My thesis project about John Fowke has been approved. However, I am unable to access the key documents for this endeavor without a trip to London. This Substack has not grown to the point where I could even imagine monetizing it, so I suppose I shall have to start rattling a tin can, or else buy lottery tickets. Perhaps after I bloat myself on turkey and stuffing tomorrow, I can have a creative food coma and dream up the answer to my predicament. Have a great Thanksgiving weekend.

Polemology Positions

John Fowke Versus the British East India Company

Less known than his contemporary Wallenstein, John Fowke was a merchant adventurer in an era of military entrepreneurship. A tax protester, he was also sent to the fleet for refusing to pay tonnage and poundage. After forking over a literal king’s ransom for his release, Fowke became a constant irritant to the court of Charles I and a leader in the grow…

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a year ago · Matt Osborne