Successful English writers were, in John Bunyan's day, nearly synonymous with wealth. Men like Richard Baxter and John Milton could afford to write because they didn't need to earn a living. But ...

This article was adapted from episode eight of The Way to Glory. Each week on The Way to Glory, we take a fresh look at a character from The Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan's 300-year-old masterwork.

An updated edition of the John Bunyan Family Tree – which for the first time includes living descendants of the famed author – took place at Elstow’s Moot Hall.