King Henry Viii

David Smith's obsession with history started aged 8, while he was learning about the Tudors and taking school trips to the Tower of London.

The letter signed by the monarch is being sold using an unusual descending price auction with a starting figure of £65,000

The Burning of the Heathen Books was found in Spain in 2014 after being lost for 200 years and there are now calls for it to return to England.