The Lad to Set Against That, Salisbury

When he died, the earl of northampton amassed a fortune of forty nine thousand quid. He was granted some lucrative wardships and also had a spanish pension - but there's no sign he amended policy accordingly. The english libellers saw none of that; they just saw corruption and noses in troughs. Positions of power did indeed make you rich at a time of crashing inequality. And so it is to public finance that we shall turn next week after discussing the relationship between a man and his currents.