The Queen's Pawns
By Peter Rule
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It’s more shocking that the Queen herself had a hand in the mistreatment of children. She was well known for her love of music. She played the virginals and lute and claimed to have composed dance music. As a singer herself in an age when the arts were enjoying a new dawn it is perhaps not particularly astonishing that she should want to set up a first-class choir to sing for her in the Chapels Royal.
What strikes a harsher note is that, by her edict of 1597, she gave permission for agents of hers to take children from wherever in England they happened to be and to have them trained for her in the art and science of music and singing. Some of the men she appointed were prepared to use strong-arm tactics to pounce on their victims and snatch them from their homes. Knowing how the Queen loved the theatre these predators thought to make money for themselves by putting their young choristers on the stage.
On the way to his London school in December, 1600, this was the fate that overtook Thomas Carlton. He was doubly shocked to be captured as a chorister because he had never thought of himself as a musician. Sir Henry Carlton, once he discovered where Thomas was and who had snatched him, contacted friends of his in high places. They arranged for the kidnappers to be charged and tried in the Star Chamber. The outcome of the trial did not please Thomas at all. The Queen’s Pawns is about the way his fate prompted him to become involved in bringing justice to those who could not fight for their rights as he could.
Peter Rule
The author of The Queen’s Pawns has lived and worked on community development projects in West Africa and the United States and with young people in the UK. The choral singing that runs throughout the book reflects his interest in choral singing and other musical activities. He likes writing and reading contemporary literature and visits theatres, cinemas and art galleries whenever he can. He lives close to open country and takes full advantage of this. He has also spent time as an advisor with his local Citizens Advice team, working with people of all ages and backgrounds.
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