Chapter 211: The Bones of St Erkenwald (1549-1550) (The Fall and Rise of the Tudors: I)

Welcome to the first of two special episodes celebrating the 4th birthday of the Story of London! In the years 1548 and 1549, London existed under the reign of the child King Edward VI, and his Lord Protector, Edward Seymour, the Duke of Somerset… and was heading towards a series of political crisis that would rock it to its core. And the opening one begins now…

We see the tale why London’s merchants found themselves at odds with the protectorate regime; how it witnessed the country slip out from under the governments control; how a political disagreement became a crisis, and how suddenly, London the city was presented by a terrible choice… and a moment where one man of the Common Council of the city may have prevented a civil war. All of this, and the awfully sad loss of the remains of London’s ancient Patron Saint… and this is only the open salvo in the disaster to come.

Cover art includes a close up of the window to St Erkenwald, in Soulton Hall.