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The Shrewsbury house “graced” by Henry Tudor on his way to Bosworth….

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Shrewsbury - house where HT stayed on way to Bosworth

According to this source, this old house in Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury, with its…

“…blackened timbers and pretty traceried window adorned by coats of arms, has an added interest from the fact that it is ‘ Ye auncient house in which King Henry the VII loged, when he went to Bosworth Field, Augst 1485.’ So at least the panel beneath the window has it, though Henry, of course, was but Harry of Richmond until that fateful battle had won for him the crown…”

Hmm, pity it didn’t fall down around his unworthy ears, but it was hardy enough to still be there now!

Shrewsbury - house in Wyle Cop where HT stayed in 1483

(I’m pleased that the choccie shop couldn’t have been there in 1483! It would have been awful if Tudor had enjoyed THAT as well as the throne he was to steal!)

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