What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Gamul House. Behind this brick façade is a Jacobean Hall, once the home of the Gamull family. Sir Francis Gamull Mayor of Chester 1635-36 and a Royalist supporter in the Civil Ware, entertained King Charles I here from 23-25 September 1645 during the Battle of Rowton Moor.
King Charles I of England was monarch during the English Civil War; his stay at Gamul House in Chester in September 1645 highlights his movement and support among Royalist strongholds before his eventual defeat.
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