Sir Edward Foxxe and The Wreakers of Holy Havoc

Much like the present day, the fourteenth century was an age of pandemics, economic crises, climate change, religious wars and political uprisings. And just as some might say the World Wide Web has broadened our horizons, so the translation of the Bible into English bought enlightenment in an age of ignorance and  superstition. The great scholar, John Tyndale, is generally acknowledged as the driving force behind this monumental work, but of equal importance was his contemporary, Sir Edward Foxxe – a man whose name has been erased from history along with all traces of his dissolute followers, The Wreakers of Holy Havoc. This brief  history seeks to rehabilitate them from the trashbin of oblivion, so if you are of a curious bent and have a spare half hour, slip a Milli Vanilli album on your Bang and Olafson, pour yourself a Cinzano Bianco, add two ice cubes and a slice of lemon, prop your Ray-Bans on the bobble of your nose, sit back in your Eames recliner and come on in.

Cover by Amelie Ahern-Williams