In April 1636, two aspiring lawyers, eager to make their way in the world, corresponded about the state of affairs in London.

Tom Watson tells the story of Bishop Peter Mews wounded many times in the First English Civil War and, 40 years later, at the Battle of Sedgemoor.

He fell out with the English ... a war with Scotland. MPs in Parliament demanded reforms for the way the country was run, but the king refused. The country descended into the First Civil War ...

He repeatedly fell out with the English Parliament, which resulted in the outbreak of a civil war in 1642 ... Oliver Cromwell became ‘Lord Protector’ in 1653. Cromwell was a very strict ...