This week we have beaten a plague of technical troubles to recount an Elizabethan tale of a born-again Christian who took things a little too far.

William Hacket was an illiterate servant who managed to talk his way into a good marriage and a malting business. However this didn't seem to fulfil him, so when he was introduced to the concept that protestants can have a direct conversation with God he decided to throw himself headfirst into a life as a travelling preacher.

Headstrong, controversial and generally full of Booze, William blazed a trail down the east of England before finally arriving in London, where he planned to begin his reign as 'King of Europe'...

Which of course would mean getting rid of Elizabeth I.

Guest Host: Ollie Green

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