,
[00:06.906]and yet again she had to go down on her knees in the ritual of queenly intervention,
[00:11.114]to persuade Edward to banish Despenser.
[00:14.362]She won a temporary truce,
[00:16.121]but little more than two months later,
[00:17.915]with terrible irony,
[00:19.605]it was Isabella herself who precipitated the country into Civil War.
[00:30.370]In October 1321, Isabella was on her way to Canterbury on pilgrimage. 1321
[00:38.651]At the end of a hard day's ride,
[00:41.027]she found herself at the gates of Leeds Castle,
[00:44.037]a mighty stronghold built near the Kent coast,
[00:47.117]seeking shelter for the night.
[00:51.466]To welcome the Queen as a guest would normally be an honour,
[00:55.202]but the castle's lord, Bartholomew Badlesmere,
[00:58.049]was one of the rebels who had marched on London.