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Lambert Simnel Clay Lane

Henry VII must decide how to deal with a boy calling himself ‘King Edward VI’.

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Land of Opportunity Thomas Fuller

Edward III enticed over-regulated Dutch textile workers across the Channel with the promise of English beef and English beauties.

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Laughter in the House Sir Philip Sidney

Sir Philip Sidney reminded comedians that when the audience is laughing they aren’t necessarily the better for it.

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Leading from the Front Thomas Elmham

Henry V’s chaplain Thomas Elmham, an eyewitness of the battle of Agincourt, gave us this account of the King in the moments before the fighting began.

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Leg Glance Samuel Rogers

A sportsman and an officer lays a wager that he can make a trigger-happy Irishman go barefoot in public.

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Leslie Howard Clay Lane

Howard gave his life to saving the ‘great gifts and strange inconsistencies’ of Britain’s unique democracy.

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