Iron Acton

Cromwell names Iron Acton amid dictating the king's summer progress route to Rafe Sadler. This country estate awaits the royal train, its stone walls and timbered chambers ready to shelter Henry VIII's glittering court. Servants polish silver under torchlight, gardens groomed for hunts, the air carrying scents of fresh hay and roasting meats as the progress halts for days of revelry and scheming.