Mixed and mastered in Marldon, Devon by Lord Zarquon
Album cover created by Graham Moores
All songs composed by Ian Churchward except track 2, music composed by ian Churchward and the lyrics written by Sir Walter Raleigh and Ian Churchward
Ian Churchward vocals, guitars, bouzouki and Mellotron sounds
Lord Zarquon keyboards and drums
Jay Brown bass guitar on tracks 3, 4 & 6
Jules vocals on tracks 4 & 7
Bridgit England vocals on Rumours of War
Martyn Hillstead drums on the Siege of Plymouth
Phil Swann slide guitar on the Siege of Plymouth
Ashley Dyer trumpet on Rumours of War
John de Vere is about the siege of St Michaels Mount during the reign of Edward IV.
Sir Walter Raleigh is a song about one of the most notable gentlemen of the Elizabethan era during the 16th century.
The Siege of Plymouth is about Plymouth, Devon during the English civil war of the 17th century.
The Battle of Torrington is about Torrington, Devon during the English civil war of the 17th century.
William Scoresby is about an Arctic explorer, scientist and explorer who died in Torquay, Devon.
Eighty Four Years of Age is about an elderly lady who walked from Cornwall to London during the reign of Queen Victoria.
Cornwall’s Forgotten Heroine is about Emily Hobhouse who was an anti-war activist.
Rumours of War is about the South West of England on the eve of the outbreak of the First World War.
Captain Richard Scott is about a US army officer giving evidence in Paignton, Devon about a mutiny that occurred in the town of Launceston, Cornwall during the Second World War.
From Torquay Joyce Packe is about the Torquay secretary who was a court reporter during the trial in Paignton of the US soldiers of the 581st Ordnance Ammunition Company. The soldiers were accused of murder charges during the mutiny that took place in Launceston during the Second World War.
After defeat at the battle of Barnet
John de Vere fled to France
He’d escaped via Scotland
With such sorry circumstance
He would still oppose King Edward
And gain support from the King of France
Who was a universal spider
Was this John de Vere’s last chance
John de Vere the Earl of Oxford
Then turned to piracy
A privateer in the summer
In the channel’s narrow sea
At the end of September
He sailed to the Cornish coast
St Michael’s Mount he took by force
Of it’s capture he could boast
An embarrassment for King Edward
Though not a threat so the King believed
The King’s man in Cornwall
Was placed in charge of the siege
John de Vere offered bribes
So that supplies could be received
The King’s man was corrupt
Of this King Edward was displeased
John Fortescue the chief justice
Was dispatched to gain a victory
Along with him he would bring
The master of the royal artillery
Free pardons and rewards were offered
To the men under John de Vere’s command
One by one his men deserted
John Fortescue gained the upper hand
John de Vere then surrendered
There was no prospect of success
For many years he was in prison
For his Lancastrian faithfulness
