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There is a wonderful 550-year-old hospital in Stamford, Lincolnshire, and it is there due to the 1475 generosity of wealthy wool merchant William Browne and his wife. It was granted a charter by Richard III, not long before the king’s tragic death at the Battle of Bosworth.

“….British Museum curator Dr Gareth Williams is helping to celebrate the two anniversaries by appearing at Browne’s Hospital dressed as Richard III for a talk called ‘The Night Before Bosworth’….” The talk is on Saturday, May 10, at 7.30pm at Browne’s Hospital in Broad Street, to celebrate the 550^th anniversary of the charter Richard III granted to the hospital in 1485.

You can read about the hospital and the forthcoming talk at https://www.lincsonline.co.uk/stamford/news/controversial-king-to-make-an-appearance-in-town-9413367/, although you have to open a free account to read it. There is more about the history of Browne’s Hospital here: https://www.browneshospital.co.uk/ and here https://www.pridemagazines.co.uk/stamford/heart-of-the-county/the-history-of-browns-hospital/02-2025 (although not about the talk).

In 2022 work began to restore the magnificent stained-glass windows at the hospital, see https://www.lincsonline.co.uk/stamford/news/work-starts-to-protect-stained-glass-windows-9280731/. The image below is from https://www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/22342104763/in/photostream/. The complete and excellent photostream of Stamford and the hospital (by the excellent mc4 – Church Explorer) begins at https://www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/page400.

How to find and visit the hospital can be seen at: https://www.browneshospital.co.uk/visit-and-contact/

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