On this episode, Ash blows Kat's mind with the history of one particular member of the Howard family, Francis Carr (nee Howard). There's murder, scandal, accusations of witchcraft and a lot of laughter over the insanity that reads like fan fiction gone wrong.

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Sources:

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp04187/frances-countess-of-somerset

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/FrancesHoward(CEssexCSomerset).htm

https://podcasts.apple.com/is/podcast/the-schemes-of-countess-frances-carr/id1468332063?i=1000533835689

https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/howard-frances-1593-1632

https://madameguillotine.co.uk/2009/11/07/lady-frances-howard-countess-of-somerset/

https://openlibrary.org/subjects/person:frances_howard_carr_somerset_countess_of_(1593-1632)

https://www.themorgan.org/drawings/artist/somerset-frances-howard-carr-countess

http://www.gogmsite.net/the_late_farthingale_era_fr/subalbum-frances-carr-nee/

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG162831

https://www.lovebritishhistory.co.uk/2023/04/frances-howard-murderous-countess-of.html

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