What is recorded here
This stone commemorative plaque records: March 2nd 1643 Lord Brooke a General of the Parliament forces, preparing to besiege the close of Lichfield, then garrisoned for King Charles the First, received his death wound on the spot beneath this inscription by a shot in the forehead, from Mr Dyott. A gentleman who had placed himself on the battlements of the great steeple to annoy the besiegers
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- Philip Halling, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- PAUL FARMER, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- David Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Stephen McKay, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Richard Law, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Jonathan Thacker, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Gordon Griffiths, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- DS Pugh, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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