What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: According to tradition the residence C.1471 of Richard Duke of Gloucester King Richard III 1483 - 85 Recorded plaque organisation: Penrith Urban District Council.
King Richard III of England, who reigned from 1483 to 1485, is remembered for his brief rule and his death at the Battle of Bosworth Field, marking the end of the Plantagenet dynasty and the Wars of the Roses.
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