Black Harry by Mark P Henderson
William Dickenson, man of business to the earl of Shrewsbury, knows that raising the rents on farmholds will ease his master's cash-flow problem. But Lord Shrewsbury imposes such huge increases on one manor, Glossopdale in the Derbyshire Peak District, that none of the tenants can pay.
Black Harry Botham, of Storth Farm in the Glossopdale hamlet of Simmondley, knows the courts won't oppose those rent increases; Lord Shrewsbury is too powerful. So accompanied by a few followers he walks to London, determined to complain to the Queen's Privy Council.
Will this desperate venture cost him his family, his freedom, his livelihood - even his life?
Told partly by Tom Spiderlegs Booth, Harry's brother-in-law and close friend, and partly from William Dickenson's perspective, Black Harry recounts one of the most remarkable David and Goliath episodes in Elizabethan England.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781913432683 |
| ISBN 10 | 1913432688 |
| Title | Black Harry |
| Author | Mark P Henderson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Stairwell Books |
| Year published | 2023-03-20 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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