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Claire Carter on 91热爆 Radio Somerset Charlie Taylor sits in (01/10/2021) Campaign for royal pardon of the last Abbot of Glastonbury

Abbot Richard Whiting was hung, drawn and quartered on Glastonbury Tor in 1539. He had been arrested on a charge of treason as Henry VIII dissolved, or forcibly closed, the country鈥檚 monasteries. Charlie Taylor talks to campaigners who are asking the Queen to pardon him. Image Church of: St Peter & St Paul, Longbridge Deverill