
What is recorded here
This black commemorative plaque records: Near this spot, on August 22nd 1485, at the age of 32, King Richard III fell fighting gallantly in defence of his realm & his crown against the usurper Henry Tudor. The Cairn was erected by Dr. Samuel Parr in 1813 to mark the well from which the king is said to have drunk during the battle. It is maintained by the Fellowship of the White Boar.
King Richard III of England, the last Yorkist monarch, ruled from 1483 until his death at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, marking the end of the Plantagenet dynasty and the beginning of the Tudor era.
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Photo: Graham Hogg on Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0