Possible Clues:

• River mole in simple story
• Account local person presented about beheaded wife of Henry VIII
• Tale read firstly by artist in local
• Musical director finally hurried up? That's the story
• A bishop immersed in local history?
• Royal traitor written into unsophisticated story
• River rodent found in childish chronicle
• Verbal account
• Upset, show went on — run breaking story
• A rotter's case in domestic tale