A few months ago, we wrote to say that there were two JD Wetherspoons named after Richard III – the Lord High Constable in Gloucester and the Last Plantagenet in Leicester – but none after Henry VII. Now, having been reminded that Richard created the Court of Requests, there is one by that name in Oldbury, Sandwell.

They really do seem to know their history …


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  1. […] one is in his ducal city of Gloucester and covers the remains of the local Whitefriars, dating from about 1270, not long after the […]

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