Failed Plot Networking

Suppose that you are a Norman count or Earl (you're an earl if you have English counties, a count if otherwise) with some land holdings in Normandy.

It is 1132. A letter invites you to a conspiracy, to assassinate Henry of Blois/ Henry of Winchester, the new Bishop of Winchester and brother of Stephen of Blois. Coin is in the letter, minted in... actually who mints coins in France at this time? It also promises you the opportunity to "get back" at Henry with more coin in the future, and the letter conveniently comes with a return address (or instructions? I don't think there was a mail and address system) on how to respond.

However, you really don't have an appetite for assassination. True it's been done by people in the middle ages before (and after!), however

Assassination isn't that much used as a political tool, because it can backfire really easily : a lot of nobles accused (rightfully or wrongfully) of such really went down, as the break of vassalic or nobiliar trust was really a no-no.

And you don't' actually have a feud with Henry of Winchester.

You think about what might have made the conspirator think that way. Well, you do know that your sister, your nephew (and heir presumptive) and your wife all used to think he had no manners and Henry, while drunk, once publically insulted your sister. But that was before he joined the clergy and he seemed to have cleaned himself up.

You also remember that you sometimes go around and see other noblemen around France, sometimes with other Normans. Some of it is greeting, invitation for feats, social gathers, and business. Sometimes you were with Henry of Winchester and at least seven times the two of you ended up in such apparently heated arguments that he suggested the two of you go to another room to finish it. In actuality, the arguments were about trivial things and you're just a loudmouth (so they seem heated) and he didn't want to disturb the hosts and other guests.

Or maybe the invitation to the conspiracy comes in the form of a servant instead of a letter, I don't know how these people plotted back then.

Assassination goes against chivalry and nobiliar trust. Your liege, Henry I of England and Duke of Normandy, needs to know. What's the best way to stop the plot without casting suspicion on yourself?
 
You spill the beans.

Not only this is how a lot of medieval and early modern plots are discovered before their time, but it's the best way to cast off suspicion from your and your family, especially if there's no feud at all with your liege.

Unless you're activelly allied with one of the plotters trough matrimonial union or alliance, (in which case you may want to talk to him and forces him to confess before your liege), what you have to do is quite clear.

(AFAIK, plot invitations were rather a matter of direct discussion, between allies or kin : remember that courts were itinering, and that you went to several "social events" or gathering. Of course, plots and alliances weren't really that clear-cut)
 
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