Robert Greville stone plaque

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

General Lord Robert Greville, known as Lord Brooke, was a prominent Parliamentarian general during the English Civil War; he died on March 2nd, 1643, from a gunshot wound to the forehead while preparing to besiege Lichfield, which was held by Royalist forces loyal to King Charles I.