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The Lion and the Ant Clay Lane

Richard I thought a veteran Crusader and conqueror of Saladin could handle a few French peasants.

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An Unsuitable Job for a Bishop William Camden

Richard the Lionheart told Philip, the martial Bishop of Dreux, to decide whether he was a bishop or a knight.

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As I Came Through Sandgate John Telford

... I heard John Wesley sing. A visitor on the quayside on Sunday May 30th, 1742, would have stumbled into a crowd agape and a determined clergyman singing psalms.

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Duet for a Captive King Sir Walter Scott

Legend tells how Richard the Lionheart’s favourite singer found where Leopold of Austria had stowed him.

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Henry VII to Mary I Clay Lane

A quick overview of the Kings and Queens of England from Henry VII in 1485 to Mary I in 1553.

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James I to the Interregnum Clay Lane

A quick overview of the Kings of England from James I in 1603 to the Interregnum in 1651.

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