Henry Barton
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"Henry Barton" (d.1435) was twice Lord Mayor of London in the 15th century.

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There were several scorch marks in the carpet, and we could hear a cracking noise - a bit like a whip - both inside and outside the building.

We tested his clothes with a static electricity field meter and measured a current of 40,000 volts, which is one step shy of spontaneous combustion, where his clothes would have self-ignited.